Steve Blank
JUNE 19, 2014
We assumed that for commercial hypotheses (clinical utility, who the customer is, data and quality of data, how reimbursement works, what parts of the product are valuable, roles of partners, etc.) clinical utility, customer, quality of data, reimbursement, what parts of the product are valuable, roles of CRO’s , and partners, etc.,)
Steve Blank
AUGUST 21, 2013
Both of these groups, those who took the Innovation Corps class and those who didn’t, applied for government peer-reviewed funding through the SBIR program. The teams that skipped the class and pursued traditional methods of starting a company had an 18% success rate in receiving SBIR Phase I funding.
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Steve Blank
APRIL 11, 2013
government’s SBIR and STTR programs. The ultimate goal of Innofund is to get the startups far enough along in technology and market validation so other sources of financial capital (banks, VC’s, corporate partners) will invest. Seed Funding (Innofund). The best analog for China’s InnoFund is the U.S. Venture Guiding Fund.
Steve Blank
APRIL 11, 2013
government’s SBIR and STTR programs. The ultimate goal of Innofund is to get the startups far enough along in technology and market validation so other sources of financial capital (banks, VC’s, corporate partners) will invest. Seed Funding (Innofund). The best analog for China’s InnoFund is the U.S. Venture Guiding Fund.
Steve Blank
JUNE 8, 2021
Although the class was run completely online, and even though they were suffering from Zoom fatigue, the 10 teams of 42 students collectively interviewed 1,142 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, industry partners, etc. – while simultaneously building a series of minimal viable products.
Up and Running
JUNE 21, 2021
Thanks to assistance from SBIR-funded research, iRobot was able to conquer the thorny challenge of moving a project from the demonstration stage to a marketable and profitable product. It has grown from five employees generating $120,000 in annual revenue to 350 employees generating annual revenues of $16.5 iRobot — From robots to riches.
David Teten
DECEMBER 2, 2019
They will also be offered the opportunity to join a customized 6-month Google Developers Launchpad Accelerator program, including guidance from our nonprofit partner, DataKind, to jumpstart their work. Beyond the SBIR: Non-Dilutive Funding for Your Startup. National Economic Impacts from the DOD SBIR/STTR Program. Y Combinator.
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