There is no question that as the Federal Budget goes down, all aspects will probably follow suit. But all is not lost. The government is still the largest purchaser of goods and services in the world....
It always amazes me to hear about small business entrepreneurs who are successful in receiving SBIR grants or contracts from the government but suddenly have difficulty in collecting money or continually...
Many times when I talk with small businesses, they don't fully understand the difference between a Federal Grant and a Federal Contract. It is important for a small business to completely understand if...
Funding a small start-up business is one of the most difficult hurdles a new business owner faces. At this point the financing options are limited. Usually either the 4 F's (Founder, Family, Friends &...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released their Omnibus SBIR/STTR solicitation this week. There are several agencies within HHS that have topics including the National Institutes of...
As we have discussed in this blog previously, there are 11 agencies that participate in the SBIR program. In addition, 5 of these agencies also participate in the STTR program. Right now there are quite...
Last week I talked about the history of the SBIR and STTR programs, when they were created, when they were re-authorized and a couple of success stories. This week I would like to talk about the...
Recently Laurie Wilson and I gave a presentation at the local NDIA meeting about the SBIR/STTR program. I got to thinking that there are probably a lot of people out there that don't know the full story...