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Useful Links (Note: Carl Nelson Consulting does not endorse these companies or organizations or their activities.) Federal Government SBIR.gov SBA's SBIR site run by NSF (SBIR's inventor) MDA's Technology Applications commercialization stories of Star Wars technology NASA's Services Page stuff from NASA Sample NIH annotated Phase 1 and Phase II SBIR proposals defensesolutions.gov seeks to drive innovation towards DOD needs. Instead of procuring a specific device described by a multi-thousand-item specification, the department asks for a solution, such as "How do you field-test for the presence of explosives, drugs, and gunshot residue?" [Aneesh Chopra interview, MIT Tech Review, Sep/Oct09] SBIR Awards by DOD see what DOD has already funded SBIR Awards for all government, nearly two years behind Manufacturing Extension Partnership help for smallish manufacturers , always subject to Republican assassination In-Q-Tel CIA's VC "Investing in Intrigue" FirstGov a place to start looking for something governmental SCORE geezers advise small business Dual-Use Awards ???????? Federal Lab Consortium find a federal friend NASA Commercial Technology Net Energy Inventions & Innovations ????? How to Get A Patent Patent Office Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance NIST Advanced Technology Program ENDED pseudo corporate welfare
Grants.gov
provides a unified portal to find and apply for
federal government grants.
Research. gov and science.gov provide information about research and development results associated with specific grants, and a consortium of federal agencies provides R&D summaries (www.osti.gov/fedrnd). Open.gov and data.gov are being implemented to promote citizen participation in government decision-making by making government data available online, in keeping with President Obama's vision (26).
Quasi and State Government National Technology Transfer Center tech transfer Minnesota Entrepreneurs and Minnesota Technology Future Los Angeles Regional Technology Alliance Virginia Center for Innovative Technology High-Tech Rochester the snowy Xerox/Kodak city Tennessee Center for Industrial Services Michigan SB & Technology Development
Not Government SBIR Gateway, conferences and lots of other info Small Business Technology Coalition lobbying Congress for SBIR Innovation Development Institute database of SBIR winners, lobbying Congress, SBIR's strongest advocate, endless SBIR info, membership required Strategic Marketing Innovations help with earmarks and schmoozing Congress Alchemy Government Solutions a boutique lobbying and business development firm in Washington Peter Witts CPA expert in government contracts
Dawnbreaker commercialization advice SSTI state S&T info; has weekly e-mail summary Science-Directory.net / News News Web Directory WEB PATENT NEWS - by Robert M. Hunter, Registered Patent Agent, has news about patents Procurement law Dave Metzger, legal architect of original SBIR Getting and Managing Employees: Administaff IdeaCafe small business idea factory WESTorg women entrepreneurs in S&T TechWeb a business technology network Center for Defense Information policy watchers Yet2Com matching tech to need World Future Society go ahead, make a guess Mill Hill Essays veddy British medical research essays Inc. magazine guides small business help A NASA Proposal found on the web National Inventor Fraud Center Patent Cafe Pantros IP online patent search National Business Incubation Assoc Center for Emerging Technologies St Louis area Startup Journal by The Wall Street Journal Catalyst Connection Pennsylvania manufacturing American Association of Grant Professionals MicroMentor.org, that matches entrepreneurs with volunteer mentors. ... IdeaCrossing.org, let both prospective mentors and entrepreneurs in need of assistance build online profiles and find each other ... Count Me In (countmein.org) and the National Association of Women Business Owners (Nawbo.org) line up women entrepreneurs with mentors. The Entrepreneurs' Organization (www.eonetwork.org) offers mentoring in groups and one on one, but is geared toward entrepreneurs who generate more than $1 million in annual revenue. ... LinkedIn.com also lets you post messages seeking mentors in geographic areas. www.biocrossroadslinx.com, offers a searchable database of comprehensive information about biotechnology and pharmaceutical contract service providers and related university programs.
Companies who feed on SBIR [You got an idea? They got connections.] Foster-Miller by far the most SBIRs, now ineligible as a subsidiary of a foreign biggie Accurate Automation Bend Research Brimrose Charles River Analytics CSA Cybernet EIC Labs HYPRES IAP Lynntech Mainstream Engrg MER Metrolaser Mission Research NVE Physical Optics Physical Sciences Radiation Monitoring Scientific Systems Spire SRL SRS Tech Technology Service TPL Ultramet
Proposal Help (some of the competition) Fred Patterson, the SBIR and Commercialization Funding Coach, http://www.sbiroach.com veteran of two SBIR companies, specializes in companies as commercial exploiters of SBIR (with help also for companies in Texas Emerging Technology Fund). SBIR Proposal Writing Software, Jade Research Greenwood Consulting teaching SBIR proposing and advice The SBIR Network http://www.sbir.net/ Alan Levine NIH grants IDC Consulting computer stuff Roger Cohen full proposal services, including NIH (he says) Inna S. Landsman, Patent Attorney http://www.sciencelawyer.com/resources/pub9.shtml http://www.bioconsultants.com/
Venture Money The Egg Factory a technically savvy VC NASVF seed and venture funding group Right Hand Partners mating dances with partners Rosettex Group looking for dual-use technology Business Finance 13,000 ways to finance a business vfinance online tools and premium services Venture
Associates Corporate Services to New and Emerging Capital Connection lots of links Go Big Guide to Venture Capital FundingPost.com, a network of venture and angel investors, holds meetings between entrepreneurs and investors, charging for the get-togethers and for prepping entrepreneurs in the art of presenting their stories to venture and angel groups. On-Line Assets. Angelsoft.net, from New York's Angelsoft LLC, offers an online venue where entrepreneurs and investors can meet and get to know each other. ... TheFunded.com online community of entrepreneurs offers reviews of more than 5,000 venture-capital investors, rating them on such criteria as track record and deal terms. The site's more than 12,000 members can also share the documents that spell out their venture deals and discuss how to find investors and run a business. ... Startable.com For a peek into how venture capitalists work, and how company founders can navigate their world, check out this blog by former venture-capital associate Healy Jones and serial entrepreneur Prasad Thammineni. [Wall Street Journal Web Watch, Sep 28]
Blogs - modern gossip columns The Top 50 science blogs by popularity.
Please report dead or useless links to carl@carl-nelson.com Last updated 12/20/2010
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