It is difficult to keep track of the new programs and support each agency has to further commercialization and networking for innovative solutions.
March 12, 2021
Idella Yamben, Ph.D
January 28, 2021
Industry innovators find partners in Air Force
As the speed of technology increases, the Air Force sees existing small businesses as critical innovation partners who can provide new or existing approaches that can be adapted or integrated into the market.
January 26, 2021
Proposals, Budgets, Customer Discovery—OH MY!
HI—it’s me again! That’s right, your friendly SBIR Ready pusher. Four crazy videos, and a few dozen blog posts on DoD funding, I have tried to explain why you should join us for the upcoming March 2021 SBIR Ready DoD program. Is it too much to put in the plug now to complete our NOW SHORTER letter of intent so we can help get started?
November 16, 2020
SPACE! Your Funding Frontier…
NASA released their SBIR/STTR solicitation on November 9 with a due date of January 8, 2021 at 5PM.
November 10, 2020
AFWERX Style: What’s an Assumption?
The AFWERX program is like a startup program within the Department of Defense SBIR/STTR framework.
September 9, 2020
Not Your Typical SBIR—Air Force Needs for Customer Discovery
The Department of Defense 2020.3 call is open until October 22 with a critical blackout period beginning September 23.
February 10, 2020
Ideadvance in action: 2 products made better
“Innovation” and “disruption,” are words you hear throughout the business and academic worlds, but what does that really look like and how does it make a difference?
February 3, 2020
The 5 Min Interview- What Did I Just Hear?
Learn more about CTC’s Lean Startup program, Ideadvance, and how we will pay you to do customer discovery! If you haven’t read the first post in this series, The 5 Min Interview- the 30 min plan, go back and check it out.
January 17, 2020
The 5 Min Interview- The Power of “Why?”
Learn more about CTC’s Lean Startup program, Ideadvance, and how we will pay you to do customer discovery! If you haven’t read the first post in this series, The 5 Min Interview- the 30 min plan, go back and check it out.
January 5, 2020
The 5 Min Interview- The 30 Min Plan
Learn more about CTC’s Lean Startup program, Ideadvance, and how we will pay you to do customer discovery! Customer interviews have an air of formality that often conjures images that feels more like an interrogation vs investigation.