I was recently honored to participate as a business mentor for an I-Corps team and learned some valuable lessons.
February 11, 2019
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January 29, 2019
Planning to submit? What you should be doing NOW!
I often get calls from clients who wish to submit an SBIR/STTR grant with a deadline only a couple of weeks or even days away.
January 29, 2019
Show me the money! The Importance of Budget Preparation.
After spending months planning your experiments and detailing your approach, you are now ready for the budget.
January 16, 2019
Make beginning a 1st draft less daunting with these simple steps
Don’t know where to start?? Follow our guide to building the first draft of your SBIR proposal.
December 14, 2018
Let’s Talk Significance!
Your SBIR proposal must communicate strong significance, but many proposals I review fall short in this area.
December 12, 2018
Startup Serendipity and Strategy: Laura Gomez
Atipica‘s Laura Gomez talks Startup Serendipity and Strategy: Seizing Opportunities, Navigating Troubles.
September 13, 2018
Addressing reviewer comments in resubmissions
So you have submitted your SBIR proposal some months ago and are nervously waiting for word on what the reviewers thought of it.
July 31, 2018
Perfecting Your Pitch to Program Managers
One of the most common themes we try to impress on our clients is for them to reach out to the various program managers well before they submit a proposal.
June 25, 2018
Strategies from Research to Commercialization; Commercialization Support Programs
We often hear from entrepreneurs about the challenges in acquiring additional funds to further de-risk technologies and navigate through the dreaded Valley of Death.
March 11, 2018
Drafting and Reviewing your SBIR Proposal
When writing a grant proposal it is always a good idea to have others look it over during the writing phase and most certainly during your final edits prior to submission.