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Global Broadcast 

Innovation to Commercialization: Using Government Funding to Kick Start Your Start-Up - CANCELLED
Location : One Union Square Boardroom
600 University Street
(First level, lower lobby, 6th Avenue level, behind the escalator)
Seattle, WA 98101
Date & Time : June 18, 2008 - 5:30pm-8:30pm
Team Leader : Eric Dominguez

From Great Idea to Great Product

 Leveraging Government Grants to Kick-Start Your Innovation

 

Got a great idea that you think will revolutionize the market? Need funding to turn it into a reality? Join our next MIT Enterprise Forum Global Broadcast on June 18th, and discover how you can leverage Small Business Innovation Research grants (SBIR) to kick-start your new initiative.

 

Come hear some great entrepreneurial success stories, and learn concrete tips for winning Government grants, including:

 

  • How entrepreneurs leverage SBIR funding to go from concept to competitive edge
  • Why start-ups can use SBIR grants as a stepping stone to venture capital, angel and other investor funding
  • What criteria government agencies, such as NSF, DoD and NIH, look for when awarding SBIR grants

National broadcast panelists will include:  Thomas Allnut, Program Director, National Science Foundation; Milton Chen, CEO, VSee; Bruce Gellerman, Moderator, Public Radio International; Christopher Loose, Founder and CTO, SteriCoat; and Bill Townsend, Founder and CEO, Barrett Technology.   

 

The broadcast will be followed by a local panel discussion moderated by Michael Crill from Atlas Accelerator and include participation by David McGee, CTO, Adapx.


 

 

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