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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.
