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Welcome Rob Baranowski

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Support from NIH for Academic and Small Business Innovators

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Challenge your innovation through Army xTech

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AFWERX Style: What’s an Assumption?

The AFWERX program is like a startup program within the Department of Defense SBIR/STTR framework.

Don’t Wait Until the Last Minute to Plan Your Budget

Don’t leave your budget preparation till the last minute.

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.

The Department of Defense is implementing new cybersecurity measures

If you’ve not heard, the Department of Defense is implementing new cybersecurity measures.

Did you know?! Other Topics funded via the federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program.

Now is the time for innovation!

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?

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.

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.

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.

Sell your team through your biosketch

Why should an SBIR/STTR agency hire your company? While you may have a really innovative technology, it will be your team that does the work. Spending time on the biographical sketch is your opportunity to reinforce your team’s experience and highlight your credentials towards the specific role you will have on this company’s SBIR/STTR project.