What does your potential team say about your readiness to apply for large scale non-dilutive funding? Possibly more than you think. If you see any of these red flags in your project team think twice before applying 🛑 ✋ 🚩
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5 Things Funders Want to Know
When it comes to non-dilutive funding like grants, what the funder is looking for is no mystery.📚
Knowledge Vault: Letters of Support Tips and Template
The E.B. Howard Consulting Knowledge Vault has helpful tools and resources such as a Letter of Support template and hints for best practices for drafting a compelling letter 🪶 📜
Do your 1099 contractors have their &#%!@? together?
If you are applying for any type of funding you better make sure your ENTIRE team (W2 and 1099) has its act together. ✓ ✓ ✓
Congratulations to Syyclops!
Hooray for Syyclops’ success with Phase I, and best of luck on the outcome of your Phase II application🏆
Congratulations to VIATECHNIK LLC!
Congratulations to VIATECHNI, a client we prepared a winning NSF SBIR proposal for in 2021
Customer discovery
Customer discovery is a critical component in identifying marketing and sales goals and a necessary component of #SBIR proposals.
MVP and market research for SBIR/STTR
Research takes time. Smart applicants will start early. Many applicants also benefit from the guidance of subject matter experts on proposal preparation and SBIR/STTR protocol. Talk to us. We can help.
What is an MVP and how does it relate to SBIR/STTR
For any research project including SBIR, an MVP is very important because it can provide feasibility and act as a go/no-go milestone for further research.
Pre-seed and seed-stage as a qualification for funding
Anyone who has perused through solicitations (either federal such as SBIR or for pitch competitions and accelerators) will notice that one of the many qualifications for applicants is that they are “seed-stage” or “pre-seed stage”, but what does that mean and why is important to be in this position for certain funding opportunities?