Archive for Archive for October, 2007
Winning an NSF SBIR Grant (Phase II)
Why am I an Authority on the Topic?
I have personally worked on proposals that have won awards from the Department of Defense (DoD) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) totaling over $2.1 million. I am also a commercial reviewer for Phase II proposals for the NSF.
Solicitation
There is no official solicitation for a Phase II. If [...]
Winning an NSF SBIR Grant (Phase I)
Why am I an Authority on the Topic?
I have personally worked on proposals that have won awards from the Department of Defense (DoD) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) totaling over $2.1 million. I am also a business reviewer for Phase II proposals for the NSF. I have both been through the proposal process and [...]
Valuation (for a Venture Capital Investment)
In business school, we learned a variety of techniques to value companies: discounted cash flow, multiple comparison, book value, liquidation value, etc. The first time I raised venture capital, I very seriously applied all of these techniques to our company and came up with a current fair market value that I felt we could use [...]
What I Learned… the Early Days
Despite my conviction that I was well suited to the lofty heights, my first career positions were not in management. Nevertheless, I always was interested in the management of the company and the workings of the senior employees. There was not one company that I worked for where I did not learn something of value [...]
Investment Commentary
“The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.” – Ecclesiastes 9
In general, the market hasn’t changed much in the last six months. Mortgage issues are continuing to cause problems in the housing [...]
