Archive for Archive for December, 2007
SBIR Grants Carnival vol. 1
Creating a successful grant proposal is skill learned by doing. If you are a research scientist, you learn how to write a grant as a post-doc, but you do not learn how to write a commercialization plan. If you are a business person, you learn how to write a commercialization plan in business school or [...]
Venture Capital Carnival vol. 1
Venture capital seems like the panecia to many entrepreneurs, but it’s not the easiest capital to get and can be tricky once you have it. Keep up with the following experts and know your investor before you even begin looking for investment.
Ed Sim gives some good advice on long-term planning: Don’t forget the long term.
Jay [...]
Protecting Your Business Against Fraud and Theft
I found an interest blog (well, actually he found me) that reminded me how important security is to small business. It’s called the Con Man’s Blog and he posted a specific blog for small businesses: Con Man Focus–Finding Small Business Easier Marks which discusses why small business are targeted for crime. Although many of the [...]
Government SBIR Websites
If you are interested in apply for an SBIR or STTR, here are the website links for the different programs. I listed the current outstanding solicitations and due dates in a previous post.
Component DoD SBIR/STTR Programs
ARMY: http://www.aro.army.mil/arowash/rt/sbir/sbir.htm
NAVY: http://www.navysbir.com
AIRFORCE: http://www.sbirsttrmall.com
DARPA: http://www.darpa.mil/sbir
Defense Threat Reduction Agency: http://www.dtra.mil/be/business_opp/procurement/acq_sbir.cfm
Missile Defense Agency (MDA): http://www.winbmdo.com
U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM): http://soal.socom.mil/index.cfm?page=sadbu&sb=sbir
National Geospatial Intelligence [...]
Don’t Forget Your Employee Manual
Why would I be blogging about an employee handbook on a finance and strategy site? Often human resources falls under the CFO’s domain, which in a lot of ways is amusing because HR people and finance people do not normally have a lot in common. However, if you fail to classify your employees appropriately and [...]
