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Govtech and defense tech Super high barriers to entry, governments are spending more and more but people are demanding better more efficient services and won't

Govtech and defense tech Super high barriers to entry, governments are spending more and more but people are demanding better more efficient services and won't put up with waiting in line at the DMV forever. In defense, it's hard to see the applications and what to build from an outside view, hard to get contracts and permissions, and hard to compete with established co's like Boeing that have all of the relationships already.

colek42 7y ago
Check out the SBIR program. It provides an easy way to get into the system and innovate.
- rwmurrayVT 7y ago
  Absolutely one of the best ways to get into the system.
  - TurkishPoptart 7y ago
    Can you comment more about this? Curious about how people get into it. Applying for a grant?
    - rwmurrayVT 7y ago
      https://www.sbir.gov/solicitation-listing/open https://www.sbir.gov/solicitation-listing/open This is a list of the current solicitations available. You can navigate around to the different departments. They have a calendar of announcements and due dates. If you click on the DoD SBIR[0] it brings up the available topics. Each period has different areas of interest. You create a little proposal and then they announce "Phase 1" awards. They usually have different terms, but I think it's typical to get up to 100k for 4 months. After your demo you can apply for Phase 2 which is more money over a longer term, after that you can move to Phase 3, commercialization, etc. The problem is that you have to work on it "full time" or at least the principal investigator has to work full time. The other problem is that they give you the topics of interest. There are so many over all of the departments. The biggest are definitely HHS and DoD. There are a lot of ML/AI, IT, sensors, etc. Unfortunately, the current cycle mostly ends tomorrow for DoD. [0]https://www.sbir.gov/node/1620805 https://www.sbir.gov/node/1620805

colek42 7y ago

Check out the SBIR program. It provides an easy way to get into the system and innovate.

rwmurrayVT 7y ago
Absolutely one of the best ways to get into the system.
- TurkishPoptart 7y ago
  Can you comment more about this? Curious about how people get into it. Applying for a grant?
  - rwmurrayVT 7y ago
    https://www.sbir.gov/solicitation-listing/open https://www.sbir.gov/solicitation-listing/open This is a list of the current solicitations available. You can navigate around to the different departments. They have a calendar of announcements and due dates. If you click on the DoD SBIR[0] it brings up the available topics. Each period has different areas of interest. You create a little proposal and then they announce "Phase 1" awards. They usually have different terms, but I think it's typical to get up to 100k for 4 months. After your demo you can apply for Phase 2 which is more money over a longer term, after that you can move to Phase 3, commercialization, etc. The problem is that you have to work on it "full time" or at least the principal investigator has to work full time. The other problem is that they give you the topics of interest. There are so many over all of the departments. The biggest are definitely HHS and DoD. There are a lot of ML/AI, IT, sensors, etc. Unfortunately, the current cycle mostly ends tomorrow for DoD. [0]https://www.sbir.gov/node/1620805 https://www.sbir.gov/node/1620805