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I had the displeasure of submitting a few honest SBIRs at one point in time. Needless to say, they were rejected for not being ambitious enough. It is actually
by pclmulqdq 2y ago
I had the displeasure of submitting a few honest SBIRs at one point in time. Needless to say, they were rejected for not being ambitious enough. It is actually so bad that there is an inverse relationship between your ability to get an SBIR and your ability to produce a commercial product - startups who try and fail are statistically more likely to succeed in the market than startups who get an SBIR (even with the benefit of the money).
- klysm 2y agoI’ve had the displeasure of working for companies that did get SBIRs and firmly believe you are correct that there is an inverse relationship on producing products. The machine knows how to get grants, and it does not care about delivering anything. Do you have any references on this topic I can look into further? I find it difficult to articulate that particular behavior to management