So, I worked in SBIR space for 8 years. SBIR is a government prrogram designed to fund small businesses to do tech research.
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All of that money could have been used to actually protect our digital infrastructure. Instead it's in white dudes' second homes.
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Here's a typical cybersecurity solicitation from the Air Force from the latest round. What the fuck are they even asking for???pic.twitter.com/0fOUvfnJt7
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"The focus of this research is on reconfiguration in the infrastructure of the application." Why are these English words in this order?
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It minimizes misinterpretations. "Application infrastructure reconfiguration is the research focus" seems efficient, but is easier to twist.
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That's the opposite. It's deliberately vague because they already know who they want to give money to.
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Going to have to disagree. I've used SBIR to develop multiple technologies and got them to market. Improvements needed, but good model.
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Welcome to being the few.
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Thanks. I know quite a few who have used them well to deliver products/tech. And some who viewed them as ongoing revenue only. Changes could
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Be made to easily spot those. It is a setaside so is ~2.5% of money going to big companies. I've seen way more waste on that 97.5% than
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In the 2.5%. Maybe our respective fields have different cohorts? I'm a mix of medical, hardware, and hardware oriented software.
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NIH is generally fine but the fact that R01 money can count towards a firm's commercialization dollars is accounting hackery.
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Yes, but overall I've found SBIR to be a well run program. Much better than others, should fix, not kill.
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They rarely cover the full cost of the tech dev but make it viable. Builds tech knowledge and infrastructure. It's non diluting capital but
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You must understand the system to start winning them. Lost my first few applications then worked it out. Helped start businesses with them.
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not to mention SBIR funding sometimes goes to big corps. Was working for one of the largest companies in American and pursuing them.
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This is the type of thing that makes me skeptical of govt funds replacing VC or other funding. Political by nature, warped from original aim
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VC funds plenty of stupid stuff, but I think ppl underestimate how much government grants are abused by the cottage industry of contractors
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