All this talk of "why couldn't we prevent it or detect it" is a side effect of not even trying, instead funneling money to rich dudes.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
SBIR success stories are few and far between. We have pissed away hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars and gotten no return.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
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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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
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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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski @matthew_d_green
Isn't the point of the SBIR program to rapidly differentiate ideas that work and don't in small Phase 1 contracts?
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There are references you didn't screenshot in that solicitation that explain more about the topic. https://www.sbir.gov/sbirsearch/detail/1254391 …
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I agree there's a lot wrong with SBIR: too many wired, Phase 1 $ too low, paperwork overhead too high, sponsors don't know their own needs
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But I think you're mischaracterizing the problem. As a SBIR participant, it's *very* hard to understand how anyone gets rich off this.
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Replying to @dguido @EmilyGorcenski
There seem to be a bunch of companies who have figured out how to scale this. They pay contractors and just run through lots of these.
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Replying to @matthew_d_green @EmilyGorcenski
SBIR review considers past commercialization efforts in future proposals to try and discourage that. It should definitely get stricter.
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But writing all those props, billing at justified rates, making it to Phase 2 and 3... that's a real grind. Not exactly printing $.
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