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7--Cases of Successful High-Tech Entrepreneurship
Pages 35-40

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... In her role as panel moderator, Kevin Wheeler of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship underscored the importance of diversity to that Senate Committee, which worked to provide agencies 3 percent of SBIR budgets for program management and authorized the National Academies' ­ tudies s of the SBIR program every 4 years to measure results. She suggested that these funds could be used to improve outreach and reduce barriers to completing applications.
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... The company developed software for commercial clients, including MetLife, Olympus, and IBM. After the e-business crash in 2001, the company survived by successfully gaining a Navy SBIR award, whose solicitation they happened to see.
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From page 37...
... To contain collateral damage, the Air Force needed technology to aim small bombs developed for the Iraq War. Using knowledge from technology that it developed for the Federal Aviation Administration, NAVSYS created a GPS precision solution that did not require expensive equipment on the ground.
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... program in 2011 to overcome what she termed as "the distressing lack of women among the leadership of startup companies in the incubator." The dismal statistics, she said, reflected a larger national and global need for more women in tech startups. By providing women with entrepreneurial training in a nurturing environment, ewits® helps participants overcome barriers to entering the tech startup world, including the lack of role models, self-confidence, support systems, mentors, and work-life balance, and their own tendency to wait for an invitation.
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... Paired with an experienced female mentor, each participant worked within a virtual, crossdisciplinary management team to prepare a business plan and investor presentation. ewits® is still compiling the outcomes of the program.
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