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Re:How Washington Can Support Entrepreneurs by sachinag on Wednesday May 27, 2009 @06:21PM (#629320)
You're kidding, right? No, seriously, you're kidding, right? They're predicated on "protectable IP" and only go to established companies - i.e. your side project doesn't qualify unless you've already incorporated. I could go on, but I already did:

http://www.businessinsider.com/economic-advice-from-an-entre...

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Re:How Washington Can Support Entrepreneurs by lallysingh on Wednesday May 27, 2009 @06:24PM (#629326)
Odd, I worked for a small (3 people) company that lived off of these things. We didn't have any problems.

I'll note that these were all DoD.

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Re:How Washington Can Support Entrepreneurs by troystribling on Wednesday May 27, 2009 @07:24PM (#629409)
When I worked for NASA I knew several researchers who were funded through NASA's SBIR program as independent investigators.
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