Deep-Tech Driven Internet Businesses and Equity-Free Funding
You might be building your business on innovative internet technologies. Or maybe you’ve already built a solid business and you’ve decided innovation is your key to growth. Either way, you may want to source some capital to fund further research and development. Before you decide to find investors — and give up equity — you should first consider getting government-sponsored Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant funding....
Know The Real Cost Of Asking For Money
There’s no such thing as a free lunch. I mean that literally. If someone offers to buy your lunch, you should order your bacon cheeseburger with a side of skepticism. In business, people just don’t buy food for other people for no reason. And if they don’t offer lunch without a quid pro quo in mind…
Dept Of Energy Invests $8 Million In CleanTech Companies
The United States Department of Energy wants to make solar energy costs for consumers competitive with other types of available energy by the end of the decade. Granting $2 million to startup Solar Mosaic, the DOE’s Secretary Steven Chu believes that investing in the private sector will accomplish exactly that. “Financing is a major part of getting the costs down,” noted Chu at the SunShot Grand Challenge Summit held in Denver,...