by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, C.O.R.E. Business System, Capability, Commercialization, Credibility, Entrepreneur, Government Funding Compliance, Start-up, Viability, Visibility
To begin a discussion of commercialization, we must begin with a few definitions. First, for convenience, the term “product” will be all inclusive of the following: technology, software, protein, textile, device, system, component, etc. Second, “commercialization” is...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 30, 2014 | Business Articles, Government Funding Compliance, Small Business, Small Business
There seems to be a buzz about government creating more programs to teach businesses, especially small businesses, how to do business. How to compete. How to cut costs. How to (fill in the blank). More and more programs are being discussed, and I suppose funding is...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 29, 2014 | Business Articles, Economy and Economics, Entrepreneur, Government Funding Compliance, Small Business, Small Business, Start-up
It should surprise no one that I believe that the success of economies is built on the efforts of the private sector, and that government’s role is to provide oversight to maintain open competition, prevent and detect fraud, and regulate activities to the extent...
by Lea Strickland | Sep 28, 2009 | Business Articles, C.O.R.E. Business System, Capability, Commercialization, Credibility, Government Funding Compliance, Viability, Visibility
Commercialization: Viability, Visibility, Capability, and Credibility To begin a discussion of commercialization, we must begin with a few definitions. First, for convenience, the term “product” will be all inclusive of the following: technology, software, protein,...
by Lea Strickland | Sep 28, 2009 | Business Articles, Funding, Perspectives
Hand Out or Hand Up The opportunities for small business funding abound. But like any other market, competition for funding is fierce and goes to the innovative, the viable, the visible, the capable, and the credible. It doesn’t go to those with an “entitlement”...
