 This two-and-a-half-day convening of several large and mid-sized firms and appropriately qualified SBIR-STTR Awardees is always  a useful opportunity for close, opportunity-focused interaction with potential business partners a structured setting in which to lay the groundwork for real working relationships and a powerful learning experience for those involved.
HOWEVER, it is vital to understand that the event per se is actually the outcome of what may be a several month process of drill-down prep-work - as much by the Tech Seeker as by the SBIR Awardee. The SBIR ASSETs process is NOT about showcasing the SBIR Awardee in something of a vacuum. It is about efficiently and effectively connecting serious Technology Seekers to those specific SBIR-involved firms which have
What participating Tech Seeker have said
Powerful databasesthey are in the external marketplace to buy specifically drives SBIR ASSETs process. Underpinnning this effort and the capacity to make truly effective matches of need to capability are powerful, proprietary SBIR relational databases developed and maintained by Event organizers - long-time, leading SBIR advocates in the private sector. Accurate and complete to the most recently announced SBIR-STTR awards, this comprehensive, cross-agency system supports offline, rapid keyword-search through all project Abstracts, Issued Patents, detailed Company Profiles, in-depth Capability Statements, Business and Financial Condition (to include VC, IPO, M&A), a full range of classification systems and analyses, Personnel Bios, Working papers, news releases and featured articles etc. Note: this SBIR-STTR-focused Market-Pull, Tech-Transfer event is NOT open- access. to refuse registration. |
--EITHER already developed, OR have made major progress towards, what the particular Tech Seekers is actually looking for