Businesses seeing to participate in NIST programs or toacquire technology from a federal laboratory are faced with acontusing myriad of startng points. Typically, time and money isexpended to qualify the benefit of any program or technology.Even when the search is successfully concluded, it is common forthe business or the federal contact to lack resources necessaryto yield a commercialization result. It is proposed to develop a focused process within atransportable program. To participate in an assistance program oracquire a technology, each selected business would be championedduring the process in a manner which will make effective andefficient use of available resources, utilizing governmentprograms in conjunction with private sector funding andpersonnel.The program would be managed within a for-prom entity withstrategic alliances with government, education and the privatesectors Existing resources would be leveraged to attain maximumefficiency through contracted task delegation to entities bestsuited to perform given tasks.The program would be provided to businesses reflecting economicjustification for the assistance through measurable results innew profits. The program would be conducted within an optimumoperating environment.Potential commercial application of the research:Technologycommercialization centers business incubators.Key words to identify research or technology: BusinessAssistance, Technology Transfer, Financing, Incubators,Commercialization
