#054 Engineering an Acquisition, Grant Funding, and Nanotech Pharma with Maria Flynn

Links:

• Rolling Fun (rolling.fun)

• SBIR requirements (sbir.gov/sites/default/files/elig_size_complia…)

• Participating governmental agencies (sbir.gov/agencies-landing)

• State funds for SBIR (sbir.gov/sites/default/files/2021_State-Funds-…)

Topics:

() - Maria’s origin story & the founding of Orbis
() - What is this technology?
() - What was Corey’s breakthrough?
() - How many months of burn did you have from the seed round?
() - What was the process of running down your first 4 contracts?
() - When did grant funding come into the picture and how do people go about getting this type of funding?
() - What happens to your options when you secure a phase 1 grant?
() - What was your experience pursuing these sources of funding?
() - What are some of the technologies you see coming into contact with grant funding?
() - How and where are you submitting requests for grants?
() - How are proposals filtered through the acceptance process?
() - How often is the motivation for funding so that agencies can become customers?
() - How much of your funding came from equity investors and then from grants?
() - How long does it take from start to finish in order to secure grant funding?
() - How many times the funding in a deck come down to minute details within a proposal?
() - What process do you walk entrepreneurs through when they want to work with you about securing grant funding?
() - How do you think about acquisition coaching?
() - What was your experience being acquired?
() - How can other founders position themselves for a sale?
() - How do you think about managing a team through an acquisition?
() - How did the licensing inflection point tie into the acquisition?
() - What are some facts from your industry that would blow people’s minds?
() - How far can this technology go?
() - What happens to an IP of a technology like Orbis?

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