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Table of Contents

• Home
• Financing
• U.S. Army Labs in Michigan
• In Depth with the U.S. Army National Automotive
  Center
• SBIR
• SBIR 3 Course Overview
• MEDC
• Useful Links

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Automation Alley Technology Center

• The mission of the Automation Alley Technology
  Center is to leverage business, educators and
  government to help entrepreneurs bring new
  technologies to market quicker and more
  efficiently. 

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Automation Alley Technology Center

• An organization focused on assisting anyone who
  creates or uses emerging technologies
• Serves as a rich resource for entrepreneurs,
  business, government organizations, educational
  institutions and investors
• Automation Alley Technology Center is the
  starting point for bringing new technologies or
  technology products to the market quicker and
  more efficiently

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Automation Alley Technology Center

• The Technology Center connects clients to vital
  capital for commercializing new technologies
• Opportunities range from pre-seed funding for
  development and prototyping to post-development
  funding
• The center also helps commercialization clients
  connect with angel investors, venture capitalists
  and banks

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Automation Alley Technology Center Partnerships

• Through its partnerships with organizations such
  as the National Automotive Center (NAC) and the
  Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC),
  the Center facilitates funding for specific
  technology areas.
• The NAC provides access to funding for
  military/duel-use technologies through programs
  such as Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
  and access to advanced RD capabilities through
  Automation Alleys umbrella Cooperative Research
  and Development Agreement (CRADA).
• MEDC funds target the development of advanced
  automotive technologies in Southeast Michigan

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Automation Alley Technology Center Seminars

• The Technology Center offers seminars and
  workshops in a variety of subjects relating to
  entrepreneurship.
• Events are designed to assist the entrepreneur or
  small business in an array of areas from learning
  how to submit Small Business Innovative Research
  (SBIR) grants to different aspects of taking a
  small business to viability.
• Seminar and workshop Information. (Internet
  connection is needed to view.)

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Financing

• Links to public and private financing resources

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Financing Technology Center

• Funding opportunities for technology innovators
• The technology center connects qualified clients
  to vital pre-seed funding for development and
  prototyping as well as commercialization capital
  from angel investors, venture capitalist and
  bankers.
• Our working relationships with colleges and
  universities also enable us to put you in touch
  with research, faculty, labs, specialized
  equipment and other resources to help lower
  development cost.

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Financing SBA

• The Oakland County Business Finance Corporation
  (OCBFC) is an SBA Certified Development Company.
• Purpose Stimulate the growth and expansion of
  business in Southeast Michigan.
• The OCBFC acts as an agent to analyze, package
  and submit loan requests under the SBA 504
  program.
• The SBA 504 loan program provides viable small
  and medium size businesses with long-term fixed
  rate financing for the acquisition or
  construction of fixed assets. The OCBFC also acts
  as the servicing agent for the approved loans.
• Learn more about SBA loan programs, including the
  
• Basic 7(a) Loan Guaranty, the 504 Loan Program,
  and the Microloan - 7(m) Loan Program.

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Financing Great Lakes Angels

• The Mission of the Great Lakes Angels
  organization is to organize and mentor angels and
  provide a forum for them to grow in knowledge and
  wealth and foster more of the same - to help
  invest in entrepreneurial companies in the
  Region. 
• The Great Lakes Angels will consider early stage
  company equity investments, and later stage
  company debt, bridge and mezzanine investments. 
• GLA meets 10 months of the year and reviews
  companies for possible investment.  Directions on
  how to send information on your company are at
  their website at www.glangels.org.

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U.S. Army Labs

• Information about the Tank Automotive Research
  and Development Center (TARDEC), the National
  Automotive Center (NAC), and Cooperative Research
  and Development Agreements (CRADA).

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TARDEC Tank-Automotive Research,
Development and Engineering Center

• Headquartered at the Detroit Arsenal (Warren, MI)
• Research, develop, engineer, leverage and
  integrate advanced technology into ground systems
• Supports equipment throughout its life cycle
• TARDEC works with 1,100 associates to develop and
  maintain vehicles for all U.S. Armed Forces, many
  federal agencies, and numerous countries

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CRADA Cooperative Research Development
Agreement

• The CRADA was established as part of the
  Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of
  1986 and 1989 to enable federal laboratories to
  conduct RD with private businesses and other
  entities
• Designed to facilitate technology transfer
  between parties and move individual ideas from
  federal labs into the private sector

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CRADA Cooperative Research
Development Agreement

• A written contract between one or more private
  companies and a government agency or laboratory
  to collaborate on mutually beneficial research
• Typically can be established within 60 days of
  initiation
• CRADA partners share technical expertise and the
  intellectual property resulting from their
  collaboration, as well as disclosure agreements,
  costs, results and contributions

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CRADA How it Works

• The federal government partner provides
  personnel, services, facilities, equipment or
  other resources for the project, with or without
  reimbursement
• The non-government partner provides funds,
  personnel, services, facilities, equipment or
  other resources toward RD that are consistent
  with the mission of the federal lab
• Funds cannot be transferred from government
  partner to non-government partner
• All parties to the CRADA can keep research
  results confidential and free from disclosure for
  up to five years
• Partners can share patents and patent licenses or
  one partner can retain exclusive rights to a
  patent or patent license

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CRADA Mutual Benefits

• Provides industry with access to technical
  information, expertise, specialized equipment and
  new technology
• Companies can use CRADAs as a tool to better
  respond to market pressure, tighter company
  budgets and globalization of competition. By
  using CRADAs to access commercial expertise,
  technologies and resources, government labs can
  improve lab quality and image, enhance mission
  capabilities and contribute to national economic
  well-being by providing public access to
  technology.

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CRADA Advantages
By facilitating teamwork and shared RD efforts,
CRADAs can be used by industrial and government
partners to

• Solve technological and industrial problems
• Share risks in developing technologies
• Share knowledge
• Exchange information
• Share facilities
• Exchange personnel
• Provide technical assistance
• Speed commercialization of federally developed
  technology
• Develop new or improved products and processes

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NAC National Automotive Center

• The U.S. Army National Automotive Center (NAC)
  serves as a catalyst linking industry, academia,
  and government in the development and interchange
  of dual-use (advanced automotive/defense)
  technologies that benefit all sectors
• NAC provides access to project seed funds to the
  Automation Alley Technology Center for technology
  commercialization in the dual-use and homeland
  defense technology areas
• Early stage commercialization funding is often
  the most difficult and critically needed type of
  technology business development funding. It
  represents a significant differentiating
  advantage to those that qualify

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NAC National Automotive Center

• The NAC SBIR program seeks companies interested
  in automotive technology that coincide with the
  Armys mission, as well as those that are
  relevant to the market and have the potential for
  success
• The Program includes three phases beginning with
  reviewing the possibilities and technical merit
  and concluding with the integration of the
  product into Army programs and/or the commercial
  market
• Requirements on how to participate in the
  Department of Defense SBIR program can be found
  on the Internet at http//www.acq.osd.mil/sadbu/sb
  ir

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SBIR Small Business Innovation Research Program

• The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
  program is a highly competitive program
  exclusively for small businesses.

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SBIR

• Awards up to 850,000 grants or contracts in
  funding for small business RD
• Does not dilute owners equity
• The SBIR program has a national scope and
  provided 1.6 billion in funding throughout FY
  2003
• SBIR is the largest source of early-stage
  technology financing in the U.S.

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SBIRs RD Funding for Small Businesses

• Agencies with budgets exceeding one billion
  dollars must reserve a portion of their RD funds
  for the SBIR-STTR program
• SBIR offers grants or contracts from a
  participating federal agency for the performance
  of vital research of interest to the government.
• SBIR funding for the critical start-up and
  development stages of a technology, product or
  service has enabled thousands of small businesses
  to contribute in areas such as national defense,
  environmental protection, health care and
  information management

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SBIRs RD Funding for Small Businesses

• Eleven Federal agencies issue solicitations in
  the SBIR program
• Department of Commerce
• Department of Defense
• National Science Foundation
• Department of Homeland Security
• Department of Agriculture
• Department of Transportation
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Department of Energy
• Department of Health and Human Services
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• Department of Education

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SBIRs RD Funding for Small Businesses

• To be eligible for SBIR funding there are several
  requirements
• Must be a small business located in the U.S.
• Must at least 51 U.S. owned and independently
  operated
• Must be an organized for-profit U.S. business
• Must have 500 or fewer employees
• The principle investigators primary employment
  must be with the small business during the
  project
• Applicant must be a Small Business Concern
• Must consent with Intellectual Property Agreement
• Allocation of rights in IP and rights to carry
  out
• Follow on RD and commercialization

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SBIR Three Courses
This three course PowerPoint presentation serves
as an excellent overview of the SBIR program.

• Course One Basic Features and Agency Nuances
• Course Two History and Law
• Course Three Entrepreneurial Research
  Institutions
• Universities, Industry partnerships, and Cultural
  differences
• SBIR 3 Course Overview

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MEDC Michigan Economic Development Cooperation

• A valuable resource with initiatives such as the
  Technology Tri-Corridor Program, the Emerging
  Business Fund, and the SmartZone Program.

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MEDC

• The MEDC is a partnership between
• state and local communities
• Stimulates the growth of the economy by building
  strategies and providing services that will
  improve Michigans economy and quality of life
• The MEDC improves Michigans business climate by
  providing assistance to businesses,
  municipalities and community organizations

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MEDC Tri-Corridor Program

• Tri-Corridor focuses include advancing growth in
  life sciences, advanced manufacturing
  technologies, and homeland security industries
  through extensive funding and resource
  collaboration focusing on emerging technology
  sectors.
• Financing is available for companies and
  researchers through a competitive proposal
  process
• Through the program, 1 million has been
  allocated for the Michigan Technology
  Tri-Corridor SBIR Emerging Business Fund
• Technology Tri-Corridor Program

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MEDC Emerging Business Fund

• The match funds can be used by businesses for all
  purposes approved by the SBIR as well as for the
  other commercialization expenses not covered by
  SBIR guidelines
• MEDC provides a letter of support for qualified
  applications entering SBIR Phase I
• To be eligible for these funds, all SBIR
  applications must have a Tri-Corridor focus
• Emerging Business Fund

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MEDC SmartZones

• Ten designated geographical areas within Michigan
• Organization of universities, government,
  research organizations, industry and other local
  institutions where there is an abundance of R D
  assets
• Allows entrepreneurs, technology-based firms, and
  researchers to work closely with community
  resources
• Aids those working to commercialize ideas,
  patents, and other RD efforts
• SmartZones

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MEDC SmartZones
Michigan SmartZones

• Automation Alley SmartZone
• Battle Creek Aviation and E-Learning SmartZone
• Michigan Tech Enterprise SmartZone
• Lansing Regional SmartZone
• Mount Pleasant SmartZone
• Kalamazoo SmartZone
• Grand Rapids SmartZone
• Muskegon Lakeshore SmartZone
• Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti SmartZone
• Woodward Technology Corridor SmartZone

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Useful Links

• Live links to state and federal procurement
  resources

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Useful Links State

• Automation Alley Business Resources
• The Michigan Economic Development Corporation
  (MEDC) is a partnership between state and local
  communities that stimulates the growth of the
  economy by building strategies and providing
  services that will improve the quality of life.
• Quick Links to MEDC topics MEDC Financial
  Services, MEDC IT Links, Emerging Technology
  Challenge Fund
• Michigans Technology Tri-Corridor, a program
  through MEDC, works to advance growth in life
  sciences, advanced automotive technologies, and
  homeland security industries through extensive
  funding and resource collaboration focusing on
  emerging technology sectors.
• The Michigan SBIR match program recently
  established the Emerging Business Fund which
  allocates 1 million in matching grants of up to
  15,000 for companies participating in Phase I of
  the SBIR program.

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Useful Links State

• The SmartZone program has organized
  universities, government, research organizations,
  industry and other local institutions where there
  is an abundance of assets and has aided those
  working to commercialize ideas, patents, and
  several other RD efforts. There are 11 areas in
  Michigan that have been designated as SmartZones.
• The Michigan Venture Fund is a 150 million
  venture capital fund that targets technology
  start ups and repays investors with tax credits
  if money is lost. The Venture Michigan Fund is
  in the early stages, more information coming
  soon.
• Procurement Technical Assistance Centers of
  Michigan (PTAC) are local resources that provide
  assistance to business firms in marketing
  products and services to the federal, state and
  local governments. Currently, there are twelve
  PTAC offices in Michigan. Stay up to date on all
  Michigan Technology events at TheGlance.com and
  The Automation Alley Calendar
• Throughout 83 counties in Michigan the MI-SBTDC
  provides counsel and training to entrepreneurs
  and small business owners. Michigan Small
  Business Technology Development Center.

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Useful Links Federal

• SSTI Weekly Digest Updated every Monday, the SSTI
  Weekly Digest reports the week's biggest stories
  for the technology community
• Search, apply, or sign up for notification of
  grant opportunities at FirstGov.gov
• Acqnet is a guide to several government
  opportunities, including solicitations, policies,
  regulations and other government resources
• In-Q-Tel, a non profit venture capital firm,
  invests in innovative and high technology
  companies.  Funded by the CIA, In-Q-Tel invests
  in break-through technologies that serve US
  national security interests.

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Useful Links Federal

• The Oakland County Business Finance Corporation
  (OCBFC) was certified under the Small Business
  Administration's (SBA) Certified Development
  Company program in September, 1982. The OCBFC
  acts as an agent to analyze, package and submit
  loan requests under the SBA 504 program.
• The SBA 504 loan program provides viable small
  and medium size businesses with long-term fixed
  rate financing for the acquisition or
  construction of fixed assets. The OCBFC also acts
  as the servicing agent for the approved loans.
  The purpose of the OCBFC is to stimulate the
  growth and expansion of business in Oakland
  County.

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Useful Links Federal

• Learn more about SBA loan programs, including
  Basic 7(a) Loan Guaranty, Certified Development
  Company (CDC), 504 Loan Program, Microloan - 7(m)
  Loan Program
• Search grants by topic at SBA Federal Grant
  Resources page
• Find your local SBA Office

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Useful Links Federal

• Explore the opportunities offered by the 11
  government agencies on the SBIR homepage
• Founded in 1901, the National Institute of
  Standards and Technology (NIST) is a
  non-regulatory federal agency within the Commerce
  Department's Technology Administration. NIST's
  mission is to develop and promote measurement,
  standards and technology to enhance productivity,
  facilitate trade and improve the quality of life.
  NIST carries out its mission through several
  cooperative programs
• The Advanced Technology Program accelerates the
  development of innovative technologies for broad
  national benefit by co-funding RD partnerships
  with the private sector.
• The Baldrige National Quality Program, which
  promotes performance excellence among U.S.
  manufacturers, service companies, educational
  institutions, and health care providers conducts
  outreach programs and manages the annual Malcolm
  Baldrige National Quality Award which recognizes
  performance excellence and quality achievement.
• The Manufacturing Extension Partnership is
  nationwide network of local centers that offer
  technical and business assistance to smaller
  manufacturers.

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Useful Links Federal

• The Association of University Technology Mangers
  (AUTM) is a non-profit association that managers
  intellectual properties.
• World market updates on research and development
  from several US industries
• FedBizOpps.gov is where all federal government
  procurement opportunities exceeding 25,000 are
  posted. Acting as the single government point of
  entry (GPE) the site includes solicited
  opportunities by the entire federal contracting
  community which allows commercial venders seeking
  federal markets for their products and services
  to search opportunities.
• Grants.gov simplifies the application process for
  grants. The site also provides vital information
  regarding finding and learning about federal
  funding and grants. Grants.gov supports 26
  grant-making agencies and offers access to over
  900 grant programs.
• The General Services Administration is a federal
  buying activity, find your GSA region

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Automation Alley Technology Center

• Learn More
• http//www.automationalleytechcenter.com
• Contact Us
• info_at_automationalleytechcenter.com
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