by Pat Dillon | at MinneBar 10 | 2:45 – 3:35 in Louis Pasteur | View Schedule
Got a innovative technology-based idea, concept or project at the fuzzy front end of technology development. Come and learn about the $2.6 Federal Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Programs that provide non-dilutive seed funding for early stage innovations. You will learn if SBIR/STTR funding is right for your company or project, and whether this highly competitive source of funding is applicable to your research and commercialization strategies. The session will cover the who, what, where, when and why of the SBIR/STTR Programs.
Speaker: Ms. Pat Dillon, MBA, has worked with hundreds of technology companies over the past 20 years in both Minnesota and Wisconsin resulting in more than $50 million in federal research funding to support innovation and technology commercialization.
Ms. Dillon is the director of MN-SBIR that aims to foster a more innovative Minnesota economy focused on turning new ideas and inventions into products and technologies that spur job growth and competitiveness while promoting economic development. In this position, she is responsible for the strategic direction and leadership of MN-SBIR and its services to small businesses and startups in Minnesota.
Ms. Pat Dillon, MBA, has worked with hundreds of technology companies over the past 20 years in both Minnesota and Wisconsin resulting in more than $50 million in federal research funding to support innovation and technology commercialization.
Ms. Dillon is the director of MN-SBIR that aims to foster a more innovative Minnesota economy focused on turning new ideas and inventions into products and technologies that spur job growth and competitiveness while promoting economic development. In this position, she is responsible for the strategic direction and leadership of MN-SBIR and its services to small businesses and startups in Minnesota.
