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Tap Space Technology

Many new products and developments with promising commercial applications have grown out of space research. Over 3,400 National Aeronautics and Space Adm...  Read story

Small Firm Wows Nasa With "unique" Process

Making windmills should be easy, right? So when NASA decided to develop a wind-powered turbine for generating electricity, it gave the contract to Lockhe...  Read story

Who's Who In The Space-launch Biz

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration charges $20 million to $30 million to launch a satellite these days, but those prices will probably rise...  Read story

The Wild Green Yonder

Raising capital can be especially difficult for a company whose future plans are up in the air. But as the commercialization of outer space accelerates, s...  Read story

Hotline

New trends in the small business world.  Read story

Movers, Not Shakers

Movers that specialize in office equipment and the importance of hiring a specialist.  Read story

Small Firms Line Up for NASA Contracts

Plans for new rockets and a trip to the moon have opened up opportunities for companies in a number of industries.  Read story

NASA Awards Small Business Contracts

The space agency is providing $38 million to boost innovation at smaller tech firms.  Read story

Small Firms Vying for NASA Contracts

April 4, 2007 -- NASA has selected 18 small business technology transfer research proposals for contract negotiations worth a total of $1...  Read story

Tips on Winning Federal Tech Grants

Small-business owners will be offered tips on winning government grants for technology and innovation at a conference in Texas this fall. The Natio...  Read story

NASA Offers Free Rocket Scientists

A great NASA giveaway.  Read story

Proving that You Have the Right Stuff

A growth company in Topeka prepares to make its cosmic debut.  Read story

Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV)

Related Terms: Robotics ; Read story

Tune In, Download

An overview of a company offering technology that will allow data to be transmitted with video signals.  Read story

NASA Conference for Small Businesses

Feb. 9, 2007 -- The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a NASA facility located at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, wil...  Read story

Seminar on Winning Research Grants

The West Virginia Small Business Development Center will host a pair of seminars next month aimed at helping small-business owners win federal government ...  Read story

Turning Vendors Into Partners

Almost everyone is gunning for your business. But will your vendors treat you the way you treat your customers—like a true partner? Here are some questions...  Read story

Veteran-Owned Firm Wins $5.4 Billion Fed Contract

April 12, 2007 -- GovWare, a Vienna, Va.-based IT firm, has been awarded a $5.6 billion federal contract, the largest ever granted to a s...  Read story

What's Next: Mistakes Were Made

When your company screws up, don't hide it. Blog about it. And let everyone learn from the error.  Read story

Why Bureaucrats Avoid Small Business R & D

As a rule, the federal government doesn't like to do business with small companies, for reasons that are not hard to understand if you're the government e...  Read story

Small Businesses Awarded NASA Contracts

Nov. 21, 2006 -- NASA has selected 287 proposals from small businesses nationwide for federal research and development contracts worth $2...  Read story

Images Helped NASA with Discovery Re-entry

August 8, 2005 --As the space shuttle Discovery prepared to re-enter the earth's orbit Tuesday morning at Edwards Air Force Base,...  Read story

7 New Technology Marvels , inc5000 Article - Inc. Article

Our Inc. 500|5000 CEOs don't settle for what's already on the market. They seek out new and efficient technologies that make our lives easier. Here are a ...  Read story

Give Government Research Back To Entrepreneurs

Federal research laboratories have no business working on gas heaters, solar power, or other programs that compete directly with the private sector.  Read story

Space-Age Phone

New business manufactures dime-size microphone/receiver to replace the traditional phone handset.  Read story

Free Software

Company sells list of software programs available free from the government.  Read story

Grist: Micromanagers, Unite!

Confessions from a real-life micro-manager -- and how our company can benefit from a little meddling.  Read story

Grist: Micromanagers, Unite!

Confessions from a real-life micro-manager -- and how our company can benefit from a little meddling.  Read story

How to Start an Aerospace Company

Just seal yourself and your partner in a bubble for two years, then work your NASA contacts, says Jane Poynter of Paragon Space Development  Read story

Start-up Focus: Gateways to Space

A quick look at how a start-up creates educational videos that use astronauts to inform and entertain.  Read story

Ask Robert Stephens

Robert Stephens is the founder of Geek Squad, a tech-support company that was acquired by Best Buy in 2002. He still runs the 17,000-employee company.  Read story

For Those Who Do Inhale

Help for asthma sufferers.  Read story

Entrepreneur of the Year

In the entrepreneurial achievement of 2004, Burt Rutan became the first private businessman to launch human beings into space. His ultimate goal: to make spa...  Read story

The Wrong Stuff

When space buff Gary Hudson dared to go where no businessman had gone before, the results were a real blast.  Read story

Captain Kirk And His Spatial Light Modulator

Ron Kirk came back to Findlay, Ohio, with a fireman's commission and a deep curiosity about holography. Today his small company, Holotronics, holds the brigh...  Read story

Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program

The Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) is the federal government's most important research and development funding program for small busine...  Read story

Most Likely to Succeed

Call 'em snow jobs: These companies capitalize on winter weather.  Read story

If You Can't Take The Heat, Try A Headband

It's a long way from the depths of space to a tennis court, but Larry Kuznetz has started a business that bridges those miles. Drawing on 15 years o...  Read story

Having Conquered Earth, Google Sets Its Sights on the Moon

A weekly look at the latest products and services designed to help you run a better business.  Read story

Qualcomm Eudora 6.2

Inexpensive and easy to manage, but with some growing pains.  Read story