Thanks for the input! Conferences are definitely on my radar (like the ASME or MRS fall meetings). However, as a solo, bootstrapped software founder, the 6-12 month peer-review cycle for publishing an article on my own is a bit too slow for my runway. That’s exactly why I'm hoping to partner with an existing lab—I bring the fast-moving AI architecture, and they bring the publishing pedigree and physics validation. Have you seen any founders successfully bridge that gap without having to spend a year writing papers first?
SBIR / STTR is all about networking and influence. The way to get one of this is to have them written so that only your proposal covers all the aspects and will get accepted.
Cynicism comes from talking through some proposals with people who've done it before. I never followed through on collaborating/submitting any of them.
The best way is to publish papers and go to conferences
Thanks for the input! Conferences are definitely on my radar (like the ASME or MRS fall meetings). However, as a solo, bootstrapped software founder, the 6-12 month peer-review cycle for publishing an article on my own is a bit too slow for my runway. That’s exactly why I'm hoping to partner with an existing lab—I bring the fast-moving AI architecture, and they bring the publishing pedigree and physics validation. Have you seen any founders successfully bridge that gap without having to spend a year writing papers first?
SBIR / STTR is all about networking and influence. The way to get one of this is to have them written so that only your proposal covers all the aspects and will get accepted.
Cynicism comes from talking through some proposals with people who've done it before. I never followed through on collaborating/submitting any of them.