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On the recordAugust 18, 2013
The success rate of their SBIR applications has become sufficiently low, 15 percent for Phase I for many of these, that applicants no longer view the program as a viable path to think about how to get something started.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

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Shaheen highlights the declining success rate of SBIR applications affecting new businesses.

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