What we’re about
Welcome Defense Innovators! We're a group to accelerate and smooth technology adoption throughout the Department of Defense. All are welcome, whether you're a startup founder, investor, industry representative, or member of the government.
Regardless of your role within the defense innovation ecosystem, our monthly meetings are designed to accelerate your startup, advance your mission or increase your team's value to customers. Our discussions are deeply informative, and results-oriented.
- Learn from expert discussions on proposal writing, teaming relationships, and defense needs
- Meet startups and academics from around the country as they discuss technology trends and opportunities
- Join our quarterly design challenges to surface new opportunities and discover potential solutions to sticky problems
Thank you to Capital Factory for sponsoring Accelerating Defense Innovation. Capital Factory is the center of gravity for entrepreneurs in Texas. They meet the best entrepreneurs in Texas and introduce them to their first investors, employees, mentors, and customers. To sign up for a Capital Factory membership, click here.
Upcoming events (3)
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"Accelerating Defense Innovation" is a monthly meetup group dedicated to helping connect academia, traditional defense contractors, and small businesses win business in the national security sector.
We do that by getting together to discuss specific challenges the government faces and discover ways existing commercial technology can be repurposed to solve real world problems. We're about surfacing real ideas and creating teams of companies that could become solutions in the next 18-36 months.
Each month, we'll bring in a program manager from somewhere in government who will present on a problem they're trying to solve. Our group will engage in a facilitated, collaborative discussion to suggest technologies and approaches to solve the problem.
Here's how we think everyone wins:
Government -- Exposure to new ideas and technologies they perhaps haven't considered.
Traditional Defense Contractors -- Also get exposed to new technologies and potential teaming partners.
Academia -- Find new ways to apply basic science and increase familiarity with operational challenges your research can help solve.
Small Businesses -- Find new partners, create new use cases, discover new pathways to fundingThree Ground Rules:
- Talk about ways to solve problems and features of unique technologies, not your company. Everyone wants to hear what great thing you're building and form an organic relationship. No one wants a sales pitch. People will figure out what company you work for if you contribute a good idea.
- Solving complex problems only happens through collaboration. Let's come with an open mind and work to solve problems together rather than try to pretend our idea is a one-stop-shop for a solution. (Again, save the sales pitches for later.)
- New to government business? Awesome! If you need help understanding how to do business with the government, see a moderator and they'll get you connected to resources. We'll hit the highlights of "how to do business with the government" in our meetings but we'll try to stay problem-solution focused.
Thank you to Capital Factory for sponsoring Accelerating Defense Innovation. Capital Factory is the center of gravity for entrepreneurs in Texas. They meet the best entrepreneurs in Texas and introduce them to their first investors, employees, mentors, and customers. To sign up for a Capital Factory membership, click here.
- Accelerating Defense Innovation Monthly MeetupLink visible for attendees
"Accelerating Defense Innovation" is a monthly meetup group dedicated to helping connect academia, traditional defense contractors, and small businesses win business in the national security sector.
We do that by getting together to discuss specific challenges the government faces and discover ways existing commercial technology can be repurposed to solve real world problems. We're about surfacing real ideas and creating teams of companies that could become solutions in the next 18-36 months.
Each month, we'll bring in a program manager from somewhere in government who will present on a problem they're trying to solve. Our group will engage in a facilitated, collaborative discussion to suggest technologies and approaches to solve the problem.
Here's how we think everyone wins:
Government -- Exposure to new ideas and technologies they perhaps haven't considered.
Traditional Defense Contractors -- Also get exposed to new technologies and potential teaming partners.
Academia -- Find new ways to apply basic science and increase familiarity with operational challenges your research can help solve.
Small Businesses -- Find new partners, create new use cases, discover new pathways to fundingThree Ground Rules:
- Talk about ways to solve problems and features of unique technologies, not your company. Everyone wants to hear what great thing you're building and form an organic relationship. No one wants a sales pitch. People will figure out what company you work for if you contribute a good idea.
- Solving complex problems only happens through collaboration. Let's come with an open mind and work to solve problems together rather than try to pretend our idea is a one-stop-shop for a solution. (Again, save the sales pitches for later.)
- New to government business? Awesome! If you need help understanding how to do business with the government, see a moderator and they'll get you connected to resources. We'll hit the highlights of "how to do business with the government" in our meetings but we'll try to stay problem-solution focused.
Thank you to Capital Factory for sponsoring Accelerating Defense Innovation. Capital Factory is the center of gravity for entrepreneurs in Texas. They meet the best entrepreneurs in Texas and introduce them to their first investors, employees, mentors, and customers. To sign up for a Capital Factory membership, click here.
- Accelerating Defense Innovation Monthly MeetupLink visible for attendees
"Accelerating Defense Innovation" is a monthly meetup group dedicated to helping connect academia, traditional defense contractors, and small businesses win business in the national security sector.
We do that by getting together to discuss specific challenges the government faces and discover ways existing commercial technology can be repurposed to solve real world problems. We're about surfacing real ideas and creating teams of companies that could become solutions in the next 18-36 months.
Each month, we'll bring in a program manager from somewhere in government who will present on a problem they're trying to solve. Our group will engage in a facilitated, collaborative discussion to suggest technologies and approaches to solve the problem.
Here's how we think everyone wins:
Government -- Exposure to new ideas and technologies they perhaps haven't considered.
Traditional Defense Contractors -- Also get exposed to new technologies and potential teaming partners.
Academia -- Find new ways to apply basic science and increase familiarity with operational challenges your research can help solve.
Small Businesses -- Find new partners, create new use cases, discover new pathways to fundingThree Ground Rules:
- Talk about ways to solve problems and features of unique technologies, not your company. Everyone wants to hear what great thing you're building and form an organic relationship. No one wants a sales pitch. People will figure out what company you work for if you contribute a good idea.
- Solving complex problems only happens through collaboration. Let's come with an open mind and work to solve problems together rather than try to pretend our idea is a one-stop-shop for a solution. (Again, save the sales pitches for later.)
- New to government business? Awesome! If you need help understanding how to do business with the government, see a moderator and they'll get you connected to resources. We'll hit the highlights of "how to do business with the government" in our meetings but we'll try to stay problem-solution focused.
Thank you to Capital Factory for sponsoring Accelerating Defense Innovation. Capital Factory is the center of gravity for entrepreneurs in Texas. They meet the best entrepreneurs in Texas and introduce them to their first investors, employees, mentors, and customers. To sign up for a Capital Factory membership, click here.
