Tough Tech Today with Meyen and Miller
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Tough Tech Today with Meyen and Miller
When tough tech and dual-use ventures collide, with the U.S. Air Force Banshee Program
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Jonathan Miller and Forrest Meyen
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Season 1
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Episode 8
Banshees of the United States Air Force hunt for mission-enhancing technologies.
The world's largest startup accelerator, MassChallenge, teamed up with the Air Force Labs to establish the Banshees training program. Members are U.S. Department of Defense acquisitions officers who are learning how to find tough tech and nurture dual-use ventures. Such startups are jointly serving the private commercial sector and the government as clients.
Forrest and jmill discuss tech commercialization challenges and #protips from several stakeholders' points of view: as entrepreneurs, as investors, and as government liaisons.