Can the organization survive the inevitable culture change from a technical excellence culture to a making the numbers culture?
One of many questions asked by Fred Patterson of companies thinking they can convert an SBIR technical success into a stream of profits. Fred, The Commercialization Funding Coach, wangled space in MDA’s Tech Applications quarterly http://www.mda.mil/mdalink/pdf/spring_06.pdf to show how hard it is to translate prototypes into profits.