SBIR Phase I: Project to Create an Automated System to Identify and Curate Web-based Resources for Entrepreneurs

SBIR 第一阶段：创建一个自动化系统来为企业家识别和管理基于网络的资源的项目

• 批准号: 1315303
• 负责人: Bradley Davis
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: Enclavix, LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-07-01 至 2013-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1315303&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Project; Create; Automated

The innovation in this project is the application of machine intelligence technology to help entrepreneurs quickly connect to the specific resources and services that will help them on their road to success. Entrepreneurs are a key source of growth and economic development in the United States, but many entrepreneurs need assistance in key skill areas ranging from raising capital, to legal requirements to building a startup management team. Tens of thousands of resources are available to entrepreneurs to help with these and other areas, however their quality varies dramatically and it is difficult, at best, to find the proper resources for a particular situation. The proposed online system will use a machine intelligence engine to identify, categorize and pre-qualify a wide array of resources, and then use the semantic network-based system to match the needs of the entrepreneur to the resources that will best support their exact need at the time. The broader/commercial impact of this proposal will significantly accelerate the success of America's entrepreneurs to include job creation. Many entrepreneurs fail because they "do not know what they do not know", because they do not know about available resources, or because they cannot readily find those resources. The proposed, online, "freemium" system will be an invaluable tool to improve the rate of success of America's startups, guiding the time-strapped entrepreneur to specific resources and support whenever it is needed. These tools will include resources and partnerships with non-profits, government agencies and quality sponsors. Beyond the individual business owner, the system and involved communities will leverage existing investments from federal, state and local agencies to better reach and assist potential and emerging entrepreneurs. This project has attracted the interest of organizations which want to partner with the team to bring this system to their entrepreneurial communities. Preliminary work strongly indicates that this machine intelligence-based system will quickly attract many entrepreneurs and accelerate their success

该项目的创新之处在于机器智能技术的应用，帮助创业者快速连接到特定的资源和服务，帮助他们走上成功之路。 企业家是美国增长和经济发展的关键来源，但许多企业家在关键技能领域需要帮助，从筹集资金到法律的要求，再到建立创业管理团队。企业家可以利用成千上万的资源来帮助这些领域和其他领域，但它们的质量差异很大，很难找到适合特定情况的适当资源。 拟议的在线系统将使用机器智能引擎来识别、分类和预审各种资源，然后使用基于语义网络的系统将企业家的需求与当时最能支持其确切需求的资源相匹配。这一提议的更广泛/商业影响将大大加速美国企业家的成功，包括创造就业机会。 许多企业家失败是因为他们“不知道他们不知道的事情”，因为他们不知道现有的资源，或者因为他们不能轻易找到这些资源。 拟议中的在线“免费增值”系统将成为提高美国初创企业成功率的宝贵工具，在需要时指导时间紧张的企业家获得特定的资源和支持。这些工具将包括与非营利组织、政府机构和优质赞助商的资源和伙伴关系。除了个人企业主之外，该系统和相关社区将利用联邦、州和地方机构的现有投资，更好地接触和帮助潜在的和新兴的企业家。这个项目吸引了一些组织的兴趣，这些组织希望与该团队合作，将这个系统带到他们的创业社区。初步工作强烈表明，这种基于机器智能的系统将迅速吸引许多创业者，加速他们的成功