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Innovating & fundraising

Funding, intellectual property, public and defense contracts. What sets Central Florida apart from other U.S. ecosystems, and what has to be prepared long in advance.

4 guides across 4 areas

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Funding

Venture capital, debt, federal grants: three different logics, three different timelines, and only one that does not dilute.

  1. Raising funds: the routes that exist Venture capital, debt, federal grants: three logics, three timelines, and what each requires of the structure. Read the guide

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Intellectual property

A European filing protects nothing in the United States. And the first to file prevails, whatever prior use exists elsewhere.

  1. Protecting your brand and patents in the US Why a European filing protects nothing here, and the protection routes open to a US company. Read the guide

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Public and defense contracts

Orlando concentrates a significant share of the simulation and military training industry. Access to these markets is prepared years ahead.

  1. Selling to government and defense The identifiers, registrations and clearances that gate access to federal contracts, and the real timeline. Read the guide

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Ecosystem and support

The free public programs almost nobody uses, because almost nobody knows they exist.

  1. The free programs nobody uses The public and quasi-public bodies that support businesses without charging, and what they actually do. Read the guide