I’ve been working on several different varieties of “pitch” in parallel. In one domain, I’m advising some start-ups. In another I am helping to ask the government for research funding.<\/p>\n
The differences between these two varieties of pitch is fascinating. Both are, in essence, a process of going up to somebody and saying “give us money.” But after that, things diverge radically.<\/p>\n
The people who fund start-ups are mainly interested in one thing — getting lots of money back in return. The people who fund academic research don’t expect to get any money out of it. But they want the future economy to grow.<\/p>\n
So on the one hand, you’ve got people who are cannily working in their own personal self-interest. On the other hand you’ve got people who are interested in a very large scale and future looking form of tribal self-interest.<\/p>\n
In the larger picture, both forms of support are essential. The academic funding of today produces innovations that will allow tech start-ups to succeed ten or twenty years from now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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