Every country recognizes the need for more capital investment in small business innovation.  But that's only  the first step.  The need for industry expertise as well as expertise in mentoring and entrepreneurshipSBIR’s brilliant design has helped thousands of technology-minded entrepreneurs cross the chasm from research to real products, new markets and venture backing.That is exactly why in 1982 the U.S. Congress established the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which, in the words of it[...] - via Sean O'sullivan @ techcrunch.com