The Michigan TABA Program (MI-TABA)
An initiative of BBCetc and funded by the Small Business Administration (SBA) FAST grant. The MI-TABA Program offers Michigan-based SBIR/STTR Awardees Technical and Business Assistance (TABA) services.
The BBCetc MI-TABA Program provides complete technical and business assistance to advance your technology toward commercialization. With a team of support and variety of services designed to help small businesses identify and address their most pressing product development needs.
Specifically, for:
- Michigan-based companies
- Have won a Phase I SBIR or STTR (with any agency)
MI-TABA Program
Qualifying companies can choose from the following services to meet their unique needs. The services can be selected in any order and are not dependent on other services.
*The Investment Ready Bootcamp*
A mandatory, in-person event that allows instructors a chance to work individually with each participant company to assess readiness and develop a commercialization roadmap.
- Dates: April 23 & 24, 2025 in Detroit, MI. Time: TBD
General Commercialization Consulting
Provided by BBCetc and the SBDC Tech Team.
- Customer identification/development: customer discovery guidance, developing pricing & go-to-market strategies, marketing & sales approaches
- Financing/fundraising: assist with investor pitches, fundraising approaches, strategies for negotiating licensing fees, deal term advice, valuation techniques & capitalization tables, and creating / using Term Sheets
- Strategic Partners: how to contact strategic partners, developing business plans, engagement strategies
Cybersecurity Consulting
Led by Totem Technologies, a best-in-class cybersecurity consulting firm. As a DOD prime contractor facing the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) requirements, Totem was formed to provide small businesses the tools needed to prepare for the CMMC.
- Assessment
- Cohort based 9-week training course to equip for CMMC level 2
- Setup for CUI environment
Industrial Design Consulting
Big Bang is a senior team of product strategy, design and implementation professionals that assist companies of all sizes take ideas to market. Big Bang can assist with product-market-fit strategies and has a strong industrial design team that specializes in transforming concepts into commercially viable products.
- Assessment
- Additional design & strategy services
Intellectual Property Consulting
Scale LLP is a full-service intellectual property law firm. Scale specializes in assisting early-stage technology companies and is very familiar with the SBIR/STTR programs and the related unique IP concerns of these programs.
- Utility Patent Application
- Utility Patent
- Design Patent Application
- Novelty Patent Search
- Trademark Application
- SaaS or Software License Agreement
- IP Assessment and Establishment of Data Rights Mgmt Procedures
- Freedom to Operate Analysis
Medical Technology Consulting
Ursanex is a physician-founded network of advisors aimed at providing clinical due diligence to medical technology companies. Their expertise includes how to integrate new medical technologies into relevant workflows, regulatory compliance / strategies, how to engage patients & end users, clinical validation / evidence generation strategies, determining clinical relevance & product market fit, and determining relevant competition.
- Assessment
- Additional strategy services
Who should apply?
- Michigan-based companies
- Have won a Phase I SBIR or STTR (with any agency)
Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply before March 21, 2025 to secure a seat at the Investment Ready Bootcamp scheduled for late April, 2025.
Meet our partners
MI-TABA is funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. All opinions, conclusions, and/or recommendations expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA.