> just sell to the civil government.
From what I've seen, governments and startups typically don't go well together. By the time the government bureaucracy has finally approved the contract, most startups would already have been out of money.
From what I've seen, governments and startups typically don't go well together. By the time the government bureaucracy has finally approved the contract, most startups would already have been out of money.
Most are not like this, usually the government puts out solicitations (RFI/Q/Ps). They have a set deadline by which they have to answer your questions, a set deadline for bids, and a set deadline (usually 30d) by which they have to select someone.
You can also game this by emailing people around september, which is when they are getting ready to close their budgets. They need to spend any surplus, and I’ve seen many prominent civil agencies (won’t name and shame) throw around $1-2mm on a same-day contract with vague constraints.