The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center (ASBTDC) launched the Lab2Launch Accelerator (L2L-Accel) in January 2020 to help early-stage companies develop high-quality proposals for the federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) or Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.
Michele R. Wright, Ph.D., CEO and Founder of My Water Buddy, Inc. and My Learning Buddy, Inc., was part of the first L2L-Accel cohort focused on the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Her project focused on the utilization of her company’s My Learning Buddy Edutainment platform for the development of a STEM Games App for elementary school students.
Dr. Wright called the Lab2Launch Accelerator a “life changer.”
“Being an integral part of the L2L Accelerator was not only a game changer for me as a participant but a life changer for me as a business entity,” she said.
“By taking part in the L2L Accelerator, I was able to be challenged and in return challenge myself to greater heights and higher limits. This made for an end-product and well-composed proposal that was high-quality, written with great attention to detail, and executed with a relentless and tireless pursuit of excellence.”
