Last week, thirteen teams of government entrepreneurs made pitches in a "shark tank" environment to continue funding for their innovation programs through a new initiative at the Department of Health and Humans Services (HHS) called HHS Ignite. The HHS Ignite program "catalyzes early-stage project ideas that can be completed within very compressed time frames. Teams selected into HHS Ignite are guaranteed an appropriate amount of their time to complete the project. HHS Ignite provides a space in which small teams of employees can try something new in a start-up environment by exposing them to networks of innovators and equipping them with the methodologies and tools used by successful start-up companies.
To read the original article: Shark Tank: HHS Edition - GovLoop - Knowledge Network for Government
