Join Whit Blodgett, Product Manager at IBM Watson & previously M&A analyst for investment banking, as he explains the link between funding cycles & your product development strategy. Whit brings experience and passion for helping ideas move through the product development gauntlet towards deployment. We'll wrap up the session with a Q&A with Whit & two other startup finance experts, so come prepared with hard questions. This webinar is part of the xTech 3.0 Accelerator, powered by FedTech. The goal of this webinar is to provide a new perspective from the "Silicon Valley venture world" to contrast the usual DoD funding stories. Part of the xTech 3 Accelerator.