"The Many C's of Grant Writing Success" was developed and presented by Douglas Hagedorn, Founder of Tactalis on July 3, 2014. Douglas presented a workshop on Grant Writing for Startups.

1. 1. Be concise
2. Use consistent terminology correctly
3. Cohesive applications get funded
4. Be your own consultant
5. Complete their sentences
6. Be correct and confirmable
7. Be current and contemporary
8. Be calendar sensitive
9. Don’t be funding contingent
10. Be creative and clustered, but not-competitive
11. Collaborate with partners
12. Represent a community of practice
13. Become a known commodity
14. Explain valuable credentials
15. Don’t just copy and paste
16. Connect with past recipients
17. Offer a solid corporate foundation
18. Contribute back and be courteous
19. Use careful word choices
20. Circulate you application
21. Understand the chain of command
22. Leave some cash on the table
23. Commercialization potential speaks volumes
24. Consider the funder’s perspective
25. Have a just cause
26. Display cross country value in your own backyard
27. Be confident, not too cocky or too cautious
28. Understand the chain of grants
29. Proof of concept first, then commercialization
30. Calculate your value before and after 19