Technology startups attract a lot of attention from the investment community because of their potential to leverage their intellectual property to create multi-billion dollar companies and even entire new industries.

But most technologists are just that - science wonks - with little to no business, management, marketing, or capital markets experience. How can they take their big idea from the garage to a point where it could serious attract the attention of the investment community? Through an SBIR.

My guest this is week is Roger London, a technology investment expert who has worked with a number of companies that started in the SBIR program and are now moving toward commercializing their intellectual property with the help of private capital.