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October 16 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

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GPH Regional Cohort | Fall 2024

Enroll in this free 5-week online course focused on customer discovery. Designed to equip teams with skills for designing products and services that benefit customers. Gain insights for developing a commercialization strategy to transition technology from lab to market. The course provides structured lectures and best practices to support teams in engaging with customers effectively.

Applications are reviewed as they are received, so for the best chance at reserving your spot in our upcoming cohort, apply well before the application deadline.

 

Schedule

  • Wednesday, October 16 | 9 am – 10:30 am CST
  • Monday, October 21 | 9 am – 12 pm CST
  • Thursday, October 24 | 9 am – 12 pm CST
  • Wednesday, November 6 | 9 am – 12 pm CST
  • Wednesday, November 13 | 9 am – 12 pm CST
  • Wednesday, November 20 | 9 am – 12 pm CST
Application deadline is Friday, September 27, 2024

October 16, 2024 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm CST

MEET THE INSTRUCTORS

Stephanie Kidd, PhD

Stephanie serves as the Communications Strategist for the UNeTech Institute, Omaha, Nebraska’s only university-supported entrepreneurial support organization. UNeTech, housed under the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the University of Nebraska Omaha, helps the inventions from faculty and staff from the University of Nebraska ecosystem transition from idea to successful commercialized business.

At UNeTech, Stephanie developed and runs a program called Opportunity Corps, which provides an I-Corps based ten-month fellowship to both women in STEAM and Black entrepreneurs, with a focus on overcoming barriers to entrepreneurship. She also serves as a lead instructor for the Great Plains I-Corps Region.

Before her career at UNeTech, Stephanie worked in higher education and nonprofit. She holds a PhD in higher education administration and is a former dean of online education. She is the co-founder and artistic director of Radio Theatre Omaha. She is active in the Junior League of Omaha where she is the current executive vice president-elect.

Jessica Vold

Jessica Vold, PhD

Jessica is the Engineering Entrepreneurship & Innovation Faculty member at North Dakota State University. She serves the College of Engineering teaching entrepreneurship to scientists and engineers. She is also an Assistant Professor teaching materials, mechanics, and introduction level engineering courses out of her home department, Mechanical Engineering. Jessica spent several years working for small businesses spun out of research at NDSU prior to joining the university in 2019. While working for one small business she completed a national NSF I-Crops cohort where listening to strangers became her favorite thing to do.

Michael Roach

Michael Roach, PhD

After graduating with a business degree from the University of South Dakota, Michael Roach spent nearly 20 years in the financial services industry, where he managed people, products, projects, and budgets. During this period, he earned his MBA from the University of Sioux Falls and initiated his PhD studies in Management at Capella University. Roach transitioned to academia, commencing his teaching career as a full-time faculty member at Dakota State University in 2003, specializing in economics and management. In 2017, he assumed a role at DSU’s Madison campus and pioneered the entrepreneurial studies program, concurrently serving as the faculty advisor for the Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization student club. Furthermore, Roach actively engages in mentoring startups, having contributed his expertise to Startup Sioux Falls, the Paulson Cyber Incubator and Entrepreneurial Center, and presently the Great Plains I-Corps Hub.