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GPH REGIONAL COHORT | SUMMER 2024

June 18, 2024 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm CST

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.

The application deadline is Friday, June 07, 2024.

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

  • Tuesday, June 18  |  9am – 10:30am (CT)
  • Tuesday, June 25  |  9am – Noon (CT)
  • Wednesday, June 26  |  9am – Noon (CT)
  • Tuesday, July 9  |  9am – Noon (CT)
  • Tuesday, July 16  |  9am – Noon (CT)
  • Tuesday, July 23  |  9am – Noon (CT)

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.

Jerrid Matthews

Jerrid Matthews serves as an instructor for the NSF I-Corps program and Software Architect at IBM. Jerrid previously co-founded Vesta Mobile Solutions, a company that provided media, entertainment, and small businesses the ability to engage with their users through text messaging. He is also the recipient of prestigious awards, such as the NSF I-Corps grant and the Falling Walls Lab “Young Innovator of the Year” award. In his spare time, Jerrid enjoys sailing and volunteers as an instructor and mentor in various S.T.E.M programs.