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ORGANIZER;CN=Joy Eakin:MAILTO:jeakin@nutechventures.org
SUMMARY:Nebraska I-Corps\: Introduction to Customer Discovery (Session 1)
STATUS:CONFIRMED
DESCRIPTION:Could your idea eventually become a product or a service?\nAre 
 you interested in bringing new perspectives to your research program?\nDo 
 you want to consider starting a business? \n\nNebraska I-Corps\: Introduct
 ion to Customer Discovery will help you explore the commercial viability o
 f your innovation\, research\, or business idea. I-Corps uses the Lean Lau
 nchPad approach (also called Lean Startup)\, and it will help you systemat
 ically test key assumptions about your innovation and the customer/stakeho
 lder problems it might be able to solve better than current alternatives.\
 n\nThis free\, online course is open to UNL and UNK faculty\, staff\, post
 docs\, and students\, as well as community members. \n\nUniversity-based t
 eams with STEM-based ideas and intellectual property and a strong interest
  in commercializing their technology can use this program as a stepping st
 one toward the national NSF I-Corps Teams program.\n\nCourse Benefits\n-Be
 come eligible for the NSF I-Corps National Teams program and $50\,000 gran
 t for qualifying technologies and teams (only deep-tech\, university-based
  teams who complete at least 20-30 customer discovery interviews).\n-Upon 
 completion of the workshop and the customer discovery interviews\, you and
 /or your team may be eligible for a mini-grant of $1\,000. Funds may reimb
 ursed customer discovery interview travel expenses.\n-Prepare for applying
  to the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) or Small Business Techno
 logy Transfer (STTR) programs.\n-Gain valuable market insight to inform th
 e next steps in your research and/or development.\n-Develop network connec
 tions and receive mentoring from experienced industry experts and entrepre
 neurs\n-Develop the entrepreneurial mindset and toolset needed for a caree
 r in academia\, industry\, startups\, or government\n \nCourse Schedule\nA
 ll sessions will occur on Thursdays\, virtually on Zoom.\n\nSession 1\: Fe
 b. 13\, 4\:00-6\:30pm CT\nSession 2\: Feb. 20\, 4\:00-6\:30pm CT\nSession 
 3\: Mar. 6\, 4\:00-6\:30pm CT\nSession 4\: Mar. 27\, 4\:00-6\:30pm CT\n\nI
 n between the formal course sessions\, participants will conduct 25 custom
 er discovery interviews\, attend a minimum of three coaching sessions with
  instructors/coaches\, and complete assignments that are started during th
 e main sessions.\n\nPlease apply online\: https\://www.greatlakesicorps.or
 g/event/unl_icorps/ Zoom information will be shared with teams who are acc
 epted into the program.\n\nQuestions can be directed to Joy Eakin\, jeakin
 @nutechventures.org
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