This month’s “Idea Pub: Morning Edition,” sponsored by UNeMed, is set for Thursday, July 25, from 9-11 a.m. at the Durham Research Center. The entrepreneurial networking event will focus on the importance of customer discovery for startup companies that have grown out of academic innovations.
The speakers will be Brent Clark, PhD, of the NSF I-Corps Great Plains Region Hub, and Stephanie Kidd, PhD, of UNeTech’s Opportunity Corps. They will discuss resources available to faculty and student entrepreneurs.
Dr. Clark is a business professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and the Omaha site director for the National Science Foundation I-Corps Great Plains Region. Dr. Kidd is the communications strategist at UNeTech Institute, lead instructor for the NSF I-Corps Great Plains Region and director of Opportunity Corps.
UNeMed, the technology transfer and commercialization office for UNMC and UNO, created Morning Edition to help university innovators and entrepreneurs connect and collaborate with colleagues and experts from the venture capital and startup communities.
Morning Edition also will regularly feature “office hours” with UNeMed staff and Charlie Cuddy, who co-founded the Nebraska Startup Academy and MOVE Venture Capital. They offer an opportunity for faculty, students and staff to have one-on-one time with MOVE or UNeMed professionals to discuss new technologies or startup potential.
MOVE is a pre-seed and seed venture capital firm focused on investing in Nebraska technology startup companies. The Nebraska Startup Academy is a mentoring program for startup founders, investors and the local entrepreneurial community with the aim of building Nebraska into an innovation hub in the Midwest.
Morning Edition sessions will be held on the final Thursday of every month, featuring guest speakers from the Omaha entrepreneurial ecosystem. The events are free and open to all, and complimentary coffee and doughnuts will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis.
Morning Edition is part of UNeMed’s “Idea Pub,” a suite of entrepreneurial networking events that includes “Innovations & Libations” and “Startup Showcase.”