Commercialization Cohort Series
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Description
Join us to delve deeper into the nuts and bolts of commercialization, connect with innovators launching their ideas into the marketplace, and get specific recommendations for your unique project.
Presenters:
Robert Bernier, PhD, state director emeritus, Nebraska Business Development Center
Jim Greenwood, Greenwood Consulting Group, national SBIR consultant and presenter
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Rick Yoder, BSME, PE SFP, director, EPA Region VII Pollution Prevention Regional Information Center (P2RIC)
September 1st: Prospecting Customers And Refining Your Business Model
UNO, College of Business Administration, Mammel Hall, Omaha (8:30 am - Noon)
Learn how to identify potential customers and get the most from your Lean Business Model. Determine pivot points and how to meet changes in the marketplace.
September 13th: Cost Proposal Tips: Managing Money For Your SBIR Proposal
Nebraska Innovation Campus, Lincoln (8 am - 12 pm)
SBIR funding can accelerate development of your innovation- but you must have a good proposal with a budget that matches the work to be done. Learn how to create an accurate, defensible cost proposal that protects your investment. Following workshop, meet 1-on-1 with the presenter Jim Greenwood, national SBIR consultant, to review your proposal.
One-on-one consultation with Jim Greenwood 1pm - 4:30 pm (limited to 6 - 8 meetings)
Anyone interested in proposal reviews, or answers to specific SBIR/STTR questions from Jim Greenwood must provide NBDC’s Wei Jing with the “quad chart and SBIR experience” before the workshop. Registration will be closed August 31st. Attendees will be notified the week of September 1st if they have been assigned one –on-one meeting time. The registration fee will be refunded if not selected for a meeting.
While one-on-one consultation occurs, participants can learn from local SBIR successes through a free panel session, from 1pm - 3pm.
Panelists include:
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Dr. Jon P. Anderson
Manager, Advanced Research & Development
LI-COR Biosciences
Reviews SBIR proposals for NIH, and has received several SBIR awards through NIH
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Dr. Jeyam Subbiah
Kenneth E. Morrison Distinguished Professor of Food Engineering, Departments of Biological Systems Engineering, and Food Science & Technology from UNL.
Founder of Goldfinch Solutions, LLC, and has received two SBIR awards from USDA and two from NSF.
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Traci Hancock
Director of UNO's Maverick Innovations, works with more than 300 technology startups from across the country through the National Science Foundation's Small Business Innovation Research Grant (SBIR) program. Additionally, Hancock is trained in the Lean Launchpad (LLP) methodology, has lead multiple LLP cohorts, and has advised several NSF iCorp companies.
September 14th: Strategically Fund Your Innovation With SBIR
UNO, College of Business Administration, Mammel Hall, Omaha (8 am - 12 pm)
Learn how the development needed to commercialize your innovation fits into a larger business model. Learn how to fully recover costs and identify a logical commercialization path. Following workshop, meet 1-on-1 with the presenter Jim Greenwood, national SBIR consultant, to review your proposal.
One-on-one consultation with Jim Greenwood 1 pm - 4:30 pm (limited to 6-8 meetings)
Anyone interested in proposal reviews, or answers to specific SBIR/STTR questions from Jim Greenwood must provide NBDC’s Wei Jing with the “quad chart and SBIR experience” before the workshop. Registration will be closed August 31st. Attendees will be notified the week of September 1st if they have been assigned one –on-one meeting time. The registration fee will be refunded if not selected for a meeting.
While one-on-one consultation occurs, participants can learn from local SBIR successes through a free panel session, from 1pm - 3pm.
Panelists include:
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Dr. Jon P. Anderson
Manager, Advanced Research & Development
LI-COR Biosciences
Reviews SBIR proposals for NIH, and has received several SBIR awards through NIH.
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Dr. Jeyam Subbiah
Kenneth E. Morrison Distinguished Professor of Food Engineering, Departments of Biological Systems Engineering, and Food Science & Technology from UNL.
Founder of Goldfinch Solutions, LLC, and has received two SBIR awards from USDA and two from NSF.
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Traci Hancock
Director of UNO's Maverick Innovations, works with more than 300 technology startups from across the country through the National Science Foundation's Small Business Innovation Research Grant (SBIR) program. Additionally, Hancock is trained in the Lean Launchpad (LLP) methodology, has lead multiple LLP cohorts, and has advised several NSF iCorp companies.
September 22nd: Customer Discovery
UNO, College of Business Administration, Mammel Hall, Omaha (8:30 am - Noon)
Learn how to prepare a script and conduct follow-up calls to potential custoemrs. The session will finish with a sales call contest in which you will present your call script to panel of expert judges.
September 22nd: Networking Luncheon
Spirit World, Aksarben Village, Omaha (Noon)
Cohort debrief and collaboration planning. Lunch on your own.