Opportunities for students to create viable solutions for real-world problems in various sectors, while developing professional skills and networks.
TARGETS & TIMELINE
APPLICANTS
- Junior/senior undergraduate students
- Graduate students
TIMELINE
- Semester-long (13 weeks)
- Minimum 3 hours/week
BENEFITS
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Sharpened critical thinking
- Experience working in multidisciplinary teams
- Communication, interview, presentation and leadership skills
MENTORS &
NETWORK
- Larger and stronger network of students in different fields, mentors, subject matter experts and other industry professionals
INTERNSHIP & JOB OPPORTUNITIES
- Client experience
- Enhanced resume
- Exclusive internship and other job opportunities
CURRICULUM
SELECTION
- Lean Startup overview
- Project overview
- Team meetings
- Stakeholder outreach
DEEP DIVE
- Value proposition
- Customer discovery interviews
- Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
FIT
- Market size and budget
- Dual-use components
- MVP presentations
DEVELOPMENT
- Buy-in and support
- Feedback presentations
- Final presentations
- Next-step pathways
PARTNERS
Company and organization sponsors work with non-traditional problem solvers to gain a different perspective and accelerate developing a solution to a real-world challenge more efficiently and effectively. Sponsors provide what?
MENTORS & ADVISORS
Mentors are key assets to the success of these programs. As Subject Matter Experts with experience working with the program sponsor or issue, mentors volunteer at least one hour per week to guide and support their team in developing viable solutions that address the problem.
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For more information on how to become a program sponsor and receive support from these programs, please connect with our program contacts.
CONNECT
George Yarbrough
Associate Director, Programs
gyarbro@hawaii.edu
(808) 956-8431
Kaite Taladay
Senior Program Manager
taladay@hawaii.edu
(808) 956-8431
Regional Engagement Principal, Hawai’i, National Security Innovation Network (NSIN)
gchoo.ctr@nsin.mil
(808) 956-7787