Big ideas.
Brighter people.
You have something worth building. Let’s figure out what the evidence says—and what you should do next.
I work with founders, researchers, universities, nonprofits and mission-driven teams on customer discovery, strategy, program design, entrepreneurship education, facilitation and funding.
What are you trying
to make happen?
You do not need to know which consulting service you need. Start with the problem you are trying to solve.
You have promising research. What does the world actually need from it?
I can help you identify customers and stakeholders, test assumptions, translate technical ideas, and gather evidence before you invest in the wrong path.
EXPLORE RESEARCH SUPPORT →You have an idea. Now you need evidence—not more guesses.
Book customer-discovery coaching, value-proposition work, interview strategy, hypothesis testing, or a focused working session on what to do next.
BOOK A FOUNDER SESSION →You want a program people will actually use—and funders can understand.
I design entrepreneurship and workforce programs, learning experiences, partnerships, evaluation approaches, grant narratives, and the infrastructure that makes good programs work.
BUILD SOMETHING WITH ME →You need people engaged, not trapped in another presentation.
Bring me in for an interactive keynote, workshop, retreat, training, or facilitated conversation built around what your audience needs to leave knowing or doing.
BRING ME INTO THE ROOM →Build the organization behind the mission.
I coach new and growing 501(c)(3) organizations as they turn a strong idea into a clear, credible organization—with the structure, relationships, community connection, and funding strategy to do the work.
BUILD YOUR NONPROFIT WITH ME →Stop guessing.
Start learning.
Customer discovery helps you find out whether the problem, customer and value proposition you imagine are the ones that exist in the real world.
As an NSF I-Corps instructor and entrepreneurship educator, I help researchers and founders get out of the building, test assumptions, conduct stronger interviews and make evidence-based decisions about what comes next.
- Founder or research-team customer discovery coaching
- Interview design and debrief sessions
- Value proposition and hypothesis workshops
- I-Corps-style training for cohorts and organizations
Fall 2026 cohort • Great Plains I-Corps Hub • University of Montana
Sometimes you don’t need a report.
You need a thinking partner.
I work best close to the problem—with the people building, testing, teaching and deciding.
That can mean one focused strategy session, ongoing founder coaching, program design, research synthesis, grant development, or stepping into a team at the moment an outside perspective is most useful.
TELL ME WHERE YOU’RE STUCK →
A mission is the beginning.
Now build the organization.
Starting a nonprofit means making dozens of decisions that shape whether the organization can actually serve its community and sustain the work.
I work alongside new and growing 501(c)(3) organizations to clarify what they exist to do, build the people and structures around that mission, engage the community, and become ready to pursue funding.
- Mission, vision, and values
- Board establishment, roles, and governance
- Strategic and program planning
- Community engagement and partnership development
- Grant readiness, prospect strategy, and grant writing
- Facilitation, communications, and organizational strategy
Make the room
do something.
If your audience needs another forty-five-minute monologue, I am probably not your person.
I design participatory sessions that move people from listening to thinking, talking, testing and doing. Topics can include customer discovery, innovation with empathy, entrepreneurship, access and influence, managing up, program strategy and systems change.
Conferences • leadership programs • faculty and researcher training • founder cohorts • retreats • professional development • community conversations
ASK ABOUT SPEAKING + FACILITATION →Build the room.
Then widen the door.
Good programs are not just well organized. They create access, connect people who need one another and produce outcomes worth sustaining.
I can help you design a new initiative, strengthen an existing one, build cross-sector partnerships, translate the idea for funders, or create an experience that serves the people you say it is for.
TALK ABOUT YOUR PROGRAM →Equal parts strategist, educator, and professional troublemaker.
I’m Stephanie Kidd, PhD. My work sits at the intersection of research, entrepreneurship, education, communication, program design and community.
I connect people, evidence and opportunities so good ideas have a better chance of becoming useful things in the world. I’m especially interested in the rooms where disciplines collide, assumptions get challenged and somebody finally asks a better question.
SEE IF I’M THE RIGHT FIT →
Tell me what you’re
trying to do.
You can come to me with a polished scope—or with “I have this idea and I’m not sure what happens next.” Both are useful places to start.
REQUEST INFO →