Tiffany Reiss

Regional Cohort Core Instructor, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Idaho


Why am I an instructor?

I enjoy serving as an instructor and working with startup founders and teams because there is so much energy, passion and possibility. 

What is exciting about participating in I-Corps? 

Working with possibility and helping the teams turn that into probability is a fun process for me.  It’s not about the idea per se, it is about the execution of a strategy, and helping startups generate and think through their strategy is important.  Beginning the process of customer discovery is the first step in that strategy generation. 

What do I have to offer as an instructor? 

I bring over 20 years of experience as an instructor in higher education, but also have worked in over 7 different startups throughout my career as well.  Some were “failures”, some broke even and in a few, we are still generating our own strategy and customer development process.  It’s key to startup success.