Posted on 05/01/12
You do not want to miss the final forum of the academic year!
Monday, May 14
4:30PM – Networking
5:15PM – The Announcement
5:45PM – Pitches & Exhibits
6:15PM – Panel discussion with Q&A
Cal Poly Performing Arts Center
The Announcement:
SLO HotHouse Summer Accelerator 2012 companies (you will have to be there to find out who they are)!
The PEN:
Student company showcase with 2012 Hatchery program participants
The Panel:
Space is limited, Register Now. Register by Friday, May 11 for a free parking pass
Posted on 04/23/12
Clean Tech in Transportation: Designing and Powering Vehicles of the Future
The energy crisis threatens our economic vitality, national security, and the ability to enjoy clean air and water, according to Dillon McDonald, partner at Green Start. “It also brings a chance to reinvent the way we produce, distribute, and use energy – which is the biggest economic opportunity of our lifetimes. The key to this reinvention lies in the hearts and minds of the next wave of entrepreneurs who are building the technologies we need,” McDonald said. Read more here:
Posted on 04/18/12
Cal Poly will host Lynda Resnick, vice chair of Roll Global, on Wednesday, April 25, as part of the Orfalea College of Business Distinguished Speaker Series. Roll Global is a privately held company based in Los Angeles with interests in agriculture and luxury brands, including Paso Robles-based Justin Vineyards and Winery.
“A Conversation with Lynda Resnick” will be held from 2:10 to 3 p.m. in Harman Hall at the Performing Arts Center. Resnick will be in conversation with award-winning journalist and producer Laura Diaz, a Cal Poly alumna. The event is free and open to the public.
Lynda Resnick began her career in advertising, starting her own full-service agency at age 19. Since then, she has built a reputation as a smart business leader with a keen marketing mind. Her book, “Rubies in the Orchard,” details her approach to building a successful brand — an approach she has used to create bestselling brands at Roll Global, including Wonderful pistachios, POM 100% pomegranate juice, Cuties California Clementines and Mandarins, FIJI Water and Teleflora. Resnick is also a dedicated philanthropist who is focusing her efforts on a transformative project in California’s Central Valley, where a large number of Roll’s employees live and work for Paramount Agricultural Companies.
Laura Diaz is a 14-time Emmy Award winner who has anchored, reported and produced for several flagship Southern California television stations over the past two decades. In 1997, she became lead female anchor at KABC-TV in Los Angeles, the first Hispanic to hold that position at a Southland television station. Most recently, Diaz was lead anchor at KCBS-TV in Los Angeles.
The Orfalea College of Business Distinguished Speaker Series seeks to enhance the educational experience of business students and the Cal Poly community while showcasing programs, faculty and students to the California business community.
For more information, contact Royaa Silver at 805-756-2874 or rsilve01@calpoly.edu.
Posted on 03/28/12
Clean technology has proved to be a considerable business opportunity over the last decade. The Entrepreneurship Forum will bring together entrepreneurs and thought leaders to discuss everything from bio-fuels to smart roads and all the vehicles in between. Industry experts will share the recent trends, challenges and opportunities for clean tech in transportation.
The program starts with networking in the PEN (Pitches, Exhibits and Networking) and refreshments. The PEN will showcase Cal Poly projects and student clubs that are designing electric cars and planes, growing algae for fuel, reinventing electric propulsion, and more. Check out the student projects that will be showcased. Click here.
After a break, the presentation portion begins, including a panel discussion featuring Ben Kulick, founder of Biodiesel of Las Vegas and Stalfund, LP partner; Mike Brooks, venture formation and business development expert; Rebecca Boudreaux Breitenkamp, president of Oberon Fuels; Tryg Lundquist, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Cal Poly; and Virginia Klausmeier, co-founder and chief executive officer of Sylvatex Inc.
The event will be located in the Performing Arts Center, Pavilion room
Monday, April 16th
Pitches, Exhibits & Networking
4:30-5:30PM
Panel Discussion and Q&A
5:30-7:00PM
Click here to Register Now!
Posted on 03/23/12
The Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) and the Cal Poly Small Business Development Center for Innovation (SBDC) teamed up to offer for the first time – a Pitch Night. The Pitch Night provided an opportunity to introduce several promising startup companies to a group of about 20 local business leaders and investors from throughout the region.
The goal was to showcase companies, which have reached a point of development where their exposure to potential supporters is timely and appropriate. The event was held at the Madonna Inn on March 8th featuring five start up companies.
- AssetLogic has positioned itself to fundamentally change the landscape of how real estate is managed, financed and transacted by developing the industry’s first universal platform. We have developed, vetted and protected our revolutionary platform, which has the potential to insert us into some of the most lucrative revenue streams in our global economy.
- Mentor eData develops web-based and mobile app software solutions to improve driver safety and performance by targeting the insurance industry with proprietary products and services that enable insurers to perform “Dynamic Risk Assessment” based on actual driving behavior.
- Horsepower is an e-commerce trading platform that supports farm-to-fork transactions and everything in between. Horsepower enables farmers to market and sell their products directly to any buyer, anytime, anywhere through an online farmer’s market.
- InPress is a medical device company with a patent pending, affordable, non-surgical and nonchemical solution to postpartum hemorrhage, the #1 cause of maternal death worldwide.
- Genicell is developing a model of the blood-brain barrier using human cells grown in a laboratory that can be used to conduct pharmaceutical research tests otherwise conducted on animals. Genicell’s testing system will allow pharmaceutical companies to test far more drugs, in a more controlled environment, and at much lower costs, all while addressing the ethical dilemmas of animal testing.
For more information please contact Thea Chase, Managing Director of the CIE and Director of the SBDC for Innovation, at 756-5172 or tachase@calpoly.edu.
