Join the 2015-16 CSULB Innovation Challenge
Win up to $50,000 in value, including $10,000 in seed funding, to make your creative idea happen!
Have an idea for a service, app, performance, design, workshop series, etc.? The CSULB Innovation Challenge is an opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students from across the university to make a difference in our local and global communities through innovation and entrepreneurship. It helps bridge the gap between a great idea and its execution. Meet potential interdisciplinary teammates, f
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Congratulations to the 2015-2016 CSULB Innovation Challenge winners, The Boxing Movement!
Anothony Gonzalez
Eric Lara
Gina Gionta
Congratulations to 2nd place winners, Team IMPETUUM!
Matt Scholten
Andrew Siwabessy
George Syage
Lan Chi Truong
Geoffrey Parker
Thank you to all the teams, sponsors, judges, mentors, faculty, and staff who participated in this year's CSULB Innovation Challenge!
Remember to join us tonight, April 7, at 4:30pm in the Point Conference Center at the CSULB Walter Pyramid for our 2016 Award Ceremony. See our four finalists compete for first place and a $50,000 opportunity to start their business!
01/24/2016
Join us Thursday January 28, for our upcoming session #5 “How to Write a Business Plan” from 3:30-5:30 in CBA-216. Attendees will learn how to write a business plan in this free workshop by Mr. Bruce Sparks, an experienced small business advisor for Long Beach City College’s SBDC and a Lecturer in the Business School at CSULB.
11/11/2015
Learn how to write a business plan in this free workshop by Mr. Bruce Sparks, an experienced small business advisor for Long Beach City College's SBDC and a Lecturer in the business school at CSULB.
Tuesday, Nov. 17th 3-4pm Room ECS-312
10/19/2015
Looking for a team, or to join one? Attend our free Matchmaking event this Monday, Oct. 19 from 12-1pm in the Design Department Gallery (DESN)!
Learn how to protect the intellectual property you produce in this free Innovation Challenge workshop this Wednesday!
10/14 6-7pm ECS-105 Innovation Challenge Patent Workshop
More info at www.csulb.edu/innovationchallenge
To All CSULB Students,
The next Innovation Challenge Kick-off Meeting will be held on Thursday October 1, from 2-3 pm at the Niggli Conference Center, ECS-312, on the CSULB campus.
While it is not required that you attend a kick-off meeting in order to enter the challenge, if you do attend you’ll have an opportunity to talk with other students, get some great advice from past winners, and hear the answers to a variety of important questions. Hope to see you there!
If you’ve got an idea for the challenge, want to be matched to a team, or already have a team, we encourage you to let us know. You can do that by contacting us at [email protected], visiting the website at csulb.edu/innovationchallenge.edu, or stopping by one of the Innovation Team Members’ office hours. They are as follows:
Larry Pate (CBA) CBA 343
MW 11am-12:30pm
TW 6:30-7:00pm
Christiane Beyer (COE), ECS 631
TTH 3:30-5pm
Wesley Woelfel (COTA), DESN 112B
MW 8:30-9:30am
7-7:30pm F 8:30-9:30am
It’s been said that creativity is thinking up new things, and innovation is doing new things. The Innovation Challenge Team is very excited to see the creativity and innovation that will come from this year’s competition.
Go Beach!
The Innovation Challenge Team
Check out this blog from the College of Engineering discussing the Innovation Challenge!
https://www.facebook.com/College-of-Engineering-Cal-State-Long-Beach-258066587545343/timeline/
College of Engineering, Cal State Long Beach The CSULB College of Engineering develops innovators who design and implement solutions to meet societal challenges of today and tomorrow. Offering undergraduate and graduate programs and an interdisciplinary PhD.
09/28/2015
Come to our next kickoff mtg./mixer this Thursday to learn more about the innovation challenge, ask questions, and find other like minded students to form a team! All are welcome.
Thurs. Oct. 1, 2-3pm in ECS-312 (The Niggli Conference Center)