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IGE MedTech Stage One Apps Due

IGE MedTech Stage One Apps Due

IGE invites early-stage startups to learn more about bringing their medical technology to the market. Apply to our 12-week intensive boot camp, where teams will learn about the process of bringing their medical technology to market and hear from industry experts who will guide the process. The final week's session will be team presentations in front of a panel of judges.

*The first five sessions will be following the NSF I-Corps Curriculum. Applicants will automatically be considered for the I-Corps program after filling out this application*  

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N.E.T.working (Taco Tuesday)

N.E.T.working (Taco Tuesday)

Interact with students with like-minded interests in entrepreneurship and innovation. Meet mentors, learn about entrepreneurial resources, find teammates, and EAT FREE FOOD. Jointly sponsored by the Sullivan Center for Entrepreneurship, the Institute for the Global Entrepreneur, and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Office of Innovation.

Date: Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Time:  4:30PM - 6:00PM 

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RSVP

NSF I-Corps® Sustainability Application Deadline

NSF I-Corps® Sustainability Application Deadline

In collaboration with the NSF Desert and Pacific Region Hub, the Institute for the Global Entrepreneur (IGE) at UC San Diego is hosting a special sustainability-themed cohort.

Teams will complete a hybrid, four-week intensive NSF I-Corps® training, which is an assumption/hypothesis testing, customer discovery-focused process to gather essential insights on problem/solution fit and product/market fit to maximize the impact of an innovation.  Teams of two or more members are preferred; at least one team member is expected at each session.

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N.E.T.working (Taco Tuesday)

N.E.T.working (Taco Tuesday)

Interact with students with like-minded interests in entrepreneurship and innovation. Meet mentors, learn about entrepreneurial resources, find team mates, and EAT FREE FOOD. Jointly sponsored by the Sullivan Center for Entrepreneurship, the Institute for the Global Entrepreneur, and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Office of Innovation.

Date: Tuesday, October 24, 2023 from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM 

Location: 

RSVP

Entrepreneurs Night

Entrepreneurs Night

Student Entrepreneurs Network, Healthlink, and Sigma Eta Pi are hosting an Entrepreneurs Night for the clubs and students to get to know each other, as well as to share the campus entrepreneurial resources with them.

Date: Tuesday, October 10th

Time: 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

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IGE Fall Kick-off Mixer

IGE Fall Kick-off Mixer

It's time for our annual Fall Mixer! This invite-only is our way of thanking our partners and mentors for their support in the commercialization process. 

The I-Corps program Summer cohort

The I-Corps program Summer cohort

The I-Corps program Summer cohort will be hosted virtually and teams will learn to build upon fundamental research and the development of technologies, products, processes, and services that benefit society in this 5-week program.

Deadline: May 31, 2023

Workshop Dates: June 2, 2023 - June 30, 2023

Sessions will be held on Fridays 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PST via Zoom.  

The deadline to apply is Wednesday, May 31st

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Jan
02
 11:00 PM PST
Jan
27

IGE Alumni Speaker Series: Meaning and Money in Startups

Location: Institute for the Global Entrepreneur
Suite 1401
Franklin Antonio Hall

RSVP

 05:00 PM PST
Feb
18

2026 Medtech Accelerator Applications Are Open!

Location: IGE, Franklin Antonio Hall 1st Floor

Apply Here

 11:59 PM PST

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