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.

Join us for the 5th annual IGE Showcase.  Meet the latest IGE startups as well as catch up with the existing ones. 

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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 

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

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 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

GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY FIRST REPUBLIC BANK! FREE FOOD!

When: Tuesday, May 30, 2023 from 4:30-6:00 PM

Where: Franklin Antonio Hall (IGE Suite 1401)

What: Meet entrepreneurially-minded students, colleagues, experts, and mentors. Grow your network and your potential. 

This competition fosters creativity and brings to the spotlight commercially promising, environmentally-focused technologies generated by the finest minds at UC San Diego. Supported through the generosity of The William and Kathryn Scripps Family Foundation Inc., the program is presented through a partnership with the Rady School of Management, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and the Jacobs School of Engineering and is open to the entire campus.

Finals- May 23, 2023, 5:00 - 7:00 PM

Eligibility: 

Join us for a thoughtful discussion about how adding business acumen to a technology degre