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ANKR dance post

From Concept to Startup: How IIE Helped Build ankr

CSULB MBA graduate Veronica Ruston and her daughter and co-founder, Kaylee, are turning Kaylee's experience as a competitive dancer into a performance apparel brand. Here's how IIE's incubator, workshops and pitch events helped shape ankr.
Arthur Varin in front of CSULB sign

“It Changed My Life”: Arthur Varin on the Sunstone Innovation Challenge

To say the Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship changed my life would be an understatement. I moved to the U.S. from France after completing my engineering degree with the goal of becoming a lead developer and potentially a CTO later in my career, but things took a turn when I joined the AMBA graduate program.
Elizabeth Gallegos and Brendan Nelson of Speek holding their first-place check

Speek: Giving People a Voice Through Eye-Gaze Glasses

Sunstone Innovation Challenge winners Speek are building hands-free eye-gaze glasses that help people with speech impairments communicate.
Book review: Change by Design by Tim Brown

Book Review: Change by Design by Tim Brown

Ingrid M. Martin reviews Tim Brown’s Change by Design, a practical guide to design thinking for founders tackling uncertain problems.
Chris Carrillo presenting on stage

“Who Am I to Be Here?”: Christopher Carrillo on Finding His Place as a Founder

My name is Christopher Carrillo, and I recently graduated from CSULB with my MBA. Looking back, the MBA program was genuinely life-changing for me.