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“It Changed My Life”: Arthur Varin on the Sunstone Innovation Challenge
Speek: Giving People a Voice Through Eye-Gaze Glasses
“Who Am I to Be Here?”: Christopher Carrillo on Finding His Place as a Founder
From one idea to the winner’s stage
The Institute had helped prepare me not just with the pitch, but with the belief that I could stand there in the first place.
Christopher Carrillo, CSULB MBA graduate, founder of AuraScan, and Sunstone Innovation Challenge winner
Where are you on your journey?
Many of our programs support the process of writing a business plan.
Earn cash for your business idea through our event competitions.
Join the following free programs to boost your business cred with a workshop certificate.
All of our programs offer opportunities to network with business professionals and peers through independent work time and schedule mixers.
All of our programs provide speakers and instructors with entrepreneurial experience and/or expert knowledge in their business field. Specific programming that matches business teams with a mentor are:
Meet a few of the people who give back
Jeffrey McKinney
Mentor & EIR
Sensis
Tasha Hunter
Mentor
Wiggins Hunter Consulting Group
Calvin Leung
Mentor, past Innovation Challenge winner
SpaceX
We’re recruiting Mentors & EIRs
Share what you know. Help a founder grow.
Mentors guide Sunstone Innovation Challenge teams as they shape and pitch their ideas. Entrepreneurs in Residence lend one specialty to several founders.
To request disability-related accommodations, complete the Bob Murphy Access Center Event Request Form.
