
Form a team
Form a team
The Sunstone Innovation Challenge at CSULB is coming back for 2023-2024. The Sunstone Innovation Challenge is an annual campus-wide business plan competition. We are looking for diverse teams to develop, promote and launch sustainable, entrepreneurial and innovative business ideas through the presentation of a well-crafted business plan that address the core concepts of Desirability, Viability, and Feasibility. The winning team receives support for their business, including $15,000 in seed funding, and space, marketing, legal and accounting services totaling up to $35,000.
If you are interested in joining a team, click HERE.
*subject to change
Legal Services: Keesal, Young & Logan, Fulwider Patton LLP
Marketing Strategy: Commune Communication
Coworking Space: BlankSpaces
Accounting Services: Windes
2021-2022: Proto-Lin Violins landed first place with The NIL Collective as runner up in the 2022 Sunstone Innovation Challenge. Read more HERE.
2020-2021: Two startups, Vitalink and Unwind (pictured, below) landed first and second place in the 2021 Sunstone Innovation Challenge. Read more HERE.
2019-2020: Two startups, PeriDeals (pictured, below) and White Rabbit, beat out over 40 teams to land first and second place in the 2020 Sunstone Innovation Challenge. Read about other winning teams.