At malls across the country, retailers set up temporary shop in kiosks to hawk items not typically found in the plaza’s stores. That’s where patrons strolling through the shopping center can stop for custom-made jewelry, one-of-a-kind cell phone cases and…
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Cal Poly Pomona has earned a three-year National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps) grant to identify promising research and development projects on campus and help find ways to commercialize them. The university is only one of three CSUs and…
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After years of planning and in partnership with a local high school, Cal Poly Pomona’s new lab, designed as an entrepreneurial incubator to turn bright ideas into market-ready realities, is getting down to business. Cal Poly Pomona and Ganesha High…
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When Olukemi Sawyerr was tapped in 2015 to get the iLab up and running, her to-do list included finding a space where students could transform their nascent business and product ideas from paper to prototype. With a lab just big…
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The Cal Poly Pomona Student Innovation Idea Lab (iLab), in conjunction with Western University of Health Sciences and the Pomona Chamber of Commerce, will host the second annual Pomona Innovation Weekend that will allow students of all disciplines to collaborate…
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The future of jobs and workers prompts discussions among philosophers, economists and industry leaders. It stirs trepidation and hope in employers and employees alike. And in recent years, it has served as the focus of countless magazine think pieces and…
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Cal Poly Pomona will join 144 countries around the globe celebrating women entrepreneurs. The Student Innovation Idea Lab (iLab) is hosting the campus’ inaugural Women’s Entrepreneurship Day celebration on Wednesday, Nov. 30 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Ursa…
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Student entrepreneurs will put their creativity and business savvy to the test with some hands-on learning at the inaugural 3 Day Startup challenge. Cal Poly Pomona’s Student Innovation Idea Lab (iLab) is teaming up with the university’s Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization,…
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Students flush with ideas about goods and services they want to share with the world now have a space on campus dedicated to helping them take their vision from concept to store shelves. This fall, the university launched the Student…
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