Carlsen Center Weekly Newsletter
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Greetings,
Global Entrepreneurship Week is finally upon us!
We are excited about the jam-packed week that lies ahead of us and we look forward to you joining us. Today we not only join our region in celebrating entrepreneurship but also a global community of over 180 countries.
“Global Entrepreneurship Week is happening at the right moment, and I look forward to being inspired by the creative and critical thinkers in our community" says President Nelsen.
Check out all the events planned for Global Entrepreneurship Week below!
Sincerely,
The Carlsen Center Team
https://www.csus.edu/center/carlsen/
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GEW Launch & Entrepreneurial State of the Union
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On Monday, November 16th at 5pm, for Global Entrepreneurship Week 2020 presented by Western Health Advantage, we are excited to bring you an Entrepreneurial State of the Union, discussing our region's innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem! This event is set to launch us into a full week of events, workshops, and pitch competitions.
This virtual event will highlight a featured speaker, Ian Hathway, in a fireside chat format as well as will elevate a distinguished panel consisting of a mix of entrepreneurs, investors, and ecosystem leaders. The discussion will highlight the different actors of the Sacramento entrepreneurial ecosystem and how they connect to grow our region's entrepreneurial and innovation community.
Fireside Chat:
- Ian Hathaway - Sr. Director of Techstars, Co-Author of Startup Community Way, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, Co-Founder and Board Member at the Center for American Entrepreneurship, and more
- Cameron Law - Interim Executive Director of the Carlsen Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Sacramento Organizer for Global Entrepreneurship Week, Board Member of FourthWave
Panelists:
- Anna Straus - CEO of Sparck, Co-Founder of Culture LabX Sacramento
- Arlen Orchard - Chairman of the California Mobility Center
- Mariah Lichtenstern - Founding Partner and Managing Director of DiverseCity Ventures, Aspen Tech Policy Hub Fellow, Founder of Tech Funding Equity
- Mathew Magno - Co-Founder and CEO of Japa, Inc., Co-Founder and Director of Plasma at UC Davis
- Ruth Yomtoubian - Head of VSP Global Innovation Center, Partner at Before Alpha
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The Future Landscape of Female-led Innovation & Entrepreneurship
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Join us on Wednesday, November 18th at 4pm to celebrate the culmination of the FourthWave 2020 cohort while engaging in a discussion about the future of women in leadership!
As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2020, the Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship is excited to bring to you the culmination of the 17-week long FourthWave accelerator journey. This will include a celebration of our cohort of female founders who will lead a conversation about the Future Landscape of Women-led Innovation & Entrepreneurship.
This event will feature our 13-female founders who invested the last 17 weeks in developing their leadership skills, addressing gaps in their business, and preparing for funding. We want to celebrate these amazing founders and those involved in making this process a reality while discussing the Future Landscape of Women-led Innovation & Entrepreneurship.
We have brought together a distinguished panel of female leaders who will share their experience and vision for a women-led innovation and entrepreneurial landscape.
Moderators: Cheryl Beninga and Nancy Perlman , Co-founders of FourthWave
Panelists:
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Spark Venture Competition!
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The Spark Venture Competition in Sacramento is an annual venture competition hosted by the Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Sacramento State for business or social impact ventures during Global Entrepreneurship Week.
Join us on Thurday, Nov. 19th at 4 pm to hear our 10 finalists pitch their venture in front of our panel of judges.
Prizes for two tracks: For-Profit and Social Ventures:
- 1st Place $7,500 for each track
- 2nd Place $2,500 for each track
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Testing Business Ideas with David Bland
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On Monday, November 16th at 2-3pm, the Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship is excited to bring you an opportunity to learn from the author of Testing Business Ideas as well as Founder and CEO of Precoil, David Bland.
Testing Business Ideas:
Building on the best selling Strategyzer books, David J Bland and Alex Osterwalder curated a list of experiments for people who are stuck Testing Business Ideas. They identified three major themes from design thinking and applied them to rapid experimentation. Desirability describes whether or not people want the solution. Viability addresses if you can create a sustainable business with the solution. Feasibility dives into the steps to run the infrastructure. In this talk, David will describe the principles behind Testing Business Ideas and facilitate an interactive session on sequencing experiments.
About the Speaker:
David Bland, CEO and Founder of Precoil
David helps people test business ideas. He’s the co-author of Testing Business Ideas with Alex Osterwalder. David pioneered GE FastWorks with Eric Ries, coached emerging product teams at Adobe and even helped Toyota apply lean startup practices. Before his transition into consulting, David spent over 10 years of his career at technology startups. He stays connected to the startup scene through his work at several Silicon Valley accelerators.
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An Entrepreneurial Mindset:
Love the Problem
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On Tuesday, November 17th at 1-2pm,the Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship. is excited to bring you an opportunity to learn from the creator of the Lean Canvas and founder of LEANSTACK, Ash Maurya. In this workshop, you will explore the entrepreneurial mindset and how it starts with a LOVE for the PROBLEM.
Ash Maurya is the author of two bestselling books “Running Lean” and “Scaling Lean”, and is also the creator of the highly popular one-page business modeling tool “Lean Canvas”.
Ash is praised for offering some of the best and most practical advice for entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs all over the world. Driven by the search for better and faster ways for building successful products, Ash has developed a systematic methodology for raising the odds of success built upon Lean Startup, Customer Development, and Bootstrapping techniques.
Ash is also a leading business blogger and his posts and advice have been featured in Inc. Magazine, Forbes, and Fortune. He regularly hosts sold out workshops around the world and serves as a mentor to several accelerators including TechStars, MaRS, Capital Factory, and guest lecturers at several universities including MIT, Harvard, and UT Austin. Ash serves on the advisory board of a number of startups, and has consulted to new and established companies.
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Happy Hour with Chris Johnson, Founder & CEO of Rapid Brands
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Join us on November 17th from 5:30 - 7: 30 pm during Global Entrepreneurship Week for a happy hour with the Founder and CEO of Rapid Brands & The Johnson Group, Chris Johnson
As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week this year, StartupSac and the Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Sac State are teaming up to bring you one of Sacramento's most famous entrepreneurs, Chris Johnson.
Chris Johnson is the Founder & CEO of Rapid Brands, Inc. As the inventor of the Rapid Ramen Bowl, he successfully pitched his invention on Shark Tank in 2013, and secured an on-air deal with Dallas Maverick’s owner Mark Cuban. His leadership and strategic execution have led Rapid Brands to become the fastest growing microwave cookware company in the country.
Chris has secured license partnership with billion dollar brands such as Disney, Marvel, Nickelodeon, Collegiate, Top Ramen, Minute Rice, and General Mills to name a few.
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Building Company Culture Workshop 101 - Featuring Author Josh Levine
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On Wednesday, November 18th, 11-12pm, the Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship is excited to bring you an opportunity to learn from the creator of the Culture Canvas as well as the author and owner of Great Mondays, Josh Levine. In this 101 workshop, you will explore the power in designing a company culture that employees love! This introductory session on company culture is to set the stage of what culture is and identify the core components of building company culture.
Culture 101 Workshop Participants will learn:
- The definition of culture
- Why it is today's only sustainable competitive advantage
- The six components of culture
Josh Levine is the founder and principal of Great Mondays, a culture-design company serving established technology firms, startups, and social enterprises including philanthropies, foundations, and schools. He is also the co-founder of CULTURE LABx, an international nonprofit with chapters in Sacramento, New York, Denver, San Francisco, Atlanta, Calgary, Vancouver, and Toronto. His writing has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, and the Huffington Post. His new book, Great Mondays, which was recently listed on BookAuthority’s list of the best culture books of all time, teaches organizations how to design a company culture employees love.
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The Hive: Student Entrepreneurship, Leadership, and Academics
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We are excited to bring to you during Global Entrepreneurship Week 2020 presented by Western Health Advantage a panel discussion exploring entrepreneurship as a student! This discussion is brought to you in partnership with The Hive and the Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship.
The Hive is excited to present a panel on Entrepreneurship, Leadership, & Academics: How to be an Innovative Student. Featuring Sacramento State’s own leaders in business, learn how they leverage resources at Sacramento State to turn their ideas into reality. See our panel of speakers below. These students will share how they balance their academics with forming start-ups, the challenges that can arise, and how to successfully overcome obstacles. The panel will also include an informational and Q&A session, for how The Hive can help you foster your ideas and grow your network of business professionals.
Keynote:
Moderator:
- A.Z Nicdao - Carlsen Center Champion and Ambassador
Panelists:
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Entrepreneurs #MadeAtSacState
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Join us on November 17th at noon for the second day of Global Entrepreneurship Week to hear from a panel of entrepreneurs #MadeAtSacState!
We are excited to bring to you, during Global Entrepreneurship Week 2020 presented by Western Health Advantage, a panel discussion sharing the experience of being an entrepreneur #MadeAtSacState! This discussion is brought to you in partnership with the College of Continuing Education, Sacramento State Alumni Association, and the Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship.
This session will share the experience and impact our entrepreneurs #MadeAtSacState are having in this region and beyond. The panelists are representative of ventures both for-profit and nonprofit.
Moderator:
- Brian Bedford - Associate Dean at College of Continuing Education at Sacramento State
Panelists:
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Building Company Culture Workshop 102 - Featuring Author Josh Levine
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On November 18th, 12:30-1:30pm, join the Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship for Workshop 102 with Josh Levine, author of Great Mondays, to learn about the power in designing a company culture employees love!
As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2020, we are excited to bring you an opportunity to learn from the creator of the Culture Canvas as well as the author and owner of Great Mondays, Josh Levine. In Culture Workshop 102, you will explore the power in designing a company culture employees love! This introductory session on company culture is to set the stage of what culture is and identify the core components of building company culture .
In Culture 102, Josh Levine will dive deeper into the six components of culture and help participants begin to think about their company's values through a hands-on exercise.
Culture 102 Workshop participants will learn:
- The importance of values
- What a great recognition program looks like
- How to uncover your company's values
Josh Levine is the founder and principal of Great Mondays, a culture-design company serving established technology firms, startups, and social enterprises including philanthropies, foundations, and schools. He is also the co-founder of CULTURE LABx, an international nonprofit with chapters in Sacramento, New York, Denver, San Francisco, Atlanta, Calgary, Vancouver, and Toronto.
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GEW: Culture, Community, & Entrepreneurship
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During Global Entrepreneurship Week 2020 presented by Western Health Advantage, on Monday, November 16, from 10am-11:30am, we are excited to bring you a panel discussion exploring culture, community, and entrepreneurship around the creative economy! This discussion is brought to you in partnership with the College of Arts & Letters and the Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship.
This session will empower you to see how you can take your design skills and build culture and community to advance an entrepreneurial endeavor or culture economy. The panelists are representative of different parts of the creative economy and symbolize the role an ecosystem plays in fostering creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
Panel Discussion:
- Moderator: Lauren Kelly - Founder and Principal of Mustard Square, Assitant Professor at California State University, Sacramento
- Jon Wedding - Senior Learning and Development Specialist at SMUD
- Shira lane - Founder and CEO of The Atrium 916
- Trisha Rhomberg - Founder of Old Gold, Organizer for R Street Block Party, and Maker-in-Residence at Hacker Lab
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Fireside Chat with Dr. Mariappan "Jawa" Jawharial and Gary Simon
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On Tuesday, November 17th at 10-11:30am, join us to learn about how you can change the world we live in by moving from an engineer to an entrepreneur!
For Global Entrepreneurship Week 2020 presented by Western Health Advantage, we are excited to present a fireside chat with Dr. Mariappan "Jawa" Jawaharlal, Associate Dean of College of Engineering and Computer Science at Sacramento State and Gary Simon, Chairman of CleanStart Sacramento as well as a panel discussion exploring how you can change the world we live in by moving from an engineer to an entrepreneur! This discussion is brought to you in partnership with the College of Engineering and Computer Science, the Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, and CleanStart Sacramento.
This session will empower you to see how you can take your engineering skills whether in computer science, programming, electrical, electronic, mechanical, civil, or construction, to new heights and problem-solving. Our fireside chat and panel discussion will provide you with experience sharing about how fellow engineers leveraged their skills, ideas, and problem-solving ability to launch ventures to solve real-world problems.
Panel Discussion :
Register using the Eventbrite link, below -
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Science Entrepreneur - Abhita Batra, CEO of Otomagnetics
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For Global Entrepreneurship Week 2020 presented by Western Health Advantage, we are excited to bring you a conversation with Ms. Abhita Batra, MS, MBA the CEO of Otomagnetics as well as Founder and Managing Director of Advanced Biopharma Consulting. This event on November 17th from 2 - 3:30pm, is brought to you in partnership with the College of Natural Science and Mathematics as well as the Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship.
Ms. Abhita Batra, MS, MBA, serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Director at Otomagnetics. Abhita is also the Founder and Managing Director of Advanced Biopharma Consulting (ABC), a strategic advisory firm that offers business development and commercialization services to life science companies. Previously, she served as the Vice President of Business Development and Marketing at Admac Group of Companies, wherein she managed a product portfolio encompassing 150 generics. She is a co-founder and former COO of Navya, a biotechnology company developing and commercializing PHF for the destruction of solid tumors.
Abhita has raised over $100M for companies in the biotech & pharma space and is an advisor to several life sciences startups and funds. Abhita completed her Global Executive MBA at UCLA Anderson and NUS, and has a Masters in Biotechnology with a specialization in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Pennsylvania. Abhita was recently featured by Forbes India and Nasdaq Entrepreneurial.
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Sustainable Social Impact
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Join us on November 17th from 4-5 pm during Global Entrepreneurship Week for a discussion with inspiring nonprofit and startup founders, funders, and policy experts to explore innovative approaches social impact.
From climate change and social justice to affordable housing and healthcare, today’s pressing challenges, in many ways, are a result of yesterday’s failed “solutions.” Catalyzing positive change in our world will require a new approach to problem solving that embraces innovative thinking, creative cross sector collaborations, and informed policies. This event is brought to you in partnership with the College of Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Studies at Sacramento State, William Jessup University and the Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship.
Join us for a discussion with a panel of inspiring and impact driven non-profit and startup founders, funders and policy experts to explore new approaches to driving change. We’ll examine various business models, talk about the importance of financial sustainability and the role of public policy, and touch on how outcomes can be defined and measured to understand true impact and return on investment.
PANEL
Facilitator: Ray Bryant, William Jessup University
- Ashlie Bryant, Founder, 3Strands Global Foundation
- Chris Marsh, UBS
- Anu Parvatiyar, Founder, Anaya Health
- Rob Wassmer, Ph.D., Sacramento State University, Chairperson and Professor, Department of Public Policy and Administration Director
- Thane Kreiner, PhD, Global impact leader and advisor
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Entrepreneur #MadeAtSacState - Shadi Khattab, CEO of Onit Coffee
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On November 18th, 12-1pm, as part of celebrating GEW, we are excited to bring you a conversation with Shadi Khattab the CEO of Onit Coffee and the COO of Precision M.D. This event is brought to you in partnership with the College of Health and Human Services at Sacramento State as well as the Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship.
Shadi Khattab, a 25-year-old immigrant from the war-torn country of Syria decided to manifest his dream to build the next major coffee franchise in the greater Sacramento area. After falling in love with the human to human interaction of another major coffee franchise in Sacramento called Dutch Bros Coffee, Shadi set out to build a beautifully diverse culture to also create that human to human interaction with customers and treat them like family.
Shadi is also the COO of Precision MD Cosmetic Surgery Center, one of the top cosmetic centers in the greater Sacramento area with over 80 plus services. Ranging from fat reduction, beauty enhancement, recovery, and mens/womens health procedures.
Shadi leverages his social media platform of 84K Instagram followers to "drive" people to Onit Coffee, which is a local minority-owned local business that is Sacramento proud and their motto is "impacting lives one cup at a time."
You can find Onit Coffee on Instagram @onitcoffee, Facebook @onitcoffee, and our website is www.onitcoffee.com
Shadi's Instagram @itsshadiii and find him on Linkedin at Shadi Khattab.
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The Future of Education after COVID-19
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Join us on November 19th at 9:30 am to learn about the Future of Education after COVID-19 from a panel of distinguished educators and innovators.
As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2020, presented by Western Health Advantage, we are excited to bring you a panel discussion exploring the Future of Education after COVID-19! This discussion is brought to you in partnership with the College of Education and the Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship.
The panelists will address the lessons learned from the emergency transition to online teaching on a massive scale, and its long term consequences for both K-12 and Higher Education. They will also examine the consequences of the financial shock to higher education, and its implications for universities’ long-term survival. The panel will consider the positive carry-over from the pandemic situation, and policies and practices needed to maximize the positive consequences and mitigate the negative ones.
The panelists:
Carlos Nevarez - Chair & Professor, Graduate & Professional Studies in Education at California State University, Sacramento
Elisa Michals - Professor at California State University, Sacramento and Head Speaker Coach at TedX Sacramento
Pia Wong - Assistant Professor at California State University, Sacramento
Sasha Sidorkin - Dean of College of Education at California State University, Sacramento
Vajra Watson - Faculty Director of Doctorate in Educational Leadership at California State University, Sacramento, and Founder of SAYS
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Speed Mentoring!
Mentor Sacramento Office Hours Sprint during Global Entrepreneurship Week!
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The Mentor Sacramento Office Hours Sprint is an event during Global Entrepreneurship Week 2020 where you have an opportunity as an early-stage entrepreneur and/or startups to gain invaluable expert advice and connections to solve nagging issues in their ventures.
The purpose of Mentor Sacramento Office Hours Sprint is to further connect startup founders and mentors, prove the value of mentorship, and establish Mentor Sacramento as a go to platform to connect.
Participants in this event on November 19th from 11-12:30pm will have the opportunity to meet in three 15-minute sprint sessions with mentors who are investors, advisors, subject matter experts, and former entrepreneurs.
- For early-stage entrepreneurs and startups nothing is more valuable than expert advice, at the right time. This is the purpose of Mentor Sacramento Office Hours Sprint. Think of speed dating for startup founders and mentors.
- Participants will have the opportunity to meet with several expert mentors, investors, advisors, subject matter experts, and former entrepreneurs. In 15-minute sprint sessions, founders will provide detail on their company and ask nagging questions they have.
- Founders will have the opportunity to get expert feedback quickly and from a variety of sources and backgrounds - something that is rare to find in one hour.
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An Innovation and Entrepreneurial Mindset: Featuring Amy Tong
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We are excited to bring to you during Global Entrepreneurship Week 2020 presented by Western Health Advantage a conversation with Amy Tong, State Chief Information Officer and California Department of Technology Director appointee by Governor Gavin Newsome. This event is brought to you in partnership with the College of Business Administration as well as the Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship.
Amy Tong was reappointed as State Chief Information Officer (CIO) and California Department of Technology (CDT) Director by Governor Gavin Newsom to continue the statewide leadership she has exhibited since her original appointment by Governor Jerry Brown in 2016. In these pivotal roles, Amy, whose goal is to improve the State’s technology performance as an investment in its future, advises the Governor on the strategic management of the state's technology resources. She provides the administration with best approaches to implement state technology-related strategic plans, policies, standards, and enterprise architecture while minimizing redundancy and cost for efficiency. A champion of user-centered design approach, her direct actions and focused leadership have been instrumental in modernizing the State’s project delivery, technology procurement, Cloud Smart adoption, open data, workforce development pipeline and cybersecurity measures.
Amy gained her Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems and a Master of Business Administration from California State University, Sacramento.
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Ask Me Anything- Featuring Romaine Taylor
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Join us on Friday, November 20th at 5pm to hear from Romaine Taylor, veteran, entrepreneur, founder and CEO of EZ Vibe!
As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2020, presented by Western Health Advantage, we are excited to present an Ask Me Anything session with entrepreneur, Romaine Taylor! This event is brought to you in partnership with the Veterans Success Center and the Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Sacramento State.
Our featured speaker, Romaine Taylor, is the founder and CEO of EZ Vibe. He was born in Jamaica and migrated to California in his childhood. He joined the Navy after high school and then received his bachelor's in Business: Entrepreneurship, International Business, Management & Marketing from Sacramento State. He has had a passion for food since he was 17 and is now a small business owner for EZ Vibe Meals and Catering, serving a healthy "Taste of the Island," Jamaican cuisine.
EZ Vibe provides the freshest organic ingredients prepared by their Caribbean specialized chefs and delivered in their sustainable packaging to the desired destination. EZ Vibe Meals is an exciting new meal prep business that will not only deliver healthy Jamaican meals to customers, but deliver a “Taste of the Island.” EZ Vibe Meals prep consists of a balanced menu. The menu offers a selection of protein and vegan options. Their food is prepared from fresh produce that contains no GMO and is Gluten free.
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You’re invited to 1 Million Cups! Every Wednesday morning, one or two startup companies present their businesses in 6 minute presentations that are followed by 15-20 minutes of questions, feedback and advice from an audience of their peers.
11/18 PRESENTERS:
NCAMEO
No code/low code platform for building enterprise level web/mobile applications faster and lower cost. We can automate manual business processes such as CRM, supply chain, blockchain, ML, e-commerce or upgrade legacy applications.
Thaddeus Medical Systems
Thaddeus makes IoT for temperature sensitive therapeutics and specimens that need to be stored or transported.
SCHEDULE:
8:45-9:00: Networking (optional)
9:00-10:00: Startup Presentations with Audience Feedback -- we start on time!
10:00-10:30: Stick around after the program ends for some free-form networking(optional)
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Global Perspectives: Advocating to Improve Global Entrepreneurship
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Join us to hear from international entrepreneurs on the adaptive leadership styles when advocating across both cultural and civic difference.
Join us for a panel discussion on how to navigate cultural differences in global entrepreneurship with perspectives from practices in China and Africa as compared the United States. Our moderator and Founder of Global Urban Nomads, Dr. Jeffrey Mrizek will guide the panel through a rich discussion on how global entrepreneurs can adapt to world cultures, business climates and social norms.
Come learn from our experts:
- Mohamed Muse Hassan of Institute of Innovation, Tech Entrepreneurship (ITTE)
- Jay Zhao of College Leap
- Bryce Reich of Harness
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SBDC - Your Journey As An Entrepreneur
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If you’re building a startup, you are taking a risk for humanity. Quite frankly, there’s never been a better time to do it. Plus, there is a TON of information out there, so the main question is why not now? If you’ve decided to take the plunge, you’ll know that one of the hardest things to deal with is the uncertainty of starting a business.
What’s it going to be like? Do I have what it takes? Yes, there’s hard work, but what kind of hard work?
These are just some of the questions that come up in the beginning. It would be cool if you had a roadmap, right?
Attend this webinar and that’s what you’ll get. We’ll show you what your journey will look like - and more importantly - how you can use the free resources at the Small Business Development Center to help you along the way. We’ll cover things like:
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Idea Validation
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Customer Discovery
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Value Proposition Design
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Business Planning
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Prototyping and Minimum Viable Products
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Getting Your First Sales
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Deciding on Funding
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Scaling and Beyond
So if you want to start a business and wonder what it’ll be like, sign up today and let us help you demystify the journey!
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Connections: Big Bang! + Little Bang!
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A bi-weekly gathering for aspiring and early-stage entrepreneurs who want to get the most out of the Big Bang! & Little Bang! competitions.
Connect with Aggie Innovators
Join us every other week for inspiration, networking and knowledge! Connections is for aspiring and early-stage entrepreneurs—and everyone who wants to gain valuable business and leadership skills and experiences through the UC Davis Big Bang! and Little Bang! competitions.
We'll start each Connections with an icebreaker to help you grow your Aggie Innovators community. You'll meet people outside your major or field of study—a great way to start to build an interdisciplinary team with a diversity of strengths and knowledge.
Near peer Christy Serrato, founder and CEO of PairAnything, will give her startup's pitch, share her experience in the Big Bang! Business Competition and Little Bang! Poster Competition, and offer real-world advice for getting the most out of the workshops and the competitions.
Bring a bag lunch and zoom in ready to engage and grow with fellow innovators from across the UC Davis campus and throughout California.
Change Makers for a Better World
Big Bang! Coordinator Karen Harding-Davis is our moderator.
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Little Bang! Poster Competition - Viewing and Awards
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On Thursday, November 19, 6 -8pm, view the poster entries in our first Little Bang! competition of the year—and see who wins up to $6,500 in total award money.
The Little Bang! Poster Competition is an opportunity for currently enrolled students—from high school to Ph.D.—to define their business idea and communicate it concisely and effectively using a poster.
Join us to view the posters and to see who wins the following awards:
- Up to 20 $250 awards
- Up to one $500 Venture Well / TEAM BioInnovation award
- Up to two $250 Global Sustainability & Social Innovation Awards, sponsored by Blackstone LaunchPad and Techstars
- And...YOU get to vote on the $250 People's Choice award!
Register using Eventbrite button, below, to attend as a spectator. We will include the Zoom connection link in the confirmation email.
To compete in this poster competition, please register here.
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GEW to build on Carlsen Center's role as hub for resources
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Cameron Law’s role as the community organizer for Global Entrepreneurship Week 2020 (GEW) – scheduled for Monday, Nov. 16, through Friday, Nov. 20 – puts Sacramento State squarely in the regional spotlight.
For this year’s community-wide GEW, Law, executive director of Sac State’s Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, has lined up 22 compelling events, from a regional pitch competition to workshops led by internationally recognized speakers, and panel discussions with regional entrepreneurs and leaders.
All activities for GEW, presented by Western Health Advantage (WHA), are virtual and are free to attend.
“Especially as we cope with a pandemic that has cleared our campus of almost all in-person activity, Sacramento State needs innovation,” University President Robert S. Nelsen said.
“Global Entrepreneurship Week is happening at the right moment, and I look forward to being inspired by the creative and critical thinkers in our community.”
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#StingersUp #SacStateInnovates #MadeAtSacState
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