This year's StartupWeekend at CSUMB, organized by iiED, was, according the the participants, "AWESOME!"
Over 100 participants, including 70 registered competitors, 12 coaches, 5 judges, volunteers and guests, gathered to pitch 32 business ideas, formed 10 teams and worked over 54 hours from Friday to Sunday. Three winning teams were selected as the top startups:
"Whats in" - mobile APP checks product ingredient for allergen before purchase
"Of course" - assist college students to plan their learning with "what-if" and recommended courses according to their preference and history
"FeedMe" - food exchange on college campus
We are especially excited about
- San Francisco State sent Dr. Matt Levy and Fresno State sent Dr. Eric Liguori, associate director of Lyles Center, to participate and observe the event. Dr. Liguori also brought a student team with him. They both seek collaboration with us for future programs.
- 30 CSUMB students from Computer Science, Business and Communication Design, each registered a one-unit "Startup Experience" were among the competitors. Each of the winning teams have one or more of our students as members. Their performance made us very proud.
- Steinbeck Innovation Center provided substantial prizes, including months of free rent and consulting, to the winning teams. We expect further collaboration between iiED and the Center.
- KION channel 46 featured the event on Saturday night newshttp://www.kionrightnow.com/news/local-news/Start-up-Launch-Weekend/-/23047192/24121076/-/pvdb0nz/-/index.html
MaryJo Zenk, iiED's program manager and Dr. Brad Barbeau, faculty of College of Business and iiED's lead entrepreneurship advisor and Jessica Falkenthal, event facilitator from StartupWeekend spent tens of hours on planning, fund raising, recruiting and organizing the remarkable event, iiED owe the success of the StartupWeekend to them and many coaches and judges.
We'd like to thank all of you for your support to the iiED. We will share with you many of our future events offered by iiED.
Eric Tao - Director of iiED
Over 100 participants, including 70 registered competitors, 12 coaches, 5 judges, volunteers and guests, gathered to pitch 32 business ideas, formed 10 teams and worked over 54 hours from Friday to Sunday. Three winning teams were selected as the top startups:
"Whats in" - mobile APP checks product ingredient for allergen before purchase
"Of course" - assist college students to plan their learning with "what-if" and recommended courses according to their preference and history
"FeedMe" - food exchange on college campus
We are especially excited about
- San Francisco State sent Dr. Matt Levy and Fresno State sent Dr. Eric Liguori, associate director of Lyles Center, to participate and observe the event. Dr. Liguori also brought a student team with him. They both seek collaboration with us for future programs.
- 30 CSUMB students from Computer Science, Business and Communication Design, each registered a one-unit "Startup Experience" were among the competitors. Each of the winning teams have one or more of our students as members. Their performance made us very proud.
- Steinbeck Innovation Center provided substantial prizes, including months of free rent and consulting, to the winning teams. We expect further collaboration between iiED and the Center.
- KION channel 46 featured the event on Saturday night newshttp://www.kionrightnow.com/news/local-news/Start-up-Launch-Weekend/-/23047192/24121076/-/pvdb0nz/-/index.html
MaryJo Zenk, iiED's program manager and Dr. Brad Barbeau, faculty of College of Business and iiED's lead entrepreneurship advisor and Jessica Falkenthal, event facilitator from StartupWeekend spent tens of hours on planning, fund raising, recruiting and organizing the remarkable event, iiED owe the success of the StartupWeekend to them and many coaches and judges.
We'd like to thank all of you for your support to the iiED. We will share with you many of our future events offered by iiED.
Eric Tao - Director of iiED
