Past Workshops and Webinars

Part One

Startup: A Guide to Starting Anything

This workshop will introduce you to the foundations of entrepreneurship with an overview of the workshop series as well as the process of starting your own business.

Part Two

Understanding the Business Model Canvas

In this workshop you will learn about the Business Model Canvas (BMC): a tool that will help you design your business models that have a competitive edge, leverage opportunities in your environment and test your ideas through experiments with customers.

Part Three

Intellectual Property (IP) Workshop

The Intellectual Property (IP) workshop was created to provide you with knowledge about trademarks, patents, copyrights, Internet law, disputes, resolutions and much more in order to help you protect your most creative innovations.

Part Four

Customer Discovery - Part I

The main objective of customer discovery is to identify your first customers by testing your assumptions about who your customer is, the exact problem you are solving for the customer, and how the customer will buy from you.

Part Five

Competitor Analysis

A competitive analysis is a strategy where you identify major competitors and research their products, sales, and marketing strategies in order to improve upon them and identify potential opportunities where you can out-perform them.

Part Six

Customer Discovery - Part II

During the second session of customer discovery, we will go more in-depth on how to conduct customer interviews and prepare questions to ask a potential customer.

Part Seven

Crowdfunding

Crowdfunding is the process of raising money from a large number of people in order to fund a project, a company, or a cause. In this workshop, we talk about how successful crowdfunding campaigns are executed.

Part Eight

Building Your Pitch Deck

Building your Pitch Deck is a workshop on what you should include in your presentation to investors. This will cover the key information you need to have ready on the screen and in your presentation notes.

Part Nine

Pitching Your Idea to Investors

This workshop is designed to teach you how to prepare a pitch and sell your idea. You will practice how to present your thoughts clearly and learn the do's and don'ts of pitching your idea to investors!

Part Ten

The Phase Gate Process - New Product Introduction

The phase-gate process is ideal for projects that involve teams across multiple departments, and is typically used for new product developments, software/app/website launches and business-wide changes.

Licenses and Permits

This workshop details the process of obtaining licenses and permits. As well as covering the need to comply with the regulations regarding these licenses and permits.

Licenses and Permits

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iStartup Academy

The iStartup Academy walks you through the process of launching a new idea. In this program, you will receive training from our faculty and industry partners, who will provide you with valuable insights and first-hand accounts into the world of product development and building a business from the ground up. We welcome everyone who has a desire to learn. 

Past Event:

Women's Entrepreneurship Day

Cal Poly Pomona and SIIL joined the United Nations and women in 144 countries to celebrate Women’s Entrepreneurship Day (WED), a global movement created to empower and engage women of all ages through innovation and collaboration. You can go to their website to learn more about their recent events and work.