Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Office Hours

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Have a question or need advice about the Big Bang!, Little Bang! or how to move your venture forward? Join us for online office hours. Wednesdays, 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Thursdays, 5-6 p.m. | 5-5:45 p.m. before every Ideas into Action workshop!

UC Entrepreneurship Academy

UC Davis Alumni Center 530 Alumni Lane, Davis, CA, United States

The UC Entrepreneurship Academy helps students, postdocs and faculty in all academic disciplines and fields gain the knowledge and networks needed to identify, develop and validate the commercial potential of your research or idea. The academy will take place in person, with lectures, talks by guest entrepreneurs and industry experts, and individual and small-group activities. […]

Think. Do .Discover. | Michael Colglazier | CEO, Virgin Galactic

UC Davis ARC

A Conversation with Michael Colglazier | UC Davis Think. Do. Discover. Speaker Series Join us for a fireside chat with Michael Colglazier, CEO of Virgin Galactic, the world’s first commercial spaceline and vertically integrated aerospace company. Our time together with Michael includes a chance for audience questions. Get inspired to make a difference in our […]

Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Academy

Gallagher Hall

Do you want to use your ideas and education to help solve our complex world's many challenges—but don't know how to begin? Our Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Academy can help get you started. UC Davis students in all majors and disciplines—from the life sciences and engineering to the humanities and social sciences—are welcome to apply for this […]

Little Bang! Pitch + Poster Competition | Contestants

Gallagher Hall

Students! The Little Bang! Poster + Pitch Competition will help you define your business idea and communicate it on a poster. The Little Bang! is designed for currently enrolled students at the high school, community college, undergraduate or graduate level. This is an entry-level competition; you do not need any business experience to participate. - […]

Big Bang! Business Competition Awards Ceremony

Alumni Center

The UC Davis Big Bang! Business Competition provides a forum for innovators across California to collaborate, develop and test business ideas. Join us as we celebrate this year's finalists, announce our winners and award $90,000 in prizes. Networking | 5 p.m. Program | 6 p.m. ... Click here : -> https://innovate.ucdavis.edu/news/congratulations-2022-big-bang-finaliststo meet our 2022 Big […]

A Conversation with Democracy Entrepreneur Yordanos Eyoel

Join us for a conversation with Yordanos Eyoel, founder and CEO of Keseb: -> https://www.keseb.org, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization building a global ecosystem of pro-democracy entrepreneurs, activists, funders and scholars. Includes an audience Q&A. This event will be held on Zoom. We will send registrants the link a day before the talk. This event is […]

A Conversation with Democracy Entrepreneur Yordanos Eyoel

The Think. Do. Discover. Speaker Series: -> https://innovate.ucdavis.edu/think-do-discover presents this program with Yordanos Eyoel, founder and CEO of Keseb, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization building a global ecosystem of pro-democracy entrepreneurs, activists, funders and scholars. Includes an audience Q&A. This event will be held on Zoom. RSVP here: -> https://ucdavis.startuptree.co/event/s/cZRtxzdUn6CRZgfiyMsFka/Think.--Do.--Discover.--%257C-A-Conversation-with-Democracy-Entrepreneur--Yordanos-Eyoel; you will receive the link the […]

The Kickoff

UC Davis Alumni Center 530 Alumni Lane, Davis, CA, United States

Celebrate Aggie Innovators and learn about key opportunities to start or advance your entrepreneurial journey: Big Bang! Business Competition, Little Bang! Pitch + Poster Competitions and Ideas into Action workshop series. Event includes networking, team building, information and a panel of past competition winners.

The Kickoff

UC Davis Alumni Center 530 Alumni Lane, Davis, CA, United States

Celebrate Aggie Innovators and learn about key opportunities to start or advance your entrepreneurial journey: Big Bang! Business Competition, Little Bang! Pitch + Poster Competitions and Ideas into Action workshop series. Event includes networking, team building, information and a panel of past competition winners.

Workshop: Starting Something That Matters

Gallagher Hall, Room 1213

Join Joe DiNunzio, executive director of the UC Davis Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, for an introduction to the most important skill any innovator or entrepreneur needs: the ability to build a network around their ideas. Later in the workshop, Vicky Lee, a partner with DLA Piper's technology and sourcing group, will address the concept […]

Workshop: Starting Something That Matters

Gallagher Hall, Room 1213

Join Joe DiNunzio, executive director of the UC Davis Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, for an introduction to the most important skill any innovator or entrepreneur needs: the ability to build a network around their ideas. Later in the workshop, Vicky Lee, a partner with DLA Piper's technology and sourcing group, will address the concept […]