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The Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship has had a distinct and measurable impact on and off Cal Poly campus.
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We help the Cal Poly and local community members acquire the tools, develop the skills and cultivate the mindset of an entrepreneur so that they may create economic and social value throughout the world.
More than a decade ago, Cal Poly professors Jon York and Lou Tornatzky saw an opportunity. Surrounded by curious, technically savvy and entrepreneurial-minded students, they envisioned a place where every Cal Poly student, regardless of major, could explore entrepreneurship, both inside and outside the classroom.
That vision became the Cal Poly Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CIE) in 2010. What began as an effort to bring entrepreneurship education and hands-on startup experiences to students has grown into an interdisciplinary ecosystem connecting Cal Poly and the greater San Luis Obispo community.
Today, the CIE continues the vision York and Tornatzky set in motion: empowering students and entrepreneurs to turn ideas into opportunities, build meaningful ventures and create lasting economic impact on the Central Coast and beyond.
