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First Elevator Pitch Competition winner returns to Cal Poly, this time with a $25 million business

iCracked Founder AJ Forsythe returned to the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship’s (CIE) Elevator Pitch Competition 11 years after he pitched his phone repair company idea at Cal Poly.  Now with nearly 800,000 repairs, iCracked, that company, has gained national media attention and Forsythe has been featured on Inc. Magazine’s “30 under 30” list. “Winning the […]

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Making money in class: ITP students create Quickstand collapsable outdoor table

Fifteen Cal Poly students hope to enhance people’s outdoor experience through the Quickstand — a portable and collapsible outdoor table designed, produced and sold by students.  In Applied Business Operations (ITP 467), 15 industrial technology and packaging seniors are running their own business. They are required to do everything themselves, from funding the materials to building the […]

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