Two Cal Poly students took home cash prizes in this year’s Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) 12th annual Elevator Pitch Competition. Cal Poly’s industrial engineering senior Surya Venugopal and business administration junior Sara Dada won $1,000 and $500, respectively. This year’s competition was held at the Cal Poly Performing Arts Center on […]
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HotHouse startup Pashion Footwear featured at Grammy Awards party
Shoes, shoes and more shoes — except this time each shoe is two in one: a heel and a flat. Cal Poly startup Pashion Footwear shipped their first pre-sale line of convertible heels to customers on Jan. 14. These first 180 pairs of shoes were shipped to 155 customers all over the world, including those […]
Cal Poly alumni develop platform to empower local farmers
A team of recent Cal Poly alumni are developing a platform designed to transform the way consumers eat meat by connecting the local community with sustainable, local farmers and ranchers.
Student-led startup to optimize rental process for landlords, tenants
Sorting through hundreds of applications and answering the many calls for a rental unit is a tedious job for landlords. Filling out paperwork and running to various properties to deliver applications is an equally time-consuming chore for students. Pioneered by psychology senior Cameron Wiese and his four-person team — CTO Alex Kavanaugh (software engineering alumnus), […]