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Drawn to Leadership: Creative Pursuits Helped Prepare Ashleigh Spragins to be ASI President and a Maritime Representative

A former engineering student, Spragins chose business for leadership and management opportunities.

How to Get on Track for Career Success

Ronda Beaman took her Leadership and Career Success class to the Aero Hangar to illustrate how the formula for success is about the sum of its parts.

Quick Pitch: Students Offer Their Startup Ideas During Annual Competition

The Elevator Pitch, put on by the Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, features students from across campus "selling" their business ideas.

Lessons From the Dojo: How Martial Arts Helped Khushi Sharma Become a Leader

Once a shy child, the information systems student took on public roles a college ambassador, with Women in Business and her business fraternity

Focused on the Code: Startup Aims to Allow Developers More Time to Develop

Devscribe seeks to limit the tedious and repetitive task of creating accurate instructions for users.

Medication Management: Startup Seeks to Simplify Patient Prescription Schedules

One Fountain Health is creating a device designed to preserve independence for people juggling multiple prescriptions.

Pursuing Her Passions: Business Grad Anaïs Lohier Turns to Biological Data at Yale

Lohier, who studied at sea while at Cal Poly, also volunteers at a vintage French car race dedicated to her grandfather

A Seaweed Solution: Converting Ocean Waste into Food Packaging

Ecoplasticity’s seaweed-based coating is designed to replace the plastic coating inside takeout containers.

A Safe Bet: App Created by Business Alums Addresses Gambling Addiction

The MindSprout app was given a huge boost by the Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship

A Barrel of Fun: A Business Student Joins the Rodeo with Her Trusty Sidekick

As a child, a broken arm led Layla Hanna to Western-style riding and barrel racing

Marketing Class Helps Cal Poly Rodeo Athletes Land Promotional Deals

Class partners with the Boot Barn for promo spots before 2025 Poly Royal Rodeo

From Times Square Billboards to the World Series to Cal Poly: Meet Business Fraternity President Brandon Williams

His Delta Sigmi Pi, a coed fraternity, helps raise money for terminally ill adults

"Always Get Up:" Life Lessons from a Surfer

Maya Karl, a competitive surfer and business administration student, shares how her wave riding experiences can help Cal Poly students succeed

Marketing Impact: Class Connects Projects to U.N. Sustainable Development Goals

Marketing Principles class directs students to pursue a societal cause

Cal Poly Startup, Led by Former Mustangs Football Player, Developing Device to Detect Brain Injuries

Business graduate Connor Heffler and his team have had assist form the Center for Innovation & Entreprenuership