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Sullivan Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Where disruptors create the future

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The Sullivan Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation empowers students, alumni, and expert practitioners to view disruption as an opportunity to develop impactful solutions that drive positive change.

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Entrepreneurship at Rady

#2
Best B-School
for Entrepreneurship
330+
Ventures Launched
3.3
Billion Dollars Raised

Latest from the Center

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June 20, 2024

Blue Technology Startups Turn Concept Into Reality at Uc San Diego

Ocean innovators from the third startBlue cohort gathered at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography on May 29 to pitch science- and engineering-based solutions for ocean-related challenges at a Demo Day event.
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June 6, 2024

Niall O'Donnell, MBA '06, receives the 2024 Entrepreneurial Achievement Award

Niall O’Donnell, Ph.D., MBA ’06, and managing director of Rivervest Venture Partners, is the winner of the 2024 Entrepreneurial Achievement Award on behalf of the Rady School and Sullivan Center of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Learn more about O’Donnell’s journey, his experience getting his Rady MBA, and how the knowledge he gained has helped him optimize his firm’s investment decisions.
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February 4, 2024

Poets & Quants: 2023 Most Disruptive MBA Startups: Renew Solar, UC-San Diego (Rady)

Founded by Rady School of Management and StartR alumna Heather Hardenberg, Renew Solar facilitates a network that revolutionizes solar panel end-of-term (EOT) management. Through our partnerships across the country, Renew Solar is creating a viable circular panel program that is cost-effective, efficient, and supportive of everyone in the photo-voltaic (PV) recycling industry.

Programs

The Sullivan Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation offerings span the lifecycle of an entrepreneurial journey, from exploration through the launch of your venture.

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Expert Networks

Meet the innovators and entrepreneurs who work with, teach, advise, and mentor Rady students and who differentiate the Sullivan Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

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Success Stories

See the impact of Rady's entrepreneurial alumni and students.

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Startr Building

Upcoming Opportunities

Stay up-to-date on the latest offerings and opportunities available at the Sullivan Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

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Engage with Us

Reach out to the Sullivan Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation team to learn about StartR, upcoming competitions, or ways to support innovation at UC San Diego.

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