With the guidance of an experienced mentor, Interdisciplinary teams of Student Venture Fellows support founders with deep market research, developing business models, assessing technology commercialization pathways, and generating pro-forma financials. Projects take place over 7-9 weeks and may include academic credit for Student Fellows.
Students interested in gaining real-world experience with new ventures and early commercialization analysis can fill out an interest form.
Early-stage companies or faculty interested in the support of graduate-level expertise may also submit an interest form. Please note we are able to accommodate a limited number of projects per quarter.
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.
As one of the youngest business schools in the country, the Rady School continues to have an outsized impact on entrepreneurship with over 330 ventures launched and more than $3.5 billion in private funding to support these startups.
The Sullivan Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation’s annual spring Demo Day, the culmination of the StartR program, was held on June 6, 2023. The StartR Accelerator provides students, alumni, and researchers with robust training, mentorship, and an ecosystem of resources to advance entrepreneurial ideas from concept to impact.
Local startups showed off their latest efforts to tackle ocean-related challenges during the startBlue 2023 Demo Day on April 27th at Scripps Seaside Forum in La Jolla. The event was covered in the San Diego Business Journal.
Ernest Rady, founding donor of the Rady School and his wife, Evelyn, in addition to Rady alumni and supporters, helped to launch the new Robert S. Sullivan Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation.
