Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship Camp

"Empowering the Next Generation of Innovators!"

Cal Poly Pomona’s newly renovated and upgraded  Student Innovation Idea Lab (iLab) offers the Entrepreneurship Camp (ages 8-12) during summer. For questions about camp registration or waiting lists, please contact the Discovery camps at discovery@cpp.edu. For specific information about Entrepreneurship Camp, contact the Student Innovation Idea Lab at siil@cpp.edu or call at (909) 869-3741.

The iLab empowers young minds and provides them with the tools and the courage to make their ideas a reality per their mission to support student creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Since its founding in 2015, the iLab fosters an entrepreneurial ecosystem on the Cal Poly Pomona campus for student innovators, inventors, and entrepreneurs through programming, workshops, mentor networks of alumni and local businesses in the community, and innovative curriculum, such as ESTEAM, a year-long multidisciplinary innovation course, and a NASA Technology Assessment Program.

The iLab is a physical space on the Cal Poly campus where innovative students can meet like-minded peers, develop their ideas, build prototypes, and create new ventures. Additionally, the iLab has partnered with the Pomona Unified School District to open an incubator for student startup teams, called the Innovation Orchard, on the Ganesha High School campus. Overall, the goal of the iLab is to reach beyond the campus walls to engage the community, build partnerships, and engender creativity and entrepreneurialism among young people.

In line with Cal Poly Pomona’s “learn by doing” philosophy, campers in the Entrepreneurship Camp will identify problems that are worth solving and develop the basic tools to create effective solutions to those problems. Campers will learn how to:

• go from an idea to a prototype
• engage prospective customers
• work collaboratively in a team
• pitch ideas to customers and investors

In addition, campers will be engaged in creating a business model canvas of their idea, utilizing various tools to turn their idea into a prototype, talking to actual prospective customers to gauge their interest in the product/service idea and obtain feedback, and pitching their idea to potential investors. They will also be:

• taught by Cal Poly Pomona professors who are experts in their respective fields
• mentored by local business professionals
• coached by Cal Poly Pomona upper division students as they develop their product/service ideas

The camp counselors are exceptional university students whose characteristics and accomplishments make them well-suited to lead campers in the university entrepreneurship curriculum.

At the end of the week is a pitch competition where campers work in teams to pitch their business ideas before a panel of judges. Family and friends are invited to the pitch competition and awards ceremony. Overall, the Entrepreneurship Camp will shape campers as people, will provide a framework for lifelong learning, and will empower them to solve problems of their generation.

Session Dates and Pricing

The Entrepreneurship Camp (ages 8-12) has four sessions (weeks) available. Sessions are limited to 15 participants. The registration fee includes lunch daily. Camp times are from 9:00am – 4:00pm.

Our camps are tuition-for-service programs based on confirmed enrollments and secured deposits. As an option to Full Payment, a non-refundable/non-transferable ($100) deposit, per session per child, is payable at the time of registration to hold your child's place in our program. However, FULL PAYMENT MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN THE MONDAY START OF CAMP.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations made 30 days before start date of your session will be refunded in full. Cancellations made less than 30 days will be refunded only if your space is filled by a wait-listed camper, otherwise no refund on the tuition price can be given.

Refunds are not available for vacations, special events, illnesses of three or fewer days, or other personal commitments that prevent attendance. A refund may be available for extended illness of four or more consecutive program days. A doctor’s note and written note from the parent or guardian explaining the situation must be received within seven days from the first day of absence.

Ages

The Entrepreneurship Camp is for ages 8-12.

Lunch

Cal Poly Pomona has an amazing, new dining commons! Lunch meals are provided by the  Center Pointe Dining Common, which serves our student population year-round. Whether your camper is vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, lactose intolerant or simply wants a healthy, balanced diet, Center Pointe will fulfill her/his needs with many tasty options. Registration forms contain areas to identify special dietary needs.

Extended Care (included in price)

Discovery Camp staff appreciates that families operate on different schedules. We therefore offer an Extended Care program to best serve the daily schedule of families. For families that cannot drop-off their campers just before 9:00am or pick up their campers at 4:00pm, our counselors involve the campers in board games, reading and team activities during Morning Care (8:00–9:00am) and Evening Care (4:00–5:00pm) programs. Counselors are not available for Extended Care before 8:00am. 

Directions

The Entrepreneurship Camps are located at Student Innovation Idea Lab (iLab) in Building 1 on the Cal Poly Pomona campus. It is the red building on the campus map provided at the end of this page. For the location of the Science, Robotics, Computer & Imagination Camp , please this  Directions page. For the Horse Camps, please visit the Horse Camp page.

Approaching Building 1

Front of Building 1

By Car

From the 10 freeway (east or west)
Exit at Kellogg Drive. Stay in your RIGHT lane, you should be on the right side of the large electronic marquee that welcomes visitors (see picture below). Once you pass the marquee, you are on University Drive. The road will wind as you pass the dorms, the duck pond and until you arrive at a stop sign. You will be approaching Building 1, which will be on your right hand side.

From the 210 freeway (east or west)
Take the 210 freeway and follow the junction to the 57 freeway south. Exit on Temple Avenue and turn right (down the hill). Turn right on University Drive (you should see iPoly high school on the right and its large electronic marquee JUST BEFORE University Drive). Once on University Drive, the road will wind until you arrive at a stop sign. Continue until you hit the second stop sign. Keep driving and the road will wind to the right and then eventually hit the next stop sign and you will see the front of Building 1 on your left.

From the 60 freeway traveling east
Follow the junction onto the 57 freeway north. Exit at Temple Avenue and turn left (down the hill). Turn right on University Drive (you should see iPoly high school on the right and its large electronic marquee JUST BEFORE University Drive). Once on University Drive, the road will wind until you arrive at a stop sign. Continue until you hit the second stop sign. Keep driving and the road will wind to the right and then eventually hit the next stop sign and you will see the front of Building 1 on your left.

From the 60 freeway traveling west
Exit at Diamond Bar Boulevard and turn right. Turn left on Temple Avenue. Turn right on University Drive (you should see iPoly high school on the right and its large electronic marquee JUST BEFORE University Drive). Once on University Drive, the road will wind until you arrive at a stop sign. Continue until you hit the second stop sign. Keep driving and the road will wind to the right and then eventually hit the next stop sign and you will see the front of Building 1 on your left.

By Public Transportation

Riding the bus to the campus is simple.  Foothill Transit and Metro buses make convenient stops at the corner of Temple Avenue and South Campus Drive.  From there, you can walk through our beautiful campus or ride the Bronco Express (Route A or B) to Building 1, in which you'll find the Entrepreneurship Camp.

Foothill Transit Bus Routes to Cal Poly Pomona include routes 190, 194, 195, 289, 480, 482, and 486. Metrolink Routes to Cal Poly Pomona stop at the Pomona North station, which is serviced by the Bronco Link shuttles.

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