Carmine Minerals, a startup founded by CSUSB MSEI student Raymond Moorehead Jr. and MSEI alumna Jacqueline Gilyard Jones, has been selected to compete in the 2025 Rice Business Plan Competition, the largest and most renowned business plan competition in the world. The startup was selected as one of only 42 teams from a highly competitive pool of over 900 applicants.
On Wednesday, March 5, the Palm Desert Entrepreneurial Resource Center celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, featuring refreshments provided by local small businesses and congratulatory remarks by local and regional dignitaries.
Thomas Corrigan (communication and media), comments on the lack of news media serving the Inland Empire, Mike Stull (entrepreneurship) talks about a new program supporting veteran entrepreneurs in Riverside County, and Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) was interviewed about the latest hate crime statistics.
Leonard Transportation Center faculty Kimberly Collins, Yunfei Hou and Raffi Der Wartanian, with graduate students Sai Kalyan Ayyagari and Bhavik Pankaj Khatri, published a study for the journal Data in Brief; Mike Stull (entrepreneurship) discussed the opening of the Palm Desert Entrepreneur Resource Center; and Michael Karp (history) coordinated the 20th annual Academic WorldQuest competition.
The newly expanded resource will serve as a catalyst for the creation of new businesses and the growth of existing small businesses in the Coachella Valley.
Michelle Russen (hospitality management/marketing) worked with a team to publish a study on masculine and feminine leadership traits in hospitality managers, and Mike Stull (entrepreneurship) was interviewed for the radio program “Southern California Business Report.”
An art news website featured a question-and-answer interview with Daisy Ocampo Diaz (history) about the UCLA Fowler Museum exhibit she helped curate, “Fire Kinship: Southern California Native Ecology and Art.” Also interviewed for a Q-and-A was Michael Stull (entrepreneurship) on the topic of the newest Entrepreneurial Resources Center in Palm Desert.
The Entrepreneurial Resource Center has partnered with U.S. Bank to provide small business owners in the Inland Empire with education in financial management and business planning.
Mike Stull (entrepreneurship) discusses U.S. Bank becoming an affiliate of the Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship, and Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) expressed concern about the president-elect’s rhetoric concerning the New Year’s Day attacks and how it may influence violence by vigilantes, and what may have influenced the alleged attackers.