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Proceeds from the black-tie event go to the IECE’s Spirit of the Entrepreneur Scholarship Fund, which provides grants to the next generation of entrepreneurs.
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Since its creation in 2003, the Spirit of the Entrepreneur has honored more than 200 entrepreneurs in the inland region for building businesses into major contributors to the region’s economy.
![Stacey Allis, assistant director of the IECE, and Mike Stull, IECE director, director of the School of Entrepreneurship and professor of entrepreneurship.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/Spirit_Slide.jpg.webp?itok=vQkp7Zi7)
The 20th anniversary gala will include special Legacy Awards to two outstanding previous Spirit of the Entrepreneur Award recipients along with the featured award recipients.
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Cal State San Bernardino paid tribute to the Inland Empire’s best entrepreneurs and businesses at the annual Spirit of the Entrepreneurs Awards Gala held recently.
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This year’s competition, presented by the CSUSB Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship (IECE), will be held Monday, Nov. 6, from 5-9 p.m. at the Esri Conference Center, 380 New York St., Redlands.