Programs and Services

Research & Consulting
The Lyles Center offers consulting and evaluation services for innovators and entrepreneurs. Submit your executive summary for review by the Lyles Center by completing the recommended information and uploading the files. Schedule an appointment today.
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FOR ENTREPRENEURS

Entrepreneur in Residence
The Entrepreneur in Residence is a distinguished award given to a prominent entrepreneur once a year. The guest entrepreneur spends three to five days on campus lecturing in classes, conducting seminars, and meeting with entrepreneurs in the community.
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Technology Development
Working with faculty, staff, students and community inventors, the Technology Development Center will provide consultation on steps necessary to move technology ideas to the commercial market. Learn more>> >>

International Innovation Workshops
The Lyles Center hosts workshops for groups of dignitaries from the Peoples Republic of China on a wide range of topics including taxation, civil engineering, secondary education, entrepreneurship, judicial development, etc. Learn more >>

PARTNER PROGRAMS

Invention 2 Venture Workshop
A one-day session on technology-driven entrepreneurship for students, faculty, regional entrepreneurs, investors, and business leaders led as a collaboration between the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) and the Lyles Center. Go to the NCIIA Web site >>

FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

Dream It! Win It! Student Business Competition
Dream It! Win It! Student Business Competition awards students from Fresno State and partnering community college campuses with cash for the development of their business. First place winners will receive one of the eight office spaces in the Lyles Center Hatchery. Click here for Details, Forms & Guidelines >>

$5K Scholarships in Entrepreneurship
The Scholarships in Entrepreneurship program attracts students from across the country to California State University, Fresno to educate and retain as future entrepreneurs for the Central Valley. Learn more >>

Entrepreneur Mentor Program (EMP)
Entrepreneurship students are encouraged to enroll in the Lyles Center Entrepreneur Mentor Program (EMP). This program matches successful local business leaders with entrepreneurship majors for meetings. Learn more >>

Global Entrepreneurship Week
For one week, millions of young people around the world will join a growing movement to generate new ideas and seek better ways of doing things. More than 70 countries are coming together for the first time to host Global Entrepreneurship Week, a global initiative to inspire young people to embrace innovation, imagination, and creativity. GEW >>

Faculty
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Student Hatchery
The Lyles Center Student Hatchery offers students support and office space to work on their business while attending school. Students receive mentoring, access to resources, a complete office, and access to facilities at the Lyles Center such as a board room and classrooms. Student Hatchery >>