At the Entrepreneurship & Small Business Institute (ESBI), we are committed to fostering an entrepreneurial mindset in students, faculty, and the Ventura County community by providing tools, mentorship, and hands-on learning experiences. By supporting ESBI, you’ll help empower individuals and teams to drive economic growth and social impact through innovative problem-solving and entrepreneurship. Through this opportunity students and the community will be empowered to continue with their endeavors of becoming an entrepreneur with your support.
There are many ways that you could get involved. For example, you could be one of our speakers in the Happy Hour with Entrepreneurship series, serve as a judge or mentor for our competitions, discuss potential students' internships in your small business or consulting project, or request a speaker on entrepreneurship, social enterprises or B Corps for your organization.
While we receive MVS support, we also have many ideas, projects, and aspirations that can’t be moved forward due to the lack of funding. We welcome philanthropic gifts of any size and type in order to fund our next phase of growth.
If you would like to discuss some of the above or you have additional ideas, please reach out to our director.
Maria Ballesteros-Sola, DBA, MBA, LLB
Director, Entrepreneurship & Small Business Institute
Associate Professor of Management
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One University Drive
Camarillo, CA 93012
805-437-2754
maria.ballesteros-sola@csuci.edu