Startup Stories
Discover how UCI supports student innovation and empowers the next wave of “ANTrepreneurs.”
All in the Family: Restaurateur Ed Lee Talks Success and Family
The UCI Leadership Series is dedicated to amplifying the stories and voices that have historically been missing from the leadership...
Venturing Ahead: UCI Alumna Anh Tran Talks Entrepreneurship and Startup Success
The UCI Women in Leadership series is dedicated to amplifying the stories and voices that have historically been missing from the...
The Road to 10,000 Masks: An ANTrepreneur’s Response Efforts to COVID-19
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, UCI student Vy Vu put her own business plans on hold to support the healthcare workers on the frontline. Learn more about her volunteer and donation campaign, Face Mask OC, and the community of support that made it possible.
Snooze: UCI Students Start Business to Combat Sleep Deprivation
For the average University of California, Irvine (UCI) student, walking around campus with four hours of sleep and a cup of strong...
Building a Business with UCI’s ANTrepreneur Center
For Jenelle King, a third-year civil engineering major and former athlete at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), the idea of...
UCI’s ANTrepreneur Center: Supporting Innovation for Student Success
For high school students who dream of joining college esports teams, there isn’t a clear pathway forward. “There is a prevalent gap...
How the ANTrepreneur Center Supports UCI’s Student Entrepreneurs
Inspiration strikes in the most unlikely of places. For University of California, Irvine (UCI) student Aryan Ghanadan it struck at...
Pete Wong of Yummi
Universities hold the promise of a better future, a future where the kind of social mobility promised by the American Dream is more...
Velox Biosystems
Universities hold the promise of a better future, a future where the kind of social mobility promised by the American Dream is more...
UC Irvine Startup Stories – Esosa Agbonwaneten
Esosa Agbonwaneten, UC Irvine public health major, discusses how she discovered and nurtured her entrepreneurial spirit, flourished...