Where Experience Meets Innovation!
Where Experience Meets Innovation!
What is Business Forge?
Business Forge, launched by the Institute for Innovation and Economic Development (IIED) at Cal State Monterey Bay, is an incubator designed to support startup founders. It connects emerging entrepreneurs, especially those in underserved communities, with experienced professionals for mentorship, industry insights, and strategic advice.
What is Business Forge?
The Institute for Innovation and Economic Development (IIED), within the College of Business at Cal State Monterey Bay, has launched The Business Forge, an incubator designed to support startup founders in navigating today’s dynamic business landscape.
Many founders, especially in communities with limited access to industry networks, face challenges in gaining the guidance and resources necessary for success.
The Business Forge addresses this by connecting emerging entrepreneurs with experienced professionals who offer critical mentorship, industry insights, and strategic advice.
Join The Business Forge!
Serving Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito counties, The Business Forge incubator helps founders navigate the complexities of building and scaling their businesses. With the tagline “Where Experience Meets Innovation: Crafting Businesses for the Future,” it bridges opportunity gaps and prepares founders for sustainable, future-ready ventures.
Join The Business Forge!
Serving the communities of Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito counties, this incubator focuses on fostering relationships that help founders tackle the complexities of building and scaling their businesses.
With the tagline “Where Experience Meets Innovation: Crafting Businesses for the Future,” The Business Forge is dedicated to bridging gaps in opportunity and preparing founders to build sustainable, future-ready ventures.
Buisness Forge Provides
Buisness Forge Provides
• Networking
• Advising
• Resources
• Mentorship
Cohort Meetings
Dust Bowl
Sept. 4
BIT 104
Sept. 18
Chamber Office 353 Camino El Estero
Oct. 2
OSU 310
Oct. 16
860 Sunset Drive, Pacific Grove
Nov. 6
OSU 310
Nov. 20
The Community @ The Barnyard Suite H23, Carmel
Dec. 5
Winter Night Market, in the OSU Ballroom CSUMB
Jan. 8
CSUMB
Jan. 22
TBD
Networking • Advising • Resources • Mentorship
Cohort Meetings
Aug. 28
Sept. 4
Sept. 18
Oct. 2
Oct. 16
From the Ground Up Building Your Business’s Internal Operations
From the Ground Up Building Your Business’s Internal Operations
6:30pm-8:00pm
6:30pm-8:00pm
6:30pm-8:00pm
6:30pm-8:00pm
6:30pm-8:00pm
Dust Bowl
BIT 104
Chamber Office 353 Camino El Estero
OSU 310
860 Sunset Drive, Pacific Grove
Nov. 6
Nov. 20
Dec. 5
Jan. 8
Jan. 22
Vision Outside the Box: Winning in a Competitve Landscape
Brand Development, Content Marketing, Customer Engagement & Retention, Advertising
6:30pm-8:00pm
6:30pm-8:00pm
4:00pm-8:00pm
6:30pm-8:00pm
6:30pm-8:00pm
OSU 310
The Community
@ The Barnyard Suite H23, Carmel.
Winter Night Market, in the OSU Ballroom
CSUMB
TBD
Crafting Businesses
for the Future
Crafting Businesses for the Future
Thank You to Our Sponsors
Thank You to Our Sponsors
Startup Launchpad Monterey Bay is funded in part by the US Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration, with matching funding provided by CSU, Monterey Bay College of Business, Union Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, and Taylor Farms, the city of Seaside, and the city of Salinas. Additional support has been provided by the counties of Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito.
