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The next big San Luis Obispo-based company could just be starting to get their foot in the door as Cal Poly San Luis Obispo announced the eight startup teams that will be a part of its summer accelerator course. Ran by the university's Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, its Summer Accelerator program is a 12-week program

An Idea Whose Time Has Come California State University At the CSU, students, faculty and alumni are offered a multitude of resources to help bring their concepts to fruition. They include entrepreneur undergrad and graduate programs, incubators, accelerators, access to angel funding, maker spaces, mentorships and internships. Newswise — Economic recovery following the pandemic will require an entrepreneurial skill set. Fortunately, the CSU offers inquiring minds a multitude of resources. No...

E-mail that promised millions if hed only invest some up front money first. police say he took the bait, hook, line and sinker. first he sent the scammers $70,000 of his own money. then the crooks apparently convinced him to sink at least $180,000 of county money into the scheme and a total of $1.2 million may be missing from the public till. >> taxpayers of alcona county are obviously going to suffer some loss here. every property owner that pays property taxes is going to feel some sort of los...

How do they know who to send these two? >> theyre available in the black market. >> so they buy the lists in the black market and they do these mass mailings? is there a profile of a victim here? >> no, it crosses all social boundaries, all education. >> so youve seen all kinds of people get taken in? >> yes, absolutely. >> the elderly who lose their retirement. >> exactly. >> executives who have money to invest. >> right. >> are these people stupid who are falling for this? >> well, no, they ar...