A grant from the university's Provost Investment Fund helped establish the pilot program for Yaqui-Tech Innovation Lab. The monthlong program took 10 Pascua Yaqui entrepreneurs through a series of workshops, which Gomez and Howell led, to learn fundamental web design skills and tools. Other workshops covered digital marketing and artificial intelligence. By the end of the month, each entrepreneur had a basic website for their business or idea.

On Thursday, June 27th, twenty-four University of Arizona students will present their original venture concepts at the FORGE Student Startup Residency Demo Day.  The Demo Day will be presented both live and virtually.  Space is limited.  Please RSVP here for tickets to attend. 

FORGE (Finding Opportunities and Resources to Grow Entrepreneurs) seeks input from University of Arizona alumni to better understand their experiences with entrepreneurship. This important project will identify factors contributing to student development of an "entrepreneurial mindset" and launching ventures. Take the survey here to help shape the experiences of future University of Arizona students.