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Mastering the Art of Crafting Your Minimum Viable Product (MVP) for Startup Success
In the ever-evolving landscape of entrepreneurship, launching a startup is both thrilling and challenging. One of the most critical steps in this journey is developing a Minimum Viable Product (MVP). It’s the cornerstone that can make or break your business idea, and understanding how to craft an MVP effectively can significantly increase your chances of…
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Key Lessons from Gerard Beenen’s Video on “Generative AI & LLMs”
Gerard Beenen, who, among other things, is a professor at Cal State Fullerton, recently published a video explaining AI and LLMs that we think does an excellent job of breaking down what is an extremely complex subject. Viewers of this video (above) can learn five key lessons: Overall, Gerard Beenen’s video offers a comprehensive and…
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CSUF Startup Competition – Today Is Your Last Chance To Apply!
You know someone means business when they dispense with a preamble and place the apply now button at the top of a post! And we absolutely mean business. Today is the last day to apply for the CSUF Startup Competition. This competition is open to all students who are the least bit entrepreneurial. If you…
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CSUF Entrepreneurship Student Startups for Fall 2018
At the end of every semester, CSUF Entrepreneurship students have the opportunity to give investor pitches for the startups that they have created and been working on over the course of the semester to our panel of judges. These presentations may only be educational exercises, this is, after all, a school, and if that’s where…
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CSUF Startup Featured in OC Register
In this edition of the CSUF Entrepreneurship Insider Director John Bradley Jackson highlights the progress that a startup two of our students founded a year ago has made and how the first step to becoming an entrepreneur is telling people about your idea (A great place to do that for current university and high school…
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Trade Secret Protection – Key Points for Entrepreneurs to Know
During Stephen LaCount’s talk titled Intellectual Property and the Entrepreneur at the CSUF Irvine campus Stephen went over a lot of interesting topics; topics that are immediately valuable to the entrepreneurs that were there. One of the parts of his talk that I liked in particular was his information on trade secret protection. Here are…
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The Biggest Mistake Entrepreneurs Make in Product Development – Knowledge @ CSUF Entrepreneurship
Having reviewed thousands of businesses and investing in multiple startups, Tech Coast Works Managing Director Jeff Greenberg knows a thing or two about product development. In this video in the Knowledge @ CSUF Entrepreneurship series taken at the CSUF Startup Incubator, Jeff goes into detail about the product development process and explains what the biggest…
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Find Your Entrepreneurial Fit
Every week in the CSUF Entrepreneurship Insider you can learn important things to help you start your business. This week is no different. I frequently have conversations with entrepreneurs, many of them are first time entrepreneurs, who are enthusiastic about an idea but don’t know where to start. Sometimes they just need a little bit…
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Entrepreneur Mentor Office Hours: Startup Expert Jim Cooper @ CSUF Startup Incubator
This Friday from 10am to 4pm startup expert Jim Cooper will be hosting office hours at the CSUF Startup Incubator. For more details and to reserve some time with Jim please go here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/entrepreneur-mentor-startup-expert-jim-cooper-csuf-startup-incubator-tickets-31190267931?aff=blog Launching a business can be an extremely difficult thing to do, especially if you haven’t done something like it before. That’s…
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CSUF Entrepreneurship Students Create Business Plan, Present to Investor Panel
“The panel is awesome – I love that as students, we have the chance to present real ideas to real business owners, entrepreneurs, investors, and bankers. Few other classes offer the practical feedback and hands-on work that I have experienced in Management 465A. It is one of the best Entrepreneurship classes, and I highly recommend…