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CSUF Entrepreneurship

Category: Business Concepts

  • Build the Perfect Sales Funnel! Event Later Today

    As we mentioned the other day, Joe Hines will be in later this evening (6pm to be exact) to talk about how to build the perfect sales funnel for your business. Honestly, if you’re not a great sales person already then you really should attend this event. Tickets are still available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/build-the-perfect-sales-funnel-csuf-startup-incubator-tickets-26108986682 If you…

  • Simon Sinek's Golden Circle

    “People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it.” Simon Sinek Entrepreneurs are the leaders of the global economy, driving innovations that improve the lives of billions of people. We started the CSUF Startup Incubator to help entrepreneurs develop the skills necessary to become one of those leaders. Last week, we were…

  • No-Tipping Restaurant Model

    A while back, CSUF professor Dr. Atul Teckchandani wrote a piece titled The not-so-surprising failure of no-tipping restaurants and it brought up many points that I thought were pretty interesting. The main thesis of Dr. Teckchandani’s piece was that while there is some data suggesting that restaurants that switch to a no-tipping model experience increases…

  • CSUF Startup Incubator Investment Panels – Q3 2015

    Every quarter, we provide our Residents (startups launching in the CSUF Startup Incubator) the opportunity to present to a panel of judges made up of our mentors, staff, other Residents, and guests from various industries including investors. We call these panels our CSUF Startup Incubator Investment Panels and the raison d’ĂȘtre for these panels is…

  • CSUF Campus Authors Recognized

    And one of those authors was none other than Director John Bradley Jackson. Last year, Director Jackson published Socially Close: Social Media Marketing for Small Business, which is about how businesses should be using social media in their marketing campaigns. Here’s a description of the book from Director Jackson’s website: Frustrated with social media at…

  • CSUF Entrepreneurship Team Receives Scholarship from Union Bank

    One of the many unique aspects of the CSUF Entrepreneurship Bachelor’s Degree and Minor is that each student that earns either of those degrees will be part of a team that develops a business plan and some actually progress far enough to launch their business ideas. It’s an amazing process to witness and the amount…

  • Why Should a Startup Consider a Business Incubator?

    Business incubation is not new. While most people recognize the dotcom era as the birth of business incubation, startups have received support from service organizations, large corporations, universities, and government agencies for decades. All have had a similar mission of helping the fledgling startup survive and become company with a viable business model, more or…

  • Titan Fast Pitch Competition

    Clear your calendar – It’s going down! The Titan Fast Pitch Competition kicks off Saturday November 8th, 2014 and you’re invited! Watch the hottest student-entrepreneurs compete for a spot on the winner’s podium, and their share of scholarships. All finalists are chosen in real time, by the crowd, via mobile phone. Students that survive, endure…

  • Pop-up Stores: The Perfect MVP

    An important milestone when attempting to start a new business is to create something that can be sold (or at least offered) to customers. The goal is to get something in the hands of your customers quickly and then continue to refine the product or service based on their feedback. In lean startup lingo, this…

  • How to Pitch a Business

    On Saturday, February 8 we are hosting a major Fast Pitch Competition. This competition will have one track that includes university students from CSUF and other universities and another track for high school students. If you fit into either of those categories we strongly recommend you enter this competition because it will be good practice,…