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NextGen Challenge OC Funding Competition
A Startup Orange County Signature Event NextGen Challenge OC A “First of Its Kind” Collaborative Funding Competition Cash Investments and Prizes for Startups and Entrepreneurs Have you ever thought about starting a business? Have you started a business and needed a mentor or advice to prevent you from making a mistake? Do you have a…
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RIP: Groupon???
What follows is a post from Dr. Atul Teckchandani, one of the great professors teaching Entrepreneurship at CSUF. Groupon has the unique distinction of being a firm whose name is now a part of our vocabulary. When people buy an online deal, they talk as if they purchased a “Groupon.” Just like when people…
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Are you ready for Prototype Day?
Sure, your mind is probably on Thanksgiving, Finals and Christmas but you should make some space in there for Prototype Day if you are an entrepreneur who wants to create his or her own app. Prototype Day will take place on Saturday, December 8 2012 at FastStart.studio’s Irvine location and is being cosponsored by a…
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Not your Typical Movie Theater – Alamo Drafthouse
What follows is a post from Dr. Atul Teckchandani, one of the great professors teaching Entrepreneurship at CSUF. Most movie theaters operate in one of two ways. Either they are the types of theaters that get the newest movies and then attract film-goers who are willing to pay $8-12 to see these movies as soon…
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Student JV Pitch Competition at Survivor 7
TCVN is launching the first JV Business Pitch Competition for Students at Survivor 7 on November 15, 2012 at Chapman University. The first 20 Students who purchase a ticket with Promo Code IWANNAPITCH will get a :30 pitch at Survivor 7. The winning pitch wins a one-on-one lunch with investor Steven A. Block, Managing Director…
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The CrashRespond Challenge (Part 2) – New Marketing Channel
This post was republished with permission from the BDEC, Irvine. For the first post please read The CrashRespond Challenge – Build an App that Sells while in School and Working Full-Time (Part 1). The app that they are in the process of developing would alert up to three predetermined contacts whenever the person who owns…
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Success Story: GamerComps.com
This post was written by Steve Schoenhals, a CSUF student. Two years ago, I packed up as many belongings as I could fit into my car and drove from Michigan to California for the purpose of finishing my education at CSUF. My plan was to learn as much as I could at CSUF while also…
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CSUF MBAs needed for Competition
Time is running out to enter this competition so I will be brief. CSUF needs three MBA students who would like to enter a competition. If you are interested please email me: tlindsay@fullerton.edu. Here’s the information: About the I2P Student Challenge-CSUPERB Research Scholars Award CSUPERB is pleased to kick-off this year’s system-wide early-stage biotechnology commercialization…
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It's in the Process, not the Plan
What follows is a post from Dr. Atul Teckchandani, one of the great professors teaching Entrepreneurship at CSUF. The current philosophy in entrepreneurship is being “lean.” In a nutshell, this approach advocates continuous innovation of the firm’s business model. The notion of going into stealth mode for a year and then suddenly appearing in the…