CSUF Conrey Center for Entrepreneurship

Category: CSUF Entrepreneurship Community

  • Business as a Machine

    Marc Pakbaz is an interesting guy and I like him. I’m going to miss a big portion of his history here but, in short, he is from Iran, lived in France (where he built and sold a business), and now lives in America (where he built and sold a business). He’s a teacher, consultant, serial…

  • Millennials and Marketing

    Late last month we were lucky enough to have Curt Cuscino in to give a talk called Marketing to Millennials. Curt, just barely a millennial himself, is an entrepreneur and is the Founder and Principal of HypeLife Brands, a progressive brand development and marketing agency accelerating brands into the hearts and minds of the millennial…

  • CSUF Entrepreneurship Alumna Interviewed by Mihaylo College

    Sadaf Salout ’07 and ’10 is an entrepreneurial dynamo and she was recently interviewed for the Mihaylo College blog. It’s a great interview that covers her thoughts and advice on entrepreneurship and she goes into detail about her experiences in the restaurant business. Here’s a taste from the interview: Daniel Coates (Mihaylo College): You opened…

  • So you want to build an App?

    I’m not going to start this post off with the cliche “If you build it, they will come” but… But many people do think that way; for them, there isn’t much space between the epiphany and the first version of their product. Or their app. In many ways, building an app is a lot like…

  • Meet a Startup Founded by two Cal State Fullerton Alumni

    In this week’s CSUF Entrepreneurship Insider Director John Bradley Jackson highlights an up-and-coming startup founded by two Cal State Fullerton graduates that will help students pass their courses in the fall and beyond. Brent Maxinoski ’17 and Cayman Elkin ’17, both recent Entrepreneurship graduates at Cal State Fullerton, are working on a startup that will…

  • CSUF Startup Incubator Resident Ben Yip

    Starting a business is no easy task, even for a former investment banker like Ben Yip. About a year ago, Ben came to the CSUF Startup Incubator looking for help with the launch of his philanthropic app called Aidtree. Aidtree is a philanthropic coupon retailer that enables people to purchase discounts at the establishments that…

  • Meet a CSUF Entrepreneurship Scholarship Winner

    Last week we published a couple of articles about CSUF Entrepreneurship scholarships and in this week’s CSUF Entrepreneurship Insider Director John Bradley Jackson highlights the story of one of our CSUF Entrepreneurship scholarship winners. It’s a great story and we hope that you can read it. When Karla Amador sponsored the Thrive Financial & Bookkeeping…

  • Cal State Fullerton Student with an Entrepreneurial Mission wins Thrive Scholarship

    Pamela Martinez Sierra’s ingenuity, passion, and hard work made her the best choice for this year’s Thrive Financial & Bookkeeping Services Entrepreneurial Scholarship sponsored by Karla Amador, the founder of Thrive. Pamela is a native of Chile and the daughter of a governor. Like her father, Pamela is a leader as evidenced by the fact…

  • CSUF Entrepreneurship Students Present their Businesses to our Community

    At the end of every semester CSUF Entrepreneurship students present their businesses or the progress they have made on launching their businesses to a panel of judges from the community, which includes: investors, bankers, entrepreneurs, and many other professionals. These are awesome learning experiences for our students because: 1. They get to practice pitching their…

  • Come Fly With Us – CSUF Entrepreneurship Community Networking Event

    This Thursday at 6pm one of the student-run organizations that we work with, Classic Gentlemen, will be hosting a networking event that connects current student-entrepreneurs with high powered members of the community. These are great events and we hope that you can make it. To register for the event, visit the Come Fly With Us…