CSUF Conrey Center for Entrepreneurship

Category: Entrepreneurship

  • CSUF SUM Startup Weekend – July 2014

    Our new Entrepreneurship fraternity, Sigma Upsilon Mu (SUM), is going to be hosting a Startup Weekend in July. If you are not familiar with SUM and what they do the best way to describe it is that they are dedicated to demystifying the startup process for first time-entrepreneurs. The founder, Robert Gates, has meticulously developed…

  • CSUF Entrepreneurship School Year in Review: 2013-14

    Another wonderful school year has come to a close and we couldn’t be prouder. This year we have accomplished many things and our students have exceeded all expectations. Recently, we hosted an Awards Celebration and I would like to take the time to give you an overview of everyone who was recognized. Michael Sawitz graciously…

  • Free eBook – Your Entrepreneurial Journey

    Some of you may have noticed that Dr. Michael Ames and Center for Entrepreneurship Director John Bradley Jackson recently collaborated on a book called Your Entrepreneurial Journey. Having edited it myself, I can tell you that there is a lot of great content in this book. Dealing mainly with the intersection of principles and business,…

  • CSUF Entrepreneurship Update – 1st Quarter 2014

    2014 has already been an exciting year for us but we have a lot more planned. For starters, we were just honored with our 11th National Championship at the Small Business Institute’s Project of the Year Competition! Not only did our undergraduates bring home the national championship in their division but our MBA’s came in…

  • CSUF Fast Pitch Business Competition Highlights – Spring 2014

    The CSUF Fast Pitch Business Competition was a huge success earlier this year in February. Thanks to our sponsors – Wells Fargo, the Black Family Trust and Guchereau Company – we sponsored an event that brought together university and high school students from all over the Orange and Los Angeles County areas. (For more info,…

  • 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…

  • Why I Major in Entrepreneurship at Cal State Fullerton

    The following was written by Robert Gates who is majoring in Entrepreneurship at CSUF. My name is Robert Gates and I’m currently a senior at California State University, Fullerton studying Entrepreneurship. When I first came to CSUF, I knew that I wanted to own a business but, at the time, I was unaware that the…

  • CSUF Business Plan Competition Winner on Radio

    John Chi, the founder of Synova Life Sciences, was recently interviewed on the Unfinished Business radio show with Renee White Fraser, Ph.D. and Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire. John, fresh off of strong showings at Survivor8 and the CSUF Fast Pitch Competition, talked with the hosts about his business and the lessons that he has learned along the…

  • CSUF Student-Entrepreneur Project – Nissan GT-R

    Every semester in the Marketing 450 Visual Marketing course students are tasked with creating a short film about something that they love. One of the students in the class this semester is Evan Ewing and he has decided to do his project and the Nissan GT-R. But he needs some help to pull this off.…

  • CSUF Fast Pitch Business Competition This Saturday

    Have you registered for the CSUF Fast Pitch business competition yet? NO?!?!?!?!?!!?!? You could win $1,000 for less than five minutes worth of work though! Oh well, I guess you don’t need the money. Well, if you change your mind, register at http://csuffastpitch.com/ and get ready because the competition is this Saturday!