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Small Business Saturday is November 24
Instead of shopping at the mall or online this holiday season, consider spending your money at local small businesses on Saturday, November 24. Support small business while helping the local economy by shopping or dining at your favorite small local business. American Express founded the first Small Business Saturday in 2010. In its third year,…
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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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CSUF Center for Entrepreneurship
The Center for Entrepreneurship is a “Center of Excellence” at Mihaylo College of Business and Economics, which serves as an outreach center and support organization for Mihaylo Entrepreneurship – the collection of entrepreneurial initiatives within Mihaylo College. Mihaylo Entrepreneurship includes the Center for Entrepreneurship, its advisory board, staff, and donors; the CSUF Startup Incubator and…
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Entrepreneur Society Fundraiser!!!
Come out and support the Entrepreneurship Society this Wednesday from 8:00am to 5:00pm in the Quad. Here’s the flier: If their hot dogs are half as good as their posters then you will be in for a treat. Here’s another awesome poster that gives a little more info: It’s for a good cause… do the…
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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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Entrepreneurship, Accounting and the Bottom Line
Today we have a special treat. Our friends over at the Business Development and Entrepreneurship Club, Irvine are letting us reprint one of their recent articles. This particular article was written by Paul Fairfield and it’s full of ruminations on accounting and it’s relationship with entrepreneurship. After you are done reading this article you should…
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Chapman's Entrepreneurs Lecture Series: Founder of Farmville
One of the co-founders of Farmville, Sizhao Yang, is going to give a lecture at Chapman University on Wednesday, September 26. Here’s a little on Mr. Yang’s background from his LinkedIn page: Previously, he co-founded BetterWorks, a reward & recognition system for employers. Before BetterWorks, he co-created Farmville, and was the CEO/co-founder of MyMiniLife, Inc.…
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Accounting Help from a CSUF Consulting Team
Everywhere you look sales are down, budgets are tighter and almost every company is looking for a new way to compete in this tough market. While there is no simple solution one of the most important aspects of any successful business (especially during these times) is to have the appropriate financial systems in place. Without…
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CSUF MBA Students Available for Consulting
Strategy is all about making the right choices. CSUF MBA teams are available now to help you create a comprehensive strategic review of your company with 3-5 year projections and a plan of action. Analysis of future company directions will be based on strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Options could include strategic alliances, acquisitions, or…
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The CrashRespond Challenge – Build an App that Sells while in School and Working Full-Time (Part 1)
This post was republished with permission from the BDEC, Irvine. This series of posts will walk you through the process of planning, market testing and developing an app. The app we’ll talk about is called CrashRespond. It will automatically detect car accidents and upon detection, send a text and email alert to up to 3…