CSUF Entrepreneurship

Category: Entrepreneurship

  • Young Entrepreneurs Rule!

    Older, more experienced professionals are more likely to have acquired the financial means and business experience necessary to start a new venture; it is for this reason that many new ventures are started by people in mid-life. Sometimes these older entrepreneurs wait until the timing is right for them, or they choose the start up…

  • Event: Young Entrepreneurs Forum

    This is for all students who want to start, have started a business or are entering a Business Plan Competition. The U.S. Small Business Administration in collaboration with the Youth Entrepreneurship Program and the Digital Media Center at Rancho Santiago Community College District are hosting a panel focused on Youth Entrepreneurship on: When:  Wednesday, March…

  • Entrepreneur Society Fundraiser

    What are you doing tomorrow for lunch? If you are going to be on campus you should check out the Entrepreneur Society’s HotDog Fundraiser. They provide an excellent service to CSUF’s student body by helping budding entrepreneurs achieve their dreams of becoming an entrepreneur. Here’s a little bit from the Society itself: Hi Everybody! This…

  • Entrepreneurship Scholarships

    Look at that picture. Last year Haleigh, the one holding the certificate, won $3,000 as the Conrey Insurance Brokers and Risk Managers Entrepreneurial Scholarship recipient. Maybe she used that money to pay off student loans or start a business. Whatever she did with the money is immaterial. What’s important here is that she earned that…

  • Business Plan Competition

    You find yourself today on the wrong side of the line. The side you are on is the side where you are still just a student taking classes, doing homework, going to work; you know, the usual stuff. On the other side of the line is where the entrepreneurs stand. Those brave souls who have…

  • Diana Ho designs

    In this age of social media, a trend can go viral and mainstream in a matter of days. A fashion item that looks like it could be part of a new trend can be reproduced by mainstream retailers in a matter of weeks. But there is an increasing group of people who want to wear…

  • Social Entrepreneurship: What Does it Mean?

    The term “social entrepreneurship” is often tossed around, but what does it really mean?  A social entrepreneur is essentially an advocate, or better yet, a catalyst for progress who is motivated by social value instead of  just profit.  Though the social entrepreneur’s venture may yield monetary benefits, s/he is primarily focused on the production of…

  • Women and Entrepreneurship

    Despite the rapid growth of women-owned businesses, the average size of women-owned businesses is smaller compared to the average size of businesses owned by men, according to Sharon G. Hardy, in the article “Why Are Women-Owned Firms Smaller Than Men-Owned Ones?”  According to the same article, the average revenues of majority women-owned businesses are nevertheless…

  • CSUF Entrepreneurship Grad's Recipe for Success

    Mihaylo alumnus Aaron Barkenhagen had brewed his own beer for ten years before opening his own microbrewery. The entrepreneurship major used the business plan he had written as a student to bring his dream to fruition. The result: Bootlegger’s Brewery in Downtown Fullerton. But, of course, with every plan there are obstacles. It would take…

  • Making a Difference

    A recent episode of the wonderful NPR program “This American Life” featured a segment about investing in new ideas (Episode # 412: Million Dollar Idea). In this segment, the focus was on putting together an elevator pitch that would attract the attention of venture capitalists. One venture capitalist also shared his insights as to what…