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Creating a Powerful Marketing Narrative
Last week we were honored to have Joe Burke, former executive at Disney and Wet Seal, come to the Incubator to talk about the importance of creating a powerful narrative, a story if you will, when marketing products and services and when building a brand. It was an awesome presentation filled with tons of key…
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Will you be Attending the CSUF Business Plan Competition?
We just welcomed another Resident to the CSUF Startup Incubator! This company’s mission is to revolutionize philanthropy through technological innovation. The founder for this company has an impressive background and I am sure that I will be writing more about hist startup in the future. Changing gears to CSUF students, a little over a week…
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The Importance of Narrative in Startup Marketing @ CSUF Startup Incubator
Joe Burke has been a marketing executive for decades for companies including Disney and Goodwill. In this talk, Joe will talk about the archetypal narratives that every successful marketer must know and be familiar with. He will draw on his experiences as a marketing executive and as a writer to explain what the different archetypes…
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Meet The Three Finalists for the CSUF Business Plan Competition
The CSUF Business Plan Competition Finals are coming next week! [Register now!] It promises to be an interesting look into what our student-entrepreneurs are capable of. Starting at noon on Thursday, 4/7 in Pavilion A of the Titan Student Union we open up registration and host an Innovation Fair where we will showcase the projects…
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How to Pitch to an Investment Panel @ CSUF Startup Incubator
This Wednesday, March 23, at 6pm at the CSUF Startup Incubator Director Jackson will be giving a talk about how to give the best pitch for your business to an investment panel. What topics should you cover? How many slides should you include in your deck? How many people from your team should actively participate…
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Sigma Upsilon Mu's 8 Hour Business Challenge at Cal State Fullerton
Sigma Upsilon Mu is the most active student group dedicated to entrepreneurship on the Cal State Fullerton campus and just a few days ago they held a great competition called the 8 Hour Business Challenge. This competition was open to university students from all across the area and required an amazing amount of work from…
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Phillip Stinis will be a Keynote Speaker at Phi Kappa Phi Event
If you’re a current CSUF student there’s a decent chance that Phillip Stinis has come to your classroom to talk about the CSUF Startup Incubator. In a couple of weeks, he, along with Karla Amador of Thrive Financial (and a sponsor of a CSUF Entrepreneurship scholarship), will be the keynote speakers at an important national…
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Embracing Change: Lessons in Leadership
All CSUF students are invited to meet Julie Greiner, ’75, Macy’s retired Senior Vice President. She will present Embracing Change: Lessons in Leadership at 11:30am on March 21 in the O’Brien Innovation Center, followed by a luncheon and networking. Students are to RSVP by March 15. This event is a first come, first serve event.…
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Entrepreneur Myles Kovacs talks to CSUF Entrepreneurship Students
Recently, we were lucky enough to have serial entrepreneur Myles Kovacs talk to one of Director Jackson’s classes. Mr. Kovacs talked on many different facets of what he sees as crucial components of his success as an entrepreneur and what follows are the top 10 notes taken from Mr. Kovacs’ talk by CSUF Entrepreneur student…
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Orange County's Largest Mixer Business Expo 2016
If you will be in the Costa Mesa area on March 16 from 5pm to 9pm then you should consider stopping by the Orange County’s Largest Mixer Business Expo 2016. It promises to be a great place to meet many different business people and entrepreneurs just like yourself. We have been able to get a…