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Is Crowdfunding right for your Business?
Lee Decker and Mark Thimmig were able to join the CSUF Startup Incubator on Wednesday night to give a talk on crowdfunding at the CSUF Startup Incubator. In a nutshell, undertaking a crowdfunding campaign is a big undertaking but it can be an ideal way to raise funds for your business and you can also…
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Financing the Startup – CSUF Startup Incubator Event
Whenever we host an event at the CSUF Startup Incubator our goal is to educate all in attendance. After working with entrepreneurs for years I can safely say that the area of raising investment capital is one of those areas that entrepreneurs need the most education on. Many of the entrepreneurs I have talked with…
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CSUF Startup Incubator Presentations
We just finished another exciting round of investor pitch walkthroughs today with three of our CSUF Startup Incubator‘s residents. Each of these residents have been incubating here for about half a year now and they have made some amazing progress. Each of these presentations followed the basic investor pitch formulation: 15 minutes presentation, 15 minutes…
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CSUF Entrepreneurship Director on what Cities are best for Startups
Center for Entrepreneurship and CSUF Startup Incubator Director John Bradley Jackson recently spoke about what is important for startups. Based off of the title of this post, the answer shouldn’t surprise you in the least. “Geographic location is vital to entrepreneurs, for access to investors, talent, advisers and the presence of other startups, which act…
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Phillip Stinis – CSUF Startup Incubator Entrepreneur in Residence
In January 2015, California State University Fullerton (CSUF) opened the CSUF Startup Incubator in Placentia. As the Entrepreneur in Residence, I have the pleasure of working with our startups firsthand while growing the Incubator as a startup itself. For those who haven’t heard yet, the CSUF Startup Incubator is looking to take highly scalable, early…
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Insurance at a Startup with Jerry Conrey
We haven’t written nearly enough about all of the great things that are happening at the CSUF Startup Incubator. Every week we have a different speaker in to talk about their area of expertise, our residents are there launching their businesses, students are coming together to be innovative, and our alumni entrepreneurs have monthly meetings…
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Startups + Incubators = Good Sense
For many startups, joining an incubator can make good sense. Yet, incubators are not all alike; this requires the startup to do some homework and ask some basic questions. The first question to address is for the startup itself. What type of help does your startup need? Most startups will answer this question saying that…