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My Entrepreneurial Journey with Anthony Abdelsayed: Getting Started – Episode 1
What do people do after they graduate from college? For Anthony, he went to work with his cousin at his mattress business where Anthony is working on expanding that company’s online presence and increase sales. He’s also working on a side hustle selling a device called “Push and Pull” that helps make it so that…
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Why Orange County is a Great Place for your Startup with Carey Ransom
Have a Startup and not sure where to start? Come learn from OC4 Venture Studio Founder and President, Carey Ransom, why OC is the place! Location, Location, Location! Why is it so important to know where to start a business? Carey Ransom has a lot of knowledge on this as an Investor, Advisor, and Board…
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Entrepreneur How To: Digital Marketing [Full Video]
Digital marketing is simple, right? Wrong! Sure, you can create an account and start sharing every last profundity that pops into your brain but a social media strategy that does not make sense will not ring the cash register. In comes Andrew Williams. He is the Global Digital Marketing Manager at HyperX, where he leads…
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An Introduction to Integrative Bargaining for Startup Founders with Mark Fotohabadi
Mark Fotohabadi, PhD, MBA, MDR is a visionary and hands-on serial entrepreneur and educator, with 17+ years of business experience. Mark Fotohabadi has successfully co-founded and led half a dozen companies to sustained profitability and disruptive change in their respective fields. https://www.linkedin.com/in/markfotohabadi/ This is a video from a guest lecture that Mark did in John…
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How To Protect Your Intellectual Property And File A Provisional Patent – Video Seminar with Justin Sanders
Provisional Patent Filing Considerations and Intellectual property is becoming increasingly important when it comes to business valuation Provisional Patent Filing Considerations Intellectual property is becoming increasingly important when it comes to business valuation as well as success – especially for tech companies. A well-developed patent portfolio (along with an intellectual property portfolio, generally) conveys a…
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Look Around And You Will See Opportunities Everywhere with Greg Neeper
There are many roads to entrepreneurship and Greg is taking one less traveled. Greg is in the process of launching a transportation company and I think he’s entrepreneur that you will hear a lot about in a few years once he starts becoming really successful. But what, you might be asking, makes me think that?…
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It Takes Balls! to Start a Business – Interview with Jose Calero, CSUF Entrepreneurship Mentor
It does take balls to start a business! You have to have the guts to take the risks that every entrepreneur has to take in order to be successful. And Jose Calero, the founder of Lapworks and a long time mentor in the CSUF Entrepreneurship, has just published a book on the topic. In his…
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Building Startup Teams Based on Personality Compatibility with Marla Noel at CSUF Startup Incubator
Building a winning team requires more than the right skills. How well different personalities mesh is at least as important. When you are building a team there is so much more that goes into it than just finding people with the right skill sets. Whether you are launching a business, putting together a cross functional…
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Why Universities are a Vital Component of a Vibrant Entrepreneurial Ecosystem with Michael Grimshaw
Michael Grimshaw is the Executive Director of The Entrepreneurial Institute @ CSU Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), Managing Partner at The Grimshaw Group, Co-Founder of serious improv! (Michael and his partner, Nate Lee, gave a great lecture on improv to my class just a couple of weeks ago that was very valuable), and so much more. In…
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Our Economy’s now and its Future with Jim Cooper of Braid Theory
I’ve known Jim for a long time and it has mostly been for the best. We were able to carve out some time to discuss some topics, including: his work with the California State University (CSU) system and how we (both he and I are CSU alumni) are part of a 4,000,000 strong community of…