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CSUF Entrepreneurship

Category: Student Consulting

  • CSUF Business Consulting in Orange County Sparks Innovation

    The Center for Entrepreneurship’s Small Business Institute has been at the forefront of innovation in the Orange County market for decades. Every year, we place student teams with local companies to help spur business innovation in marketing, sales, finance, operations, and leadership. These teams of mostly graduating seniors are paired with mentors from the private…

  • CSUF Students Help Companies Develop Better Leadership Practices

    In the Leadership and Human Resources Student Consulting Program, our goal is to understand the client’s business and then use that understanding along with an objective lens to help address the leadership and HR challenges the client is facing. It is our goal to hear from the client that the student consulting team’s recommendations were…

  • Success Story – Rance's Chicago Pizza

    CSUF alumni Aaron Tofani ’06 was gracious enough to write the following post about how he and his business partner, Rance Ruiz, embraced their entrepreneurial spirits and opened one of the most successful pizza restaurants in Southern California, Rance’s Chicago Pizza. Owning a business with one of my best friends is a truly rewarding experience.…

  • CSUF Business Consulting – THRA Client Testimonial

    After leaving careers in the US Navy and aerospace industry and closing an aerospace engineering business that I was plank owner of (that’s Navy talk for one of the founding members, more or less) after twelve years of operation, I was left with a legacy spinoff called The Horse Race Advantage. How did this happen?…

  • CSUF Entrepreneurship Mentor: Jerry Conrey

    Jerry Conrey has been an integral part of the CSUF Entrepreneurship Program since 2002 when he first became a mentor. Jerry still serves as a mentor to our student-entrepreneurs and he also has funded the Conrey Insurance Brokers and Risk Managers Entrepreneurial Scholarship for many years, participated as a panelist at a seminar on Patent…

  • CSUF Entrepreneurship School Year in Review: 2013-14

    Another wonderful school year has come to a close and we couldn’t be prouder. This year we have accomplished many things and our students have exceeded all expectations. Recently, we hosted an Awards Celebration and I would like to take the time to give you an overview of everyone who was recognized. Michael Sawitz graciously…

  • How can a CSUF MBA Consulting Team Help Your Business?

    For more than two decades, CSUF MBAs have been helping business owners like you develop successful business strategies that have improved profits. We have an extraordinary record of success winning many awards and producing results for our clients. As a client you will be matched with a student consulting team and instructor. The objective of…

  • CSUF Student-led Business Consulting Success Story – HCP National

    Several years ago we engaged with the CSUF Student-led Business Consulting Program led by Professor John Bradley Jackson for advisement on our marketing. We wanted new ideas for our insurance brokerage, which specializes in health care, with an emphasis in Medical Malpractice. The CSUF Student-led Business Consulting group that we hired came up with a…

  • CSUF Entrepreneurship Update – 1st Quarter 2014

    2014 has already been an exciting year for us but we have a lot more planned. For starters, we were just honored with our 11th National Championship at the Small Business Institute’s Project of the Year Competition! Not only did our undergraduates bring home the national championship in their division but our MBA’s came in…

  • CSUF Student-led Business Consulting Program Wins National Competition

    Congratulations are in order for two of our hardworking Student-led Business Consulting Teams! Professor John Bradley Jackson’s Undergraduate team took home the national title and Dr. David Leibsohn’s MBA team took home second place in their respective categories at the Small Business Institute‘s National Project of the Year Competition. To put this into perspective, these…