CSUF Conrey Center for Entrepreneurship

Concept to Launch to Growth

CSUF Entrepreneurship Team Receives Scholarship from Union Bank

One of the many unique aspects of the CSUF Entrepreneurship Bachelor’s Degree and Minor is that each student that earns either of those degrees will be part of a team that develops a business plan and some actually progress far enough to launch their business ideas. It’s an amazing process to witness and the amount…

December 19, 2014
Event: Successful Women and How They Think Differently in Business

On January 14, 2015 the Center for Entrepreneurship is proud to host the Critical Mass for Business program as they discuss the topic “Successful Women and How They Think Differently in Business.” Richard Franzi, the CEO for Critical Mass for Business, will moderate a panel comprised of the following people: John Bradley Jackson (Director, Center…

December 18, 2014
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…

December 16, 2014
CSUF Entrepreneur Success Story: Brian Cavanaugh '13

Entering college, I thought I was going to be an Art major with hopes of becoming a graphic designer. A couple of semesters later, my mind shifted from graphic art to photography, and I set my sights on a potential career in commercial photography. However, during a semester in a photography class, I shared my…

December 12, 2014
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…

December 2, 2014
Entrepreneurship needs Hackers, Hipsters and Hustlers

Every startup needs three kinds of people: hipsters, hackers and hustlers. While I can’t take credit for this insight (a former student and current entrepreneur told it to me), I completely agree. Hackers are the folks who can code, or more generally, the folks who can create a product (the engineers and scientists). Hipsters are…

November 24, 2014
CSUF Alumni Awarded Presidential Volunteer Service Award

Cal State Fullerton alumni Raquel Lizarraga ’10 and Henry Reyes ’10 recently won the Presidential Volunteer Service Award for the work that their nonprofit, International Surf Lifesaving Association, has done to help prevent people from drowning. Here’s more of the story about ISLA:

November 21, 2014
Titan Fast Pitch Competition

Our second Titan Fast Pitch Competition was a huge success. We had dozens of university and high school students competing at this event and there were a ton of great ideas being presented. Congratulations are in order to everyone who competed and a big “thank you” to everyone who was involved in planning and executing…

November 19, 2014
Titan Fast Pitch – University Track Lightning Round

The footage is from an iPhone so it isn’t going to win any cinematography awards but it does show the university track lightning round from the recent Titan Fast Pitch Competition where the best pitchers were invited back to answer a barrage of questions about their idea. All of the ideas are interesting and it’s…

November 18, 2014
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.…

November 18, 2014