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Concept to Launch to Growth

CSUF Entrepreneur Success Story: Linsey Fornaca '08

You could say the spark started back in high school when The Wedding Planner movie came out (2001), because ever since then, my sister and I have known that wedding planning and coordination was the direction our lives were meant to go. We can prove it because every class project and senior project was fashioned…

May 30, 2014
CSUF Entrepreneur Success Story: Samer Baroudi '10

After graduating from CSUF with a Business Degree in Entrepreneurship I have been very busy and I have cherished every moment of it! Coming out of college in 2010, I began working in Sales at a web security company in my hometown here in the Bay Area. Before long, I was offered what I consider…

May 29, 2014
2014 CSUF Business Plan Competition Finals – Videos

A little over a month ago we held the 3rd annual CSUF Business Plan Competition and we have had the videos of the three presentations up on our YouTube channel within a week of the Finals. But we didn’t have it on the blog… until now! Okay, so this isn’t a huge reveal at this…

May 29, 2014
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…

May 20, 2014
Innovation Fail

The following was written by Dr. Atul Teckchandani, one of the great professors teaching Entrepreneurship at CSUF. Entrepreneurs innovate. Every industry can benefit from innovation. But this trend of putting electronics in everything concerns me – just adding technology to an existing product does not make it innovative. The best innovations are things that meaningfully…

May 7, 2014
CSUF Entrepreneurship Awards Ceremony

On Friday, May 9 at 1:00pm in Mihaylo Hall room 1307 we will be hosting an Awards Ceremony (Please RSVP) commemorating all of the great contributions to CSUF Entrepreneurship during the 2013-14 school year, including: We recently completed the 3rd Annual CSUF Business Plan Competition awarding the top prize to White Light Medical. What was…

May 6, 2014
2014 CSUF Business Plan Competition Finals

Each year the CSUF Business Plan Competition seems to get bigger and better and 2014 was no different (Although the 2013 and 2012 Finals were awesome as well). In addition to three great teams presenting, more on them later, we had an engaged audience comprised of students, faculty, staff and friends of the University. The…

April 21, 2014
Free eBook – Your Entrepreneurial Journey

Some of you may have noticed that Dr. Michael Ames and Center for Entrepreneurship Director John Bradley Jackson recently collaborated on a book called Your Entrepreneurial Journey. Having edited it myself, I can tell you that there is a lot of great content in this book. Dealing mainly with the intersection of principles and business,…

April 14, 2014
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 Consulting group that we hired came up with a very impressive…

April 14, 2014
StartupGrind Orange County Event – April 2014

StartupGrind Orange County Wednesday, April 16, 2014 6-8:30pm @The Eureka Building 1621 Alton Pkwy., Irvine, CA 92701 6:00-7:15pm: connecting | eats 7:15pm: Featured Guest, Cory Hudson Jones [Cryptozoic Entertainment] 8:00pm: more relationship building What is Startup Grind? Startup Grind Orange County a local community designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs. Startup…

April 10, 2014