CSUF Conrey Center for Entrepreneurship

Concept to Launch to Growth

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…

July 8, 2014
CSUF Entrepreneurship Mentor: Alan Mannason

Bringing more than 50 years of business experience with him, Alan Mannason (who recently turned 90 years old!) has been involved as a mentor to our students for more than a decade. Needless to say, Alan is a mainstay of the program and he has been a part of it for longer than most of…

July 1, 2014
CSUF SUM Startup Weekend – July 2014

Our new Entrepreneurship fraternity, Sigma Upsilon Mu (SUM), is going to be hosting a Startup Weekend in July. If you are not familiar with SUM and what they do the best way to describe it is that they are dedicated to demystifying the startup process for first time-entrepreneurs. The founder, Robert Gates, has meticulously developed…

June 26, 2014
Who Participated in the CSUF Business Plan Competition?

One of our main goals in hosting the Business Plan Competition is to spread the gospel, so to speak, of Entrepreneurship across the CSUF campus. Why? Well, we all have anecdotal evidence of CSUF students who want to start their own business and while many of these students are business students there are a lot…

June 11, 2014
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…

June 5, 2014
CSUF Entrepreneur Success Story: Amerika Bernal '15

My career at Cal State Fullerton began with an unknown path. In my first year of college I did not declare my major as I did not know what lifetime career I wanted to choose. During my third year in college, I came to the sudden realization as to what my career choice would be.…

June 2, 2014
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