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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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Understanding our Personalities
Editor’s Note: Recently, the New Venture Launch classes were part of a unique hands-on workshop facilitated by Bob Kreisberg, President of Opus Productivity Solutions. The post below is written by two students who attended the workshop, Paul Aleo and Drew Balanza. Opus Productivity aids companies in improving productivity and profitability through the use of a…
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2014 CSUF Business Plan Competition Finals
The 2014 CSUF Business Plan Competition Finals are set to take place Friday, April 11 from 1:00pm to 4:00pm on the CSUF campus in Titan Student Union Pavilion A (Facebook Event Page). And you are all invited! This year it was particularly tough deciding which teams would make it into the Semifinals and, subsequently, the…
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