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CSUF Patent Troll Seminar – Full Video
At this seminar, panelists Roger N. Behle (IP litigator at Foley, Bezek, Behle & Curtis, LLP), Jerry Conrey (Principal at Conrey Insurance Brokers) and Dr. Robert Kovacev (Professor of Finance at CSUF) discussed: The role of a patent troll and how to identify one Other intellectual property threats Current and pending legislation designed to address…
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CSUF Student-Entrepreneur Project – Nissan GT-R
Every semester in the Marketing 450 Visual Marketing course students are tasked with creating a short film about something that they love. One of the students in the class this semester is Evan Ewing and he has decided to do his project and the Nissan GT-R. But he needs some help to pull this off.…
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CSUF Business Plan Competition – Boot Camp Highlights
#CSUFBizPlan2014 The CSUF Business Plan Competition is under way (SIGN UP NOW if you are a CSUF student). If you are unfamiliar with how we operate this competition please take a look at this highlight video from our first Boot Camp for 2014 and don’t forget that our final Boot Camp will take place on…
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CSUF Fast Pitch Business Competition 2014
Last Saturday I witnessed an amazing display of business acumen from both university and high school students that I wasn’t expecting. Presented by Wells Fargo, the Black Family Trust and the Guchereau Company, the CSUF Fast Pitch Business Competition was structured so that each contestant, 50-plus in total, presented a business idea in 60 seconds…
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CSUF Fast Pitch Business Competition Roundup
***Full Writeup*** On Saturday, we hosted our first CSUF Fast Pitch Competition in conjunction with the Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneur Elympics. With over 100 people in attendance and about 50 presentations our first foray into this format of business competitions was a major success. University students from Cal State Fullerton, Cal Poly Pomona,…
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Conrey Insurance Brokers and Risk Managers Entrepreneurial Scholarship 2014
Amount: $3,000 Established by: This scholarship was established by Conrey Insurance Brokers and Risk Managers on behalf of the Entrepreneurship Program in the Mihaylo College of Business and Economics, Cal State Fullerton. Open to: This scholarship is open to full-time students in their junior year, entering their senior year in the upcoming fall semester—all applicants…
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CSUF Fast Pitch Business Competition This Saturday
Have you registered for the CSUF Fast Pitch business competition yet? NO?!?!?!?!?!!?!? You could win $1,000 for less than five minutes worth of work though! Oh well, I guess you don’t need the money. Well, if you change your mind, register at http://csuffastpitch.com/ and get ready because the competition is this Saturday!
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How to Pitch a Business
On Saturday, February 8 we are hosting a major Fast Pitch Competition. This competition will have one track that includes university students from CSUF and other universities and another track for high school students. If you fit into either of those categories we strongly recommend you enter this competition because it will be good practice,…
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Patent Trolls in the 19th Century?
As strange as it sounds, “patent trolls” are not just a 21st century problem. It turns out this type of predator was also present in the late 1800s. Back then the trolls were called “patent sharks” and they were just as crafty as present day patent trolls. Circa 1860 the US Patent Office made a…
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