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BUAD 410 – Starting and Managing a Small Business
Most of the students who are reading this are probably business majors and, as business majors, I’m sure that your non-business major friends have asked you what it takes to run a business. You explain the basics to them as best you can but there’s no way you are able to go into enough depth…
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Why Human Resource Practices are Important
While it is fairly obvious how marketing, sales, product development and manufacturing contribute to an organization’s success, the link between human resources and firm success has been much more ambiguous. Measuring how the sales department affects a firm’s revenues is quite simple. But it’s much harder to measure the effects of changes in hiring, training,…
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Ten Thirty One Productions Valued at $10 Million
Halloween has become big business and the latest example of that was when Ten Thirty One Productions, which operates the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride was valued by Mark Cuban at $10,000,000 (in all actuality, he probably values it at something more than that due to his extremely quick draw on the deal, but he invested $2M…
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CSUF Small Business Bash
The CSUF Entrepreneur Society will be holding its second Small Business Bash on Tuesday, November 12 in the Central Quad. This is a great opportunity for local businesses to promote their products/services to a large group of upwardly mobile young adults (if you want your business to participate in this event please contact them by…
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How I beat a Patent Troll – Drew Curtis
On January 22, 2014, the Center for Entrepreneurship will host a panel that will address the pernicious affects that patent trolls can have on small business. The panel will be made up of a range of people who will be able to give attendees a clear view of what patent trolls and other IP trolls…
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Orange County Business Statistics
Over the weekend, Center for Entrepreneurship Director John Bradley Jackson headlined an all day workshop for a group of visiting Chinese businesspeople. It was an educational experience for all those in attendance as they learned about how entrepreneurial Orange County is through Director Jackson’s workshop as well as through a visit to the FastStart.studio business…
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Employment Opportunity: Opus Productivity
Our friends at Opus Productivity Solutions are looking for a couple of part time workers that can bring in some new business. But before we get into the details about that opportunity here’s some information on the company: OPUS Productivity Solutions is a management consulting firm that specializes in products and services that are geared…
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Event: Sales Symposium and Career Fair @ CSUF
Did you know that 50% of Undergraduate Business Majors begin their careers in sales? Our partners at the CSUF Sales Leadership Center, invite you to an informative evening to learn more about various industries and the job opportunities available for students interested in exploring a professional sales career. Professional salespeople play a critical role in…
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Mihaylo Magazine Fall 2013 – FastStart.studio and Bolzmann
As many of you know, this semester we are running a pilot Student-led Business Consulting program in our Management 461 class (Entrepreneurial Management) in conjunction with FastStart.studio, a business incubator. Six of FastStart.studio’s resident companies are our clients this semester and the early results are great. They are doing so good, in fact, that this…
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Concept to Launch to Growth