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Spring 2012 Internship Opportunities with Small Business Development Center
If you are a business major, especially if you are one majoring in entrepreneurship, you should seriously consider an internship with one of the most highly regarded Small Business Development Centers in the state. TriTech has been helping businesses grow for nearly a decade now and they have had an amazingly positive impact on the…
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CSUF Investor Panel
Every semester, students taking entrepreneurship courses at Cal State Fullerton present their business plans to a group of (mock) investors. These investor panels are comprised of members of the local business community who have extensive experience in a variety of different disciplines and industries. Many of the panelists have also been involved with a number…
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Startup Weekend Event
If you have some time on November 18-20, consider attending the Startup Weekend at Chapman University. It is an intense 54 hour event which focuses on building a web or mobile application which could form the basis of a credible business over the course of a weekend. The weekend brings together people with different skill…
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Everything Counts
As a leader, the reality is that most of the other people in your organization will not get to know you very well. This is likely to be true even in smaller organizations. Most of your employees will not be directly reporting to you or be able to have lengthy one-on-one meetings with you. Instead,…
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CSUF Entrepreneurship Board Member Ron Stein Radio Interview
CSUF Entrepreneurship Board Member Ron Stein was interviewed by Ric Franzi of OC Talk Radio on October 18, 2011 about the California economy. The interview included comments about the “new normal business environment.” The interview is about 25 minutes in length and can be heard at http://ceopeergroups.podbean.com/2011/10/28/critical-mass-october-18-2011/ John Bradley Jackson Director Center for Entrepreneurship CSUF
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Are Business Plans Dead?
I recently participated in a global entrepreneurship conference attended by entrepreneurship academicians, entrepreneur “wannabees”, and a few “real” entrepreneurs. A vigorous discussion emerged about the value of business plans at the university versus the usage of business plans in the “real” world. The general consensus was that angel investors (i.e. angel networks), private equity investors,…
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What Kind of Life Do You Want to Lead?
One of the best entrepreneurship classes I ever took ended with the professor asking each of us to write our obituary. The assignment instructions are below: Write your own obituary. Assume you die of natural causes on your 70th birthday and a close friend is asked to summarize your life in 300 words or less.…
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