CSUF Entrepreneurship

Sigma Upsilon Mu's 8 Hour Business Challenge at Cal State Fullerton

Sigma Upsilon Mu is the most active student group dedicated to entrepreneurship on the Cal State Fullerton campus and just a few days ago they held a great competition called the 8 Hour Business Challenge. This competition was open to university students from all across the area and required an amazing amount of work from…

March 14, 2016
8 Hour Business Challenge

One of our Entrepreneurship clubs on campus is hosting a startup competition called the 8 Hour Business Challenge and we hope you can make it! http://www.meetup.com/SUM-Young-Entrepreneurs/events/228762356/ More details from Sigma Upsilon Mu:

February 23, 2016
Cal State Fullerton Mentoring Program

Mentors are a pivotal component of the CSUF Entrepreneurship program. We have dozens of student teams every semester working on consulting projects for local businesses and on developing their own startups. It’s an amazing process that helps bring real life situations into the classroom for our students and the mentors serve as an invaluable bridge…

February 3, 2016
How to Pitch your Business Idea in a Minute

The Titan Fast Pitch competition is on November 7 (Register now for a chance to win a scholarship) and I’m getting some questions on how to make an excellent pitch. To be sure, it’s a tough question and there is some creative license that goes into making a convincing pitch so no answer I give…

October 28, 2015
Titan Fast Pitch – Intro Video

Thanks to current CSUF student Willie Holmes we have an introductory video for the Titan Fast Pitch Competition! Before we get to the video, however, I want to make sure that you are either competing in or attending the Titan Fast Pitch competition. If you haven’t done so already, go to http://csuffastpitch.com/ to register as…

October 27, 2015
Center for Entrepreneurship Director Honored for Service to Cal State Fullerton

I have been remiss in posting this but earlier this year Director John Bradley Jackson was honored by California State University, Fullerton for all of the service-oriented projects he does on behalf of the Center for Entrepreneurship. Just to give you a small glimpse into all of the activities Director Jackson is involved in on…

October 12, 2015
Why I Major in Entrepreneurship at Cal State Fullerton

The following was written by Robert Gates who is majoring in Entrepreneurship at CSUF. My name is Robert Gates and I’m currently a senior at California State University, Fullerton studying Entrepreneurship. When I first came to CSUF, I knew that I wanted to own a business but, at the time, I was unaware that the…

March 3, 2014
Entrepreneurship Scholarship Winners 2013

Conrey Insurance Brokers and Risk Managers Entrepreneurial Scholarship Robert Gates won this $3,000 award and is well on his way to becoming a serial entrepreneur. State Farm Scholarship Megan Baptista won this $1,000 scholarship from State Farm! Michael Sawitz’ FastStart.studio Scholarships FastStart.studio is once again offering startup support to three CSUF student founded teams! For…

June 19, 2013
Center for Entrepreneurship Awards Event 2013

More than 120 students, professors, mentors, board members, clients, staff and others connected to the CSUF Entrepreneurship Program attended an event to celebrate the end of the 11th year for the Center for Entrepreneurship. This event took place at the amazing Ember Café in Anaheim (the space was graciously donated to us by the Taormina…

June 5, 2013
The CrashRespond Challenge – Build an App that Sells while in School and Working Full-Time (Part 1)

This post was republished with permission from the BDEC, Irvine. This series of posts will walk you through the process of planning, market testing and developing an app. The app we’ll talk about is called CrashRespond. It will automatically detect car accidents and upon detection, send a text and email alert to up to 3…

August 23, 2012