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Startup Pivots in the Time of Coronavirus
What do you mean by “pivot”? Startups (and companies in general) “pivot” when they change parts or all of their business models as a response to new information. These changes can be in anticipation of changes in the future (proactive) or as a result of some kind of unexpected change (reactive, like what is going…
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Determining if SEO is a Good Marketing Channel for Your Startup
For startups, engaging in marketing sounds easy, but quickly becomes complex and hard to navigate. With so many different marketing channels that a start up can choose from, simply deciding which channel to pick is the first difficult hurdle. Today, I’ll be focusing on how startups should understand if SEO is an option they should…
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CSUF Startup Incubator Resident My Office Apps Launches Kechie™ 2020 ERP
New software capabilities and innovative business planning features enable the competitiveness and productivity of small to medium businesses SANTA ANA, Calif., Feb. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — My Office Apps, Inc. (MOA), an industry leader in business improvement software, announced the availability of Kechie™ 2020 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, a cloud-based solution, enabling business owner/operators quick…
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Startup Storytelling
Recently at the CSUF Starutp Incubator we welcomed Jim Vasconcello to give a talk about startup storytelling. Jim, a former military intelligence specialist, shared his knowledge on the importance of putting together a quality story for any startup and went into detail about how to actually develop that winning story. What follows are some bullet…
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How To Launch Your Startup Idea – CSUF Startup Incubator Seminar
The CSUF Startup Incubator welcomed in Alexis Bedoret in to host a seminar that focused on the number one job of an entrepreneur. Alexis spent the last 10 years building startups with expertise in Software, Hardware and the Internet of Things. With his co-founders, they created a Startup Studio to invest in startups. They learned…
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Founder of CSUF Startup Incubator John Bradley Jackson Featured in Daily Titan – Press
The Daily Titan (the story is on the second page) recently featured CSUF Entrepreneurship Director John Bradley Jackson. In this article, they give a great overview of Director Jackson’s career, outlining his accomplishments and taking a closer look at what he is doing now to create the next generation of entrepreneurs and leaders. What follows…
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CSUF Student-Entrepreneurs Present Business Plans – Building Startups
All Cal State Fullerton student-entrepreneurs are challenged to give presentations to a panel of experts (experts in banking, investing, entrepreneurship, and a variety of other professions) multiple times during their tenures as students. Yesterday, about 100 of those students presented the progress they have made over the course of the semester in launching a business.…
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José Calero – CSUF Startup Event Recap
José Calero had a very successful sales career and the day after he retired he decided that he was going to start his own business. Almost two decades later he has a thriving business, called LapWorks, and he was gracious enough to sit down with Cal State Fullerton students at our most recent CSUF Startup…
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CSUF Startup Competition – Today Is Your Last Chance To Apply!
You know someone means business when they dispense with a preamble and place the apply now button at the top of a post! And we absolutely mean business. Today is the last day to apply for the CSUF Startup Competition. This competition is open to all students who are the least bit entrepreneurial. If you…
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The Startup Hustle with Michael Sawitz
Earlier at the CSUF Startup Incubator in Irvine Michael Sawitz gave a powerful talk on what it actually means to hustle as an entrepreneur. In his talk, “The Art and Science of Customer Development”, Michael talked about how he has been able to acquire customers as a startup. Michael’s talk was wide-ranging and, while ostensibly…