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5 Common Sales Challenges and Overcoming them
When it comes to sales, there are many common challenges (regardless of industry). Although some of these challenges are easier than others to overcome – just remember that time will always make things easier. Here are some common sales challenges and how to overcome them. Challenge #1: Lack of Confidence You can prepare all day…
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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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Storytelling: The Future of Marketing event this Thursday Morning at Concordia University
It all starts with the shifts your business is trying to make, your growth strategy, and the aspirations for your product. We can address these through product & brand strategy, positioning, design development, visual identity, customer and user experience, and software, app, platform development. Learning Opportunities: Best practices to attract, retain and engage customers. The…
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Emotional Intelligence (EQ)-Centered Design, Using Emotions to Increase Brand Engagement
The CSUF Startup Incubator was fortunate to have Leila Entezam come in to discuss the nexus between emotional intelligence (EQ)-centered design and brand engagement. Leila is a “solution-oriented leader with extensive experience in business consulting, implementations and project management. Expertise include psychology, human behavior, neuroscience, and strategic development while advancing business innovation. Possess successful track…
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Invest in what you know
As an investor myself, I can attest to how difficult it can be to stick to that advice in the title. As an investor, you get to see all kinds of ideas and meet with many different entrepreneurs. Many of them have very compelling stories, and we know that startup stories are important but there’s…
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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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Jim Cenname – Background and Advice from a CSUF Entrepreneurship Mentor
Jim Cenname is a mentor in the CSUF Entrepreneurship program who has, for years at this point, mentored students in the classroom and helped them complete their CSUF Consulting reports (among other things). What follows, is a short autobiography, mentoring mission statement, and a little bit of advice from Jim that I think will certainly…
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Sales Mindset for First-time Entrepreneurs – CSUF Startup Talk
A couple of weeks ago we were fortunate enough to have Colin Coggins and Garrett Brown, both sales professionals, investors, and professors, stop by the CSUF Startup Incubator office in Irvine to host a seminar on how to be better at sales. Here are some of my notes from that event that I hope are…
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CSUF Startup Incubator – A Student’s Perspective
Merry Christmas! The following is a special gift to the CSUF Startup Incubator from one of our CSUF Entrepreneurship students, Nick Zerbst. This semester, Nick took Professor Loggia-Kee’s Communication 101 course and as part of that course he had the opportunity to write an article about the CSUF Startup Incubator. This is a great article…