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CSUF Startup Competition Announced; Open to all Current CSUF Students
Cal State Fullerton students are some of the most naturally entrepreneurial young adults I have ever known. Of course, our entrepreneurship students frequently are working on launching startups or working on side hustles but so many students not majoring or minoring in entrepreneurship are entrepreneurial. That’s why it was an easy decision to launch the…
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How Entrepreneurs Can Defeat The Dreaded Trough Of Sorrow
Phillip Stinis, manager of the CSUF Startup Incubator, hosted a seminar last night with a couple of dozen attendees eager to learn how to go from concept to launch and how to beat that trough of sorrow. What is the “Trough of Sorrow”? The Trough of Sorrow is a concept that comes from Y Combinator…
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Startup Slam on March 7
Jim Cooper, a great mentor in our CSUF Entrepreneurship program, is hosting a unique event for the startup community that we think you should know about. Info and registration link below. Thursday, March 7 @ Space455 7:00 – 9:00 pm | 455 W. 6th Street | San Pedro, CA 90731 Join Braid Theory for Startup Slam…
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Her Stories: Latinas in Hollywood
In the past we have covered the tremendous work that Natalie Rodriguez ’14 is doing. You can get the whole story by clicking the link in the last sentence but the short version is that Natalie has for the last couple of years been diligently working on her first film, Extraordinary Ordinary. This film will…
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How To: Convert Web Traffic Into Customers Using SEO and Inbound Marketing
This is one that fell through the cracks a bit and should have been posted long before today. Last year we were fortunate enough to have Michael Daehn in to talk about the work that he does as a marketing consultant for all kinds of businesses. The purpose of this talk was to give people…
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Are You Going To Eurekafest This Year?
Eurekafest is a veritable Startup Convention (Startupcon would be a cool name) and this year’s event is coming up. On April 6, join the entrepreneurship community for “music, parties, pitches, and innovative content from speakers you won’t want to miss. Come hear from our distinguished lineup of speakers, network with industry influencers, hear new companies…
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Content Marketing – An Individual’s LinkedIn Experience Case Study
One of the things that mystifies me the most when it comes to startups and businesses, in general, is how many entrepreneurs think that content marketing is easy and cheap. I suppose the thinking goes something like this: We have a lot of content that we can make, we think it’s interesting, when we post…
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Entrepreneurs Inspire CSUF Students
Of the many things that are great about Director Jackson’s classes is that he frequently brings in guest speakers to talk to his students. Previous guest speakers have talked about design thinking, intellectual property, startup finances, and, last night, there were two speakers who shared their experiences in launching businesses and disrupted their respective industries.…
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C2C: Connecting Ocean Entrepreneurs from Canada to California
One of our mentors, Jim Cooper, is hosting the C2C: Connecting Ocean Entrepreneurs from Canada to California event on Friday, March 1 from 10:00 am to 1:30 pm. This event is for anyone who is involved in startups or any other kind of business that has to do with the sea. Details are below and…
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2019 INVESTOR SPEED DATING New Prizes and at 80% capacity Register Today
With the post from earlier today about the competition at CSUDH and this one about Investor Speed Dating at Tech Coast Venture Network (TCVN) I think you should start to get the picture that there are many events (competitions, networking, seminars, panels, etc.) specifically aimed at entrepreneurs. The Orange County area is a great place…
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