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Early Bird Registration Open for the National Venture Plan Competition
Early bird applications open July 22 – August 6, 2020 Regular applications August 7 – September 6, 2020 Competition September 7 – November 20, 2020 Why the National Venture Plan Competition? Entering the competition offers startups one the biggest opportunities ever to raise capital by fast-tracking them to present to many investor groups, angels, VCs…
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TCVN Event on July 23: Creating a Go-to Market Strategy that Will Work
TCVN presents: Creating a Go-to Market Strategy that Will Work Presented by Barry Lieberman About this Event Creating a Go-to Market Strategy that Will Work In this TCVN Zoom Webinar, Creating a Go-to Market Strategy that Will Work, Barry Lieberman will guide you through how to successfully build a go to market strategy. Before the…
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Why Investors Say No
Many investors, especially those who invest professionally, say “no” to the vast majority of startups they see. In this case, that rejection rate could be as high as 99%. So, why do investors say No? At the CSUF Startup Incubator we work with our residents to figure out this part of the startup puzzle. Some…
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What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Dell – Customer Discovery
CNBC recently published a business biography of Dell. It’s about 12.5 minutes long, so it doesn’t go into minute detail about the ups and downs of Dell but it does give an excellent thumbnail sketch of the company. Further down the post I go into how startups and existing businesses can utilize customer discovery processes…
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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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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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2019 Investor Speed Dating – TCVN Event on March 21
Lots of people have great ideas and have the skills to make that concept a reality but, for some entrepreneurs, there is a real need to connect with investors in order to bring their concept to fruition. When those entrepreneurs know investors already then that’s great but what can they do if they do not…
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Creating New Ventures – The Perfect Book for the Entrepreneur in your Life
While it may be too late to arrive before Christmas, the Center for Entrepreneurship’s new book, Creating New Ventures: How to Shape Concepts into Achievement, is the perfect book for the entrepreneur in your life! (At $25, this book is also a great way to use some of those Amazon gift cards your kids will…