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The Importance of Narrative in Startup Marketing @ CSUF Startup Incubator
Joe Burke has been a marketing executive for decades for companies including Disney and Goodwill. In this talk, Joe will talk about the archetypal narratives that every successful marketer must know and be familiar with. He will draw on his experiences as a marketing executive and as a writer to explain what the different archetypes…
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Meet The Three Finalists for the CSUF Business Plan Competition
The CSUF Business Plan Competition Finals are coming next week! [Register now!] It promises to be an interesting look into what our student-entrepreneurs are capable of. Starting at noon on Thursday, 4/7 in Pavilion A of the Titan Student Union we open up registration and host an Innovation Fair where we will showcase the projects…
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Call for CSUF Biotech and Business Teams – Funds are Available
The National Science Foundation’s I-Corps program is offering grants of $2,500 (and potentially much more to excellent student teams!) to student teams working on the commercialization of biotechnology. Each student team needs at least one member with experience working with the biotech and they also need members majoring or with experience in business. Applications are…
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No-Tipping Restaurant Model
A while back, CSUF professor Dr. Atul Teckchandani wrote a piece titled The not-so-surprising failure of no-tipping restaurants and it brought up many points that I thought were pretty interesting. The main thesis of Dr. Teckchandani’s piece was that while there is some data suggesting that restaurants that switch to a no-tipping model experience increases…
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How to Pitch to an Investment Panel @ CSUF Startup Incubator
This Wednesday, March 23, at 6pm at the CSUF Startup Incubator Director Jackson will be giving a talk about how to give the best pitch for your business to an investment panel. What topics should you cover? How many slides should you include in your deck? How many people from your team should actively participate…
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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…
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Phillip Stinis will be a Keynote Speaker at Phi Kappa Phi Event
If you’re a current CSUF student there’s a decent chance that Phillip Stinis has come to your classroom to talk about the CSUF Startup Incubator. In a couple of weeks, he, along with Karla Amador of Thrive Financial (and a sponsor of a CSUF Entrepreneurship scholarship), will be the keynote speakers at an important national…
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Embracing Change: Lessons in Leadership
All CSUF students are invited to meet Julie Greiner, ’75, Macy’s retired Senior Vice President. She will present Embracing Change: Lessons in Leadership at 11:30am on March 21 in the O’Brien Innovation Center, followed by a luncheon and networking. Students are to RSVP by March 15. This event is a first come, first serve event.…
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Summer Internship with Big Arms Swimmers
Company: Big Arms Swimmers Office Location: Fullerton, CA Description of tasks: Assist in all tasks related to the organization of swim lessons. Duties such as: hiring instructors, managing instructors, customer service, sales, accounting, bookkeeping, etc. Pay for Position: Expected pay for entire summer between $10,000 and $25,000. Expected Hours: April: 10 Hours a week May:…
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