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Entrepreneurship Lessons from Pirate Joe's
Trader Joe’s has a large and loyal following. (I’m one of them.) But they only have stores in the United States. Michael Hallatt lived in Vancouver, Canada, and got tired of having to cross the border to get his favorite grocery products. Thinking like an entrepreneur, he decided to start buying products from Trader Joe’s…
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eGood Opportunity
Zack Swire, a good friend to the CSUF Center for Entrepreneurship, has a start-up called eGood (click here for more info about company) and he is looking to expand his operations. Here’s what he has to say: We’re looking to interview folks for our eGood Community Outreach teams. We’re establishing a new community based team…
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Center for Entrepreneurship Awards Event 2013
More than 120 students, professors, mentors, board members, clients, staff and others connected to the CSUF Entrepreneurship Program attended an event to celebrate the end of the 11th year for the Center for Entrepreneurship. This event took place at the amazing Ember Café in Anaheim (the space was graciously donated to us by the Taormina…
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CSUF Center for Entrepreneurship Update – March 2013
The following is a message from Center Director John Bradley Jackson The Spring semester is well underway and we are quickly approaching some exciting events. The first of these events is called Research Week. Of particular interest to you would be the Friday, March 22 session at the Fullerton Marriott that features panels and speeches…
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The CrashRespond Challenge – Build an App that Sells while in School and Working Full-Time (Part 1)
This post was republished with permission from the BDEC, Irvine. This series of posts will walk you through the process of planning, market testing and developing an app. The app we’ll talk about is called CrashRespond. It will automatically detect car accidents and upon detection, send a text and email alert to up to 3…
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Business Plan Competition Finalist: Astral Infiniti, LLC
Even though the 2012 Business Plan Competition is now over I think it is important for you to know about the second place finisher, Astral Infiniti, LLC. Here’s some information about this impressive startup: Astral Infiniti, LLC was founded in response to the growing demand for clean, renewable energy products due to rising fuel costs.…