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2016 CSUF Business Plan Competition
We are looking for all CSUF Student-Entrepreneurs on campus to enter this competition! Every student with a business idea, no matter what your major or what College you are in, should enter this competition. There is no better way to test out your idea with an impartial group of business experts, professionals, and other student-entrepreneurs…
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CSUF Business Plan Competition Boot Camp
The CSUF Business Plan Competition is back on for 2016! If you are unfamiliar with the competition we are going to be hosting a Boot Camp (a.k.a. Information Session) to help you get up to speed. Here are the details: Wednesday, January 20 1pm to 3pm Mihaylo College SGMH 1108 This is the only Boot…
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CSUF Startup Mixer [PICTURES]
Bringing people together can be an extremely positive thing and that was definitely the case for the CSUF Startup Incubator Mixer we had this previous Saturday. Almost all of our Residents were in attendance and they had the chance to network with mentors, students, other entrepreneurs, and other people from our community. It was an…
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CSUF Entrepreneurship Director on what Cities are best for Startups
Center for Entrepreneurship and CSUF Startup Incubator Director John Bradley Jackson recently spoke about what is important for startups. Based off of the title of this post, the answer shouldn’t surprise you in the least. “Geographic location is vital to entrepreneurs, for access to investors, talent, advisers and the presence of other startups, which act…
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2015 CSUF Business Plan Competition
We just completed the fourth annual CSUF Business Plan Competition Finals yesterday and we are excited to say that this one was spectacular! Approximately 150 people attended this year’s event including CSUF students, alumni, faculty, staff, community members, and a group of middle school students that the Center for Entrepreneurship has been mentoring in the…
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Event: CSUF Business Plan Competition Finals
The CSUF Business Plan Competition Finals are just a couple days away (April 7 from noon to 3pm to be exact) and I hope that you are able to attend. (RSVP now!) From noon to 1pm we will be hosting our first Innovator Exhibition where we will showcase some of the creative things our students,…
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Insurance at a Startup with Jerry Conrey
We haven’t written nearly enough about all of the great things that are happening at the CSUF Startup Incubator. Every week we have a different speaker in to talk about their area of expertise, our residents are there launching their businesses, students are coming together to be innovative, and our alumni entrepreneurs have monthly meetings…
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Startups + Incubators = Good Sense
For many startups, joining an incubator can make good sense. Yet, incubators are not all alike; this requires the startup to do some homework and ask some basic questions. The first question to address is for the startup itself. What type of help does your startup need? Most startups will answer this question saying that…
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Why Should a Startup Consider a Business Incubator?
Business incubation is not new. While most people recognize the dotcom era as the birth of business incubation, startups have received support from service organizations, large corporations, universities, and government agencies for decades. All have had a similar mission of helping the fledgling startup survive and become company with a viable business model, more or…