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Titan Fast Pitch is Almost Here!
Make sure to sign up for the CSUF Entrepreneurship Insider so that you don’t miss important updates about the Titan Fast Pitch (which is on October21, make sure to register as a competitor or as an audience member!), news about members of our CSUF Entrepreneurship community, and lessons on entrepreneurship. I am excited about this…
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Forecasting for Entrepreneurs – How to Develop Assumptions
Joel Schwarzbart describes himself as half a CFO. What does that mean? Well, basically it means that Joel is a consultant who does many (if not most) of the financial activities that a full time CFO normally does but he does them for multiple clients. Earlier this week, Joel gave a talk at the CSUF…
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How to make a Great Titan Fast Pitch
Sixty seconds is not a lot of time but as you will find out in this edition of the CSUF Entrepreneurship Insider there is a tried and true formula that will help you make your best pitch possible. The Titan Fast Pitch competition is less than a month away (October 21) and I encourage every…
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Business as a Machine
Marc Pakbaz is an interesting guy and I like him. I’m going to miss a big portion of his history here but, in short, he is from Iran, lived in France (where he built and sold a business), and now lives in America (where he built and sold a business). He’s a teacher, consultant, serial…
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Millennials and Marketing
Late last month we were lucky enough to have Curt Cuscino in to give a talk called Marketing to Millennials. Curt, just barely a millennial himself, is an entrepreneur and is the Founder and Principal of HypeLife Brands, a progressive brand development and marketing agency accelerating brands into the hearts and minds of the millennial…
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Common Versus Preferred Stocks Crash Course for Entrepreneurs
What every entrepreneur needs to know about the different kinds of stock classes before they take on investors. Find out how common and preferred stock differ. This talk was given by given by Peter DeAngelis at the CSUF Startup Incubator. #CSUF For more details on CSUF Entrepreneurship: http://business.fullerton.edu/Center/Entrepreneurship/ For more details on how we help…
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A New School Year Begins at Cal State Fullerton!
Here is this week’s edition of the CSUF Entrepreneurship Insider. Make sure to click the link so that you won’t miss any future updates. Why do people go to Cal State Fullerton? For our entrepreneurship students it is so that they can learn how to be entrepreneurs. And the kind of entrepreneurial education that they…
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Types of Intellectual Property that Entrepreneurs Should Know
Justin Sanders, the VP for High Tech and Mechanical Devices at Entralta, gave a very insightful presentation on intellectual property last night for the Center for Entrepreneurship and CSUF Startup Incubator at the CSUF Irvine campus. He covered a lot in his hour long seminar so I’m simply going to give you an overview of…
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The "Three T's" of Starting a Business
What is it, exactly, that separates successful entrepreneurs form those that are less successful? It’s a loaded question and any honest answer comes replete with a healthy amount of caveats but it’s still a very valid question as well. And this was the question that Chris McCarthy, the Social Media Specialist for Mihaylo College, asked…
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The Patent Process
On July 12, the CSUF Startup Incubator had a guest speaker to discuss the topic of patents. Austin Bonderer, a patent lawyer, visited the Incubator in order to present potential patent landmines that small businesses and startups should be aware of. He specifically addressed an answer to the question “What happens after you have your…