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How to Sell your Startup to a Public Company
There is a great deal of difference between a private company and a public one. One big difference is the kind of regulatory regime a private company has to comply with is much less stringent and much less expensive than the one that public companies have to comply with after Sarbanes-Oxley. So, what does this…
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Riverside Startup Weekend with Techstars
During the week of September 25-29, Riverside and Techstars are partnering up to host Startup Week, which is a five day celebration of the entrepreneurial community. If you are already part of the entrepreneurial community or if you’ve been meaning to join this innovative community now is the time to do so. This is a…
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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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Office Hours with Startup Specialist Jim Cooper
Later today, Jim Cooper will have office hours at our CSUF Startup Incubator in Placentia. This is the perfect time for entrepreneurs to talk with Jim about any issues they are facing and I wouldn’t be surprised if those who attend come out of their quick session with Jim with a great idea or two…
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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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Startup Funding Option: Family and Friends
I am sitting here watching a great presentation by startup expert Jim Cooper, co-founder of Braid Theory, and he is talking about funding. It’s a complicated subject, or at least it can get that way, but I think one of the main complications is that people make it more complicated than it needs to be.…
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Event Reminder: How to Fund your Startup
Just a friendly reminder that we will be hosting an event with startup expert Jim Cooper tomorrow evening at 6pm where he will discuss some of the innovative funding sources that most entrepreneurs know nothing about. Make sure to register by clicking this link. Here is some information about the event: As an entrepreneur, there…