CSUF Conrey Center for Entrepreneurship

Follow Your Dreams – Enter CSUF Business Plan Competition

CSUF students are innovative people. But taking an idea and making it into a business is a hard thing to do, especially if you’ve never done anything like it before. This is one of the many reasons why we host the CSUF Business Plan Competition at Cal State Fullerton; to help CSUF students with innovative…

March 2, 2017
Thank You Jim Roberts

Our longtime friend and CSUF Entrepreneurship in-class mentor Jim Roberts has passed on after a short illness. Most of us are no doubt shocked that Jim was sick and battling cancer. I know I was caught by surprise. Jim retired in 2008 from a long and successful career in the Financial Services industry. Having always…

February 28, 2017
CSUF Business Plan Competition Applications Due Soon!

This is the sixth year in a row that we will be hosting the CSUF Business Plan Competition and, in my opinion at least, this competition is a great way for CSUF students to get their entrepreneurial feet wet. This competition is for every student who has an idea that they think would make for…

February 27, 2017
CSUF Business Plan Competition Announcement on Daily Titan

The CSUF Business Plan Competition is a great competition for any student with an idea that needs to be heard. All you have to do to enter is submit a short application by March 5th to be considered. If you advance far enough in this competition you can win scholarships, in-kind awards (consulting time) with…

February 24, 2017
CSUF Startup Incubator Featured in Orange County Register

The CSUF Startup Incubator was recently featured in the OC Register. Below is an excerpt. Geoff Pascual is a self-taught painter taking his bold watercolor creations to the digital world. The recent graduate of Cal State Fullerton’s entrepreneurship program has turned his passion for painting into a business by taking his artwork to conventions and…

February 23, 2017
Vincent Yancoskie '13 – CSUF Entrepreneurship Success Story

Next Level Entrepreneurship: Breaking into the Mobile App and Web Design Markets At Cal State Fullerton, I never imagined I would have the opportunity to delve into the video game industry. The possibility arose when my friend approached me with an idea for a mobile game for the iOS platform and an offer for partnership…

February 21, 2017
Phillip Stinis '11 – CSUF Entrepreneurship Success Story

“I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.” – Booker T. Washington As a child, my father told me inspirational stories of my grandfather – an immigrant who…

February 21, 2017
Sadaf Salout '08 – CSUF Entrepreneurship Success Story

I love food. Ever since I can remember I have enjoyed cooking, eating, and dining at different restaurants around the country. As a young girl I remember my father encouraging me to try all different types of food and never to judge food before giving it a taste. I even tasted braised beef tongue sandwich…

February 21, 2017
Alex Rigo '09 – CSUF Entrepreneurship Success Story

The CSUF Entrepreneurship Program bridged the gap between textbook business examples and seeing the real day-to-day human condition of a business owner and operator. It was refreshing to finally get out in the field and begin to immerse myself in the realities of what it’s like to run a small business. The consulting projects were…

February 21, 2017
Ashlyn Nath '11 – CSUF Entrepreneurship Success Story

Entrepreneurship Program Skills Lead to New Job, New Product By PAMELA McLAREN EVERY SUNNY DAY is like a lucky four-leaf clover for Ashlyn Nath of Anaheim. The 2011 business administration graduate took her classroom experience and wrangled it into a job at OP Products Inc., a specialty manufacturer located in Riverside. As part of the…

February 21, 2017