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Jim Cenname – Background and Advice from a CSUF Entrepreneurship Mentor
Jim Cenname is a mentor in the CSUF Entrepreneurship program who has, for years at this point, mentored students in the classroom and helped them complete their CSUF Consulting reports (among other things). What follows, is a short autobiography, mentoring mission statement, and a little bit of advice from Jim that I think will certainly…
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From Bar Room Napkin to Boardroom Table With Bennett Marks at CSUF Startup Incubator
What does it take to launch a business? At the CSUF Startup Incubator we certainly have some thoughts on that. But we just had to hear from Bennett Marks, one of the mentors in the CSUF Entrepreneurship program, who was gracious enough to come into the CSUF Startup Incubator office in Irvine to give a…
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CSUF Startup Competition Finalists Announced
Last week, fifteen out of the thirty-seven student concepts submitted for the CSUF Startup Competition were reviewed at the semifinals. All of the concepts presented were very innovative and that made the decision of narrowing the finalists down all the more difficult. But, thanks to our judges, consisting of CSUF Entrepreneurship professors, were able to…
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CSUF Women Student Entrepreneurs Partner With Alumni To Launch Startup
(Pictured above: Standing Left to Right: Director John Bradley Jackson, Dan Black, and Karl Freels. Sitting Left to Right: Madeline Varela, Cecilia Rodriguez, Mary Tariq, Kathy Chao, Genesis Kelley, Mauren Tschopp, and Dr. Deborah Ferber.) Launching a business is hard to do but a group of women student entrepreneurs from Cal State Fullerton are taking…
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Sales Mindset for First-time Entrepreneurs – CSUF Startup Talk
A couple of weeks ago we were fortunate enough to have Colin Coggins and Garrett Brown, both sales professionals, investors, and professors, stop by the CSUF Startup Incubator office in Irvine to host a seminar on how to be better at sales. Here are some of my notes from that event that I hope are…
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CSUF Entrepreneurship’s Charlesetta Medina On Being A Powerful Leader
Charlesetta Medina is, above all else, a leader. She runs her own business, is an Entrepreneur in Residence and Client Project Specialist for CSUF Entrepreneurship, founded the Titan Women Collective to help champion the next generation of female entrepreneurs and leaders, is a mentor to many students, and the mother of three adult children. And…
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Have You Signed Up For The CSUF Startup Competition Yet?
Calling all current CSUF students: Applications for the CSUF Startup Competition are due this Saturday! Application link: http://bit.ly/csufstartupapplication The application is simple, some would say painless, and the rewards can be huge Our goal with this competition is to challenge all CSUF students to actively think about the problems they encounter or see others dealing…
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CSUF Startup Competition Flier – Applications Due This Saturday!!!
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Entrepreneurs Inspire CSUF Students
Of the many things that are great about Director Jackson’s classes is that he frequently brings in guest speakers to talk to his students. Previous guest speakers have talked about design thinking, intellectual property, startup finances, and, last night, there were two speakers who shared their experiences in launching businesses and disrupted their respective industries.…
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Small Business Institute – 2018/19 Project of the Year Competition
Another year and we have two more national awards to celebrate for the Cal State Fullerton Small Business Institute and their CSUF Consulting program! Congratulations! 3rd Place – Undergraduate Project – Keller Williams Realty Category – Undergraduate Specialized SBI Director – Professor John Bradley Jackson Supervising Faculty – Professor Scott Sorrell Course – Marketing 462, Marketing for…