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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…
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The Extraordinary Ordinary Teaser Trailer – Film Created by CSUF Alumnus that Explores Mental Illness
Mental illness is something that most people either have to confront personally or through one of their family members or close friends. Even though that is the case discussing mental illness is still a taboo subject for many. That’s why we think that the Extraordinary Ordinary, a movie written and directed by Cal State Fullerton…
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CSUF Entrepreneurship Scholarships – Funding the Startups of Tomorrow, Today
A CSUF Entrepreneurship education is unique. From day one, students in this program are challenged to think like entrepreneurs and act like leaders. Whether these students launch a startup that raises millions of dollars and become a unicorn isn’t the ultimate goal, the ultimate goal is to help in the development of the next generation…
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The Startup Hustle with Michael Sawitz
Earlier at the CSUF Startup Incubator in Irvine Michael Sawitz gave a powerful talk on what it actually means to hustle as an entrepreneur. In his talk, “The Art and Science of Customer Development”, Michael talked about how he has been able to acquire customers as a startup. Michael’s talk was wide-ranging and, while ostensibly…