CSUF Conrey Center for Entrepreneurship

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  • CSUF Entrepreneurship Director on what Cities are best for Startups

    Center for Entrepreneurship and CSUF Startup Incubator Director John Bradley Jackson recently spoke about what is important for startups. Based off of the title of this post, the answer shouldn’t surprise you in the least. “Geographic location is vital to entrepreneurs, for access to investors, talent, advisers and the presence of other startups, which act…

  • Phillip Stinis – CSUF Startup Incubator Entrepreneur in Residence

    In January 2015, California State University Fullerton (CSUF) opened the CSUF Startup Incubator in Placentia. As the Entrepreneur in Residence, I have the pleasure of working with our startups firsthand while growing the Incubator as a startup itself. For those who haven’t heard yet, the CSUF Startup Incubator is looking to take highly scalable, early…

  • A CSUF Student-Entrepreneur's Charitable Startup

    Last week I had the pleasure of meeting Kaylyn Donohue ’16 at one of our CSUF Startup Incubator events. Kaylyn is one of our bright student-entrepreneurs and she recently tested out her minimum viable product (MVP) for her concept Garage Gains. Unlike other garage sales, Garage Gains did not put price tags on any of…

  • 2015 CSUF Business Plan Competition

    We just completed the fourth annual CSUF Business Plan Competition Finals yesterday and we are excited to say that this one was spectacular! Approximately 150 people attended this year’s event including CSUF students, alumni, faculty, staff, community members, and a group of middle school students that the Center for Entrepreneurship has been mentoring in the…

  • Insurance at a Startup with Jerry Conrey

    We haven’t written nearly enough about all of the great things that are happening at the CSUF Startup Incubator. Every week we have a different speaker in to talk about their area of expertise, our residents are there launching their businesses, students are coming together to be innovative, and our alumni entrepreneurs have monthly meetings…

  • CSUF Business Consulting in Orange County Sparks Innovation

    The Center for Entrepreneurship’s Small Business Institute has been at the forefront of innovation in the Orange County market for decades. Every year, we place student teams with local companies to help spur business innovation in marketing, sales, finance, operations, and leadership. These teams of mostly graduating seniors are paired with mentors from the private…

  • CSUF Campus Authors Recognized

    And one of those authors was none other than Director John Bradley Jackson. Last year, Director Jackson published Socially Close: Social Media Marketing for Small Business, which is about how businesses should be using social media in their marketing campaigns. Here’s a description of the book from Director Jackson’s website: Frustrated with social media at…

  • Event: CSUF Entrepreneurship Town Hall

    Town Hall meetings are part of the fabric that is America and we are honored to be able to add a little to it on March 2 from 10:00am to 11:00am. Director Jackson will facilitate a Town Hall meeting for Mihaylo College that day focusing on engagement in High Impact Practices (HIPs). Some of the…

  • 2015 CSUF Entrepreneurship Scholarships Announced

    Every spring semester we are proud to offer at least one scholarship to our Entrepreneurship students. This semester we have two scholarships. Key info for each scholarship is below followed by instructions on how to submit a scholarship application. Conrey Insurance Brokers and Risk Managers Entrepreneurial Scholarship sponsored by Jerry Conrey Amount: $3,000 Established by:…

  • Event Highlights: Successful Women and how they Think about Business Differently

    The other day we posted the full audio of our recent panel titled: “Successful Women and how they Think about Business Differently.” It’s a great listen and while we do recommend listening to the whole panel discussion we now also have video highlights from the event. Enjoy!