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Tag: entrepreneurship

  • Entrepreneur Myles Kovacs talks to CSUF Entrepreneurship Students

    Recently, we were lucky enough to have serial entrepreneur Myles Kovacs talk to one of Director Jackson’s classes. Mr. Kovacs talked on many different facets of what he sees as crucial components of his success as an entrepreneur and what follows are the top 10 notes taken from Mr. Kovacs’ talk by CSUF Entrepreneur student…

  • 8 Hour Business Challenge

    One of our Entrepreneurship clubs on campus is hosting a startup competition called the 8 Hour Business Challenge and we hope you can make it! http://www.meetup.com/SUM-Young-Entrepreneurs/events/228762356/ More details from Sigma Upsilon Mu:

  • Cal State Fullerton Mentoring Program

    Mentors are a pivotal component of the CSUF Entrepreneurship program. We have dozens of student teams every semester working on consulting projects for local businesses and on developing their own startups. It’s an amazing process that helps bring real life situations into the classroom for our students and the mentors serve as an invaluable bridge…

  • How to start a Business course for non-Business Majors at Cal State Fullerton

    We love teaching entrepreneurship students the finer points of how to start a business, lean startups, MVPs, and the like so it is great that we also have a class to teach non-business majors the finer points of entrepreneurship now. Titled Business Administration 410: Starting and Managing a Small Business/Private Practice, this class is designed…

  • How to Pitch your Business Idea in a Minute

    The Titan Fast Pitch competition is on November 7 (Register now for a chance to win a scholarship) and I’m getting some questions on how to make an excellent pitch. To be sure, it’s a tough question and there is some creative license that goes into making a convincing pitch so no answer I give…

  • Titan Fast Pitch – Intro Video

    Thanks to current CSUF student Willie Holmes we have an introductory video for the Titan Fast Pitch Competition! Before we get to the video, however, I want to make sure that you are either competing in or attending the Titan Fast Pitch competition. If you haven’t done so already, go to http://csuffastpitch.com/ to register as…

  • CSUF Entrepreneurship Teaches Kids STEM and Lean Startup

    With funding from the National Science Foundation, Center for Entrepreneurship Director John Bradley Jackson, CSUF Entrepreneurship students Amerika Bernal and Monica Mercado, along with other contributors from the CSUF community have been teaching seventh- and eighth-grade students STEM and entrepreneurial lessons. These students recently completed their year long program where they learned the technical and…

  • Casting Call for the Investment Club

    Are you an entrepreneur that has ever considered being on television? Well, then, you must read the following then: The Casting Firm, Oxygen & FremantleMedia (American Idol, America’s Got Talent), along with a team of investors and self-made moguls, are on a nationwide search to discover the nation’s most brilliant entrepreneurs! Do you have an innovative…

  • CSUF Entrepreneur Success Story: Brian Cavanaugh '13

    Entering college, I thought I was going to be an Art major with hopes of becoming a graphic designer.  A couple of semesters later, my mind shifted from graphic art to photography, and I set my sights on a potential career in commercial photography. However, during a semester in a photography class, I shared my…

  • Entrepreneurship needs Hackers, Hipsters and Hustlers

    Every startup needs three kinds of people: hipsters, hackers and hustlers. While I can’t take credit for this insight (a former student and current entrepreneur told it to me), I completely agree. Hackers are the folks who can code, or more generally, the folks who can create a product (the engineers and scientists). Hipsters are…