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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…
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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…
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Entrepreneurship Lessons from Pirate Joe's
Trader Joe’s has a large and loyal following. (I’m one of them.) But they only have stores in the United States. Michael Hallatt lived in Vancouver, Canada, and got tired of having to cross the border to get his favorite grocery products. Thinking like an entrepreneur, he decided to start buying products from Trader Joe’s…
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CSUF Entrepreneurship alumna opens business in Australia
After many months of traveling, I found myself in Cairns, Australia. To find a way of truly embracing this place and meeting as many people as possible, I tapped into my entrepreneurial spirit and started a coffee stand at a local farmers market. Rusty’s Farmers Market is centrally located in the heart of Cairns City.…
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Employer Panel: So You Wanna Start a Business?
Date: Wednesday, October 22nd Time: 5:30pm – 7:30pm Location: SGMH 3230 Come here from successful entrepreneurs on how to start, manage, and run your own business. Learn from those that have been there to gain some advice, lessons, and tips to take you where you want to go! Panelists: Diana Ho Founder of Diana Ho…
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Two Part Time Paid Student Mentors Needed
The University has secured a grant which provides an after school program at 4 middle schools in Anaheim. This after school program will teach the children science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) and the principles of entrepreneurship, which includes the lean startup philosophy. We will need two CSUF Business students who will work 4-8 hours a…
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CSUF Wins $1 Million Grant to Fund STEM and Entrepreneurship Program for Middle School Students
A collaboration between the California State University, Fullerton Colleges of Education, Engineering and Computer Sciences and the Mihaylo College of Business and Economics has netted a grant worth more than $1 million to teach and promote STEM and entrepreneurship to middle school students. According to CSUF News, the project is titled “Strategies: Science, Technology and…
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Focus on Finding Customers
When starting out, the most important thing for entrepreneurs to remember is that the goal is to offer a product or service that solves a pressing problem or need for customers. Don’t get too attached to your initial ideas. Rather let input from prospective and actual customers guide the decision as to what products or…
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CSUF SUM Startup Weekend – July 2014
Our new Entrepreneurship fraternity, Sigma Upsilon Mu (SUM), is going to be hosting a Startup Weekend in July. If you are not familiar with SUM and what they do the best way to describe it is that they are dedicated to demystifying the startup process for first time-entrepreneurs. The founder, Robert Gates, has meticulously developed…