CSUF Entrepreneurial Matters

Strategy is all about making the right choices. CSUF MBA teams are available now to help you create a comprehensive strategic review of your company with 3-5 year projections and a plan of action. Analysis of future company directions will be based on strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Options could include strategic alliances, acquisitions, or [...]

This post was republished with permission from the BDEC, Irvine. This series of posts will walk you through the process of planning, market testing and developing an app. The app we’ll talk about is called CrashRespond. It will automatically detect car accidents and upon detection, send a text and email alert to up to 3 [...]

Are you looking for a part-time job opportunity that allows you to make your own hours, has great pay, and gives you the opportunity to represent a reputable worldwide leader in the electronics industry?   College students, have we got a position for you! Volt Workforce solutions is currently hiring student ambassadors to help promote Sony [...]

Over the years CSUF has consulted for dozens of companies in the area of Operations. Some of these companies were operating pretty smoothly while others needed an outsider’s perspective. But the common theme throughout all of these cases is that every company can benefit from an Operations tune up. Let’s face it; you may not [...]

When applying for a job, you send in a resume. And so does everyone else. When you consider the high volume of resumes that companies have to sift through to find their ideal candidate, it is important to avoid common mistakes that can put you in the ‘no’ pile. Hiring managers will take just a [...]

What follows is a post from Dr. Atul Teckchandani, one of the great professors teaching Entrepreneurship at CSUF. While most of the people who come to my office are college students, I recently had an individual come who had just graduated high school. He came to see me because he wanted to be an entrepreneur [...]

Dr. Michael Ames is a Professor Emeritus at CSUF, Chairman of the Board for the Center for Entrepreneurship and aids many different organizations, both inside and outside the university, in advancing our free enterprise system. We have been fortunate enough to have him create a series of blog posts about Guiding Principles. Here is the [...]

When business owners struggle to improve operational efficiency and profitability, they often overlook Human Resources. Maybe this is due to a perception that Human Resources and Leadership is “too soft” a topic to warrant spending precious cash. Yet, studies show human resources improvements can have significant long term ROI. Maybe it’s time to consider a [...]

During June, Trevor Smith, a recent graduate from Cal State Fullerton, represented his alma mater in an international competition in Lincoln, Nebraska called Formula SAE. As you can tell by the name this is a racing competition. Schools from all over the world developed small race cars for this competition. While most of the competition [...]