CSUF Entrepreneurial Matters

Leadership is one of the most underrated factors in a business’ success. In our experience, entrepreneurs are willing to buy dozens of books about leadership but they are unwilling to go the extra step needed to thoughtfully craft a leadership strategy for their business. What our program offers is a semester-long project completed by a [...]

Back in February, we ran a story on this blog titled “CSUF Student Entrepreneurs Place in National Business Consulting Competition.” It’s a good post, you should read it. On March 27, California State University, Fullerton ran a story on these same students titled: “National Honors Add to Business College Record.” Here’s a bit of it: [...]

The following is a message from Center Director John Bradley Jackson The Spring semester is well underway and we are quickly approaching some exciting events. The first of these events is called Research Week. Of particular interest to you would be the Friday, March 22 session at the Fullerton Marriott that features panels and speeches [...]

For the second year in a row the CSUF Entrepreneurship Program has had two teams place in the Top Three for a national competition and this is the twenty-first time that we have had a team place in the Top 10. This competition is hosted by the Small Business Institute every year and it brings [...]

Every semester we need approximately 60 mentors for the CSUF Entrepreneurship Program. Our mentors are people who have extensive experience (either direct: entrepreneur, working in an entrepreneurial organization, etc.; or indirect: accountant, lawyer, banker, etc. with experience with entrepreneurial organizations). Basically, there are two types of classes that people can mentor in: Student Consulting Projects [...]

THE FACTS: The CSUF Student Consulting Program fields approximately 70 consulting projects every semester Projects can cover a range of fields including: Marketing, Operations, Finance/Accounting and/or Leadership/HR Our projects have placed in the Top 10 in the National Small Business Institute‘s Student Business Consulting Competition 26 times since 1991 – LINK All undergrad Student Consulting [...]

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A new semester has just started and we are looking for a few more clients to participate in our award-winning Student Consulting Program. We need clients for: Accounting HR/Leadership Operations Strategy Over the years most of our clients have had a wonderful experience with our program. Here’s a little sampling of what they had to [...]

Everywhere you look sales are down, budgets are tighter and almost every company is looking for a new way to compete in this tough market. While there is no simple solution one of the most important aspects of any successful business (especially during these times) is to have the appropriate financial systems in place. Without [...]

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 [...]