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SDSU's Entrepreneurial Management Center (EMC), the leader in regional entrepreneurship education, is proud to announce the launch of its new Emerging Growth Workshop. The EMC Workshop has been specifically designed to address key issues faced by alumni-founded and San Diego-based firms and will provide educational tools and professional coaching for optimal entrepreneurial development to early stage, emerging growth, and start-up member companies.
Join us and our special guests at the EMC on Thursday, September 6th, from 6:00 – 8:00pm, for a preview of the Emerging Growth Workshop and learn more about the Workshop’s unique design, member benefits, and calendar of upcoming events. We look forward to your attendance – please RSVP to emc@projects.sdsu.edu by Friday, September 1 to reserve your space at the table!
click here for more information
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- SAVE THE DATES! -
Venture Challenge returns for 2007 in a new venue with a new, updated format!! Our annual business plan competition will be held from March 15 - 17, 2007 at the Marriott San Diego Mission Valley.We hope to see you there!
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| The Bounty of California: The Annual Wine Tasting Social
 The EMC is a proud co-sponsor of the “Bounty of California” MIT Enterprise Forum Wine Tasting Social, which takes place Wednesday, August 23rd from 6pm to 9pm in the splendid natural setting of the Birch Aquarium. Come celebrate the successful partnership of two of San Diego’s great entrepreneurial organizations at a relaxed and informal networking event, accompanied by a choice selection of local food and drink.
click here to register
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CCAT Featured on Fox & Friends
The Center for Commercialization of Advanced Technology (CCAT), a unique EMC partnership designed to accelerate the development and application of advanced technologies, was recently featured on the Fox & Friends national morning news broadcast. Michael Elconin, Technology and Business Advisor for CCAT, flew to New York to present some of the latest technologies to come out of the CCAT project. The CCAT program partners the SDSU Research Foundation and EMC with UCSD's Jacobs School of Engineering and CONNECT, The Security Network, and the Navy's SPAWAR Systems Center to fast-track Department Of Defense, industry, and academic technologies into commercial and/or defense- related enterprises.
click here to watch the broadcast
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The EMC and Technology Transfer Office
Host Graduate Student Mixer
 On Thursday, July 13th, The EMC co-hosted a graduate student mixer with the SDSU Tech Transfer Office. The event helped promote interaction among like-minded SDSU grad students interested in new ventures and showcased cross-campus educational and professional development opportunities. Over 75 guests from the SDSU Colleges of Science, Engineering & Business, the Tech Transfer Office, and the business community were on hand.
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| EMC Business Forum
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2006/2007 FORUM EVENTS
The EMC Business Forum will kick off its third year on Friday, August 25th with an informal dinner for Forum members and sponsors at Humphrey's By The Bay. The dinner will begin at 5:30 PM and will continue on at 7:30 with a performance by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. To become a member or sponsor of the EMC Business Forum, email Carmen Bianchi or call (619) 594-4949.
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| Alumni News
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| Jamie Mautz, founder of Pacific Ink and SDSU alum (MBA '00), appears in the July 2006 issue of Entrepreneur magazine.
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"Just having the background of all the different classes, all the case studies--you learn from other people's mistakes," she says in the article, regarding her MBA training at San Diego State.
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| SDSU in the News
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Keep an eye out for the upcoming 20th anniversary of the Entrepreneurial Management Center. And be sure to visit our recently updated website for more information.
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| Bookmark This
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Know of any prominent entrepreneurs or CEOs who have implemented best selling business books to grow their companies? The EMC is seeking prospective speakers for its “Bookmark This!” event series, which showcases actual companies that have successfully implemented best seller strategy for increased sales, growth, profit, etc. For more information and/or to recommend a speaker, please email Keely Bamberg or call (619) 594-0560.
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| Internship Program
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The EMC is currently recruiting entrepreneurial host companies for paid MBA internships. Student interns typically work with senior management on strategic analysis-oriented projects, for 150 hours over the course of a semester. For more information and to download a host company application, please click here or email Keely Bamberg or call (619) 594-0560.
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