Meeting Recaps
2013
CIE / CPE Entrepreneurial Resource Meeting
Tonight’s meeting was spectacular! We were happy to invite the folks from CIE (Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship) to come speak at our club. CPE (us!) and CIE are attached at the hip… sometimes it can be little unhealthy! We wanted to expose all of you to the potential resources and opportunities that are available [...]
2013
Entrepreneurship in Agriculture
COO of Horsepower – Landon Friend On Tuesday, January 15, CPE had the opportunity to listen to the COO of Horsepower, Landon Friend, talk about his experience with entrepreneurship after leaving Cal Poly. Landon and his family have pursued an agricultural niche, introducing an original web-age approach to distributing agricultural goods. Landon grew up [...]
2012
CEO For a Day – CPE and SEC
What did you do today? I went to class, ate lunch, studied…. then I solved Google’s latest problem! Today CPE and SEC joined forces to solve the latest problems of the largest companies. From Facebook’s drop in stocks, to Microsoft’s Surface and how they will penetrate the market. My team worked to solve this issue [...]
2012
Seven Habits at Mind Body
Rick Stollmeyer came to CPE today to speak about the Seven Habits at Mind Body, his thriving local company. Rick began his entrepreneurial career when he capitalized on overpriced school candy by selling his own rice crispy treats, later purchasing his first car with the proceeds. He later became a submarine officer, giving up his [...]
2012
Captain John Konrad – CPE Presentation Oct. 23rd
Why do some people excel? They DO what others won’t and VERIFY the results without bias. I was very happy that John Konrad was able to give a talk to our club members. Coming off the Elevator Pitch Competition, many CPE members wonder what’s the next step they should take? John gave us very [...]
2012
Search Engine Optimization 101
A few weeks back we had a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Workshop where my eyes were truly opened on how much goes into a successful website. If you plan on building a website, you should definitely learn about SEO beforehand because it is much easier to build a website with SEO in mind than to [...]
2012
iFixit Employee Panel
Hey all you obsessively dedicated CPE blog readers! Here’s an update about last night’s meeting in case you missed it. Yesterday, we had a really cool opportunity to hear from a different type of entrepreneurial speaker than usual: start-up employees! Typically, CPE draws in a variety of guest speakers who are in some phase or [...]
2012
Tom Squire – Affiliate Marketing
How To Make Money on The Internet with Affiliate Marketing If you missed the meeting this may not make as much sense, so have someone who was there fill in the gaps. This is meant to be a list of resources to use. The concept Affiliate marketing is selling other peoples products/services and earning a [...]
2012
Hopping Fences : An Hour with Stacy Peralta
He was one of the first professional skateboarders. Then, he became an entrepreneur and pioneered the sport and industry of his profession with Powell Peralta skateboards. Building Powell Peralta skateboards, he started making skateboarding movies for the Bones Brigade skate team and ultimately became a renowned filmmaker. In the last decade, he directed Dogtown and [...]
2012
Stacy Peralta – Be There!
Entrepreneurs, This will be one of the raddeest Wednesdays of the year. Here’s what Wikipedia has on Stacy Peralta. “At the age of 19, Peralta became the highest-ranked professional skateboarder. Soon after, he joined with manufacturer George Powell to form the Powell-Peralta skate gear company. With the financial backing of Powell-Peralta, Peralta formed the seminal [...]