John B. Jackson
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Specialties
Entrepreneurship
Business
Education
Undergraduate:
California State University-Fullerton, Bachelor of Science, Business Administration
Graduate:
Pepperdine University, MBA, Business Administration
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Background
Entrepreneur, Professor, and Author
John Bradley Jackson is Director for The Center for Entrepreneurship and Professor of Entrepreneurship at California State University, Fullerton. Jackson brings practical marketing and sales management experience to the classroom from both Silicon Valley and Wall Street.
Jackson is founder of The BirdDog Group, a marketing and sales consulting firm that specializes in helping small businesses make more money. He has held various senior management roles in sales and marketing at MRG, Forrester Research, CIR, Bowne & Company, and Dataquest.
His resume also includes blogger, public speaker, corporate trainer, philanthropist, and horseman. Jackson lives on a small horse ranch in Norco, California with his wife and daughter.
Accomplishments:
Investor. Professor. Author. Startup Adviser.
Director for CSUF Center for Entrepreneurship which provides outreach for CSUF Entrepreneurship.
Director of CSUF Startup Incubator. The CSUF Startup Incubator helps startups validate business models.
Founder of Titan Angels, LLC. Titan Angels is a seed investment fund based in Orange County. The fund will use its strong network and affiliations to locate and fund very early stage companies and ideas.
Professor at CSUF. I teach Social Media, Entrepreneurial Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Commercializing Technology, New Venture Creation and Launch. I emphasize Lean Start Up and Bootstrapping.
Founder of The BirdDog Group, a consulting firm that specializes in helping small to medium sized firms with marketing, sales, and strategy.
Author of "Socially Close: Social Media Marketing for Small Business", "Déjà New Marketing: Increase Sales with Social Media, Search Marketing, E-mail Marketing, Blogs, and More" and "First, Best, or Different."
Public speaker with topics focused on social media, entrepreneurial marketing, new venture creation, and negotiation.
Board and Community Experience:
Orange County CEO Leadership Alliance, Advisory Board Member, 2020 to present
Educated Brothers (A.K.A. B4WEDO), Advisory Board Member, 2019 to present
Nui Foods LLC , Advisory Board Member, 2019 to 2020
Appoon LLC (A.K.A TeamKnit), Advisory Board Member, 2018 to present
O2Free, Advisory Board Member, 2015 to 2016
Global Vision Holdings, Inc, Board Member, 2012 to 2016
Small Business Development Center (SBDC), Advisory Board Member, 2012 to present
Tri-Tech SBDC, Advisory Board Member, 2015 to 2017
BrandMixer, Advisory Board Member, 2011 to 2015
Southern California Junior Achievement, Board Member, 1998 to 2005
Los Angeles Triathlon, Board Member, 2002 to 2004
Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games, Board Member, 1999 to 2000
Los Angeles Sports Council, Board Member, 1996 to 2002
Los Angeles Venture Association, Member of Capital Conference Committee, 1996 to 2000
Orange County Venture Network, Member of Conference Committee, 1997 to 2000
United Way Agency Board of Director, 1987 to 1992
