Gigi Wang, Industry Fellow & BMOE Bootcamp Chair, Sutardja Center

The judges, mentors, faculty and scholars pose in front of the Sutardja Center for a photo. Scholars included: Eric Assan, Diane Kabanyana, Mohamed Mohamed, Joy Nakato, Yaa Fremah Sarkodie, Kaone Tlagae, Esther Mburu, Jennifer Saarkwah, Martin Ssemulugo, Yordanos Zewdu, Sheila Okoroanyanwu, Sirak Fisseha Weldegebriel, Chineye Felix, and Okechukwu Iroegbu

UC Berkeley Mastercard Foundation Scholars Present Startup Ideas

By Gigi Wang, Industry Fellow & BMOE Bootcamp Chair, Sutardja Center / January 19, 2023 / Comments Off on UC Berkeley Mastercard Foundation Scholars Present Startup Ideas

After participating in a custom Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship bootcamp held across 3 weekends in September and October 2022, the 2022 Mastercard Foundation Scholars presented four startup ideas to a panel of industry judges.  The startup ideas focused on addressing important needs of different customer segments in Africa on October 30th at the Sutardja Center…

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Gigi Wang, SCET Faculty and Industry Fellow

This I know for sure: It’s important to Always Be Creating Value (ABCV)

By Gigi Wang, Industry Fellow & BMOE Bootcamp Chair, Sutardja Center / August 3, 2018 / Comments Off on This I know for sure: It’s important to Always Be Creating Value (ABCV)

When I was two years old, my mother, baby brother, and I flew to America from Taiwan to join my father who was already there working to obtain his graduate degrees. Two more kids came in rapid succession before my father completed his Ph.D. course. It was fun for the kids, especially when we piled…

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Business Model Innovation – Moving from Value Proposition to Value Extraction

By Gigi Wang, Industry Fellow & BMOE Bootcamp Chair, Sutardja Center / May 31, 2016 / Comments Off on Business Model Innovation – Moving from Value Proposition to Value Extraction

The first step in building a successful start-up is developing the Value Proposition or creating a product or service that provides significant value and benefits to a target customer in addressing the need that they have.  In order to build a successful business, the next step is to develop an approach for Value Extraction or…

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International Win-Win from BMOE Boot-camp

By Gigi Wang, Industry Fellow & BMOE Bootcamp Chair, Sutardja Center / May 9, 2016 / Comments Off on International Win-Win from BMOE Boot-camp

UC Berkeley students & LegisPactum (Germany) In December 2015, an enterprising young German entrepreneur, Gerald Hoff, met Ken Singer, Managing Director of the Sutardja Center, in Berlin, Germany, and shared his story about his brand new start-up, LegisPactum, which was developing a digital legal document creation and management platform targeted at lawyers and law firms.…

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