We are very pleased to present a live YouTube stream of our interview with Andreessen Horowitz co-founder, Ben Horowitz by the UC Berkeley Thomas M. Siebel Chair of Computer Science, Michael Franklin. The interview is part of our A. Richard Newton distinguished lecture series which brings the world’s brightest innovators to UC Berkeley to talk…
Ikhlaq Sidhu gave an engaging presentation on the Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship and the Berkeley Innovation Index to a group from the Amsterdam Center for Entrepreneurship (ACE) on January 21. ACE runs a range of programs to promote innovation and entrepreneurship at 4 universities in Amsterdam including University of Amsterdam and VU University. Ikhlaq’s presentation…
According to a recent report by PricewaterhouseCoopers and National Venture Capital Association, approximately $58 billion was invested in 2015. This highest total in fifteen years is a positive indicator for startups and entrepreneurs looking for capital to launch the their next big idea. Total U.S. Investments by Year Source: PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree™ Report,…
This week eighty academics, entrepreneurs, and innovators from around the world gathered for the 8th annual Global Venture Lab sponsored by the Sutardja Center at Berkeley. Presenters discussed strategies for engaging students of entrepreneurship, patterns of successful ventures, best practices for measuring the success of entrepreneurship programs, and entrepreneurship education in Brazil, UK, Chile, Japan,…
According to the City of Berkeley Office of Economic Development (OED), there are approximately 300 startups in the city of Berkeley — up from 100 in 2011. New ventures are also offering 23% more jobs than they did in 2014. Clearly, the city of Berkeley is becoming a hub for innovation — and the startup…
Prof. Ikhlaq Sidhu of IEOR and Chief Scientist/Founding Director of the Sutardja Center has been invited to serve on International Advisory Board (IAB) of the Clover Engineering 2030 Project to develop the New Engineering Economy of Chile. The board consists of faculty, deans, and innovation leaders at MIT, Texas A&M, Columbia, top global universities, entrepreneurs,…
Challenge Lab (IEOR 185) uses a competition-based format to teach students how to be entrepreneurs by working in interdisciplinary teams to develop a product. The competition categories this year included ‘Internet of Things’ — an emerging category of connected products that typically focus on solving one issue (e.g. a FitBit) — and ‘Smart Cities India’…
What defines a high-performance individual? According to author, executive, and philanthropist Vineet Nayar — high performance individuals ‘are those who do stuff which others consider impossible’. Nayar believes that the most important exercise that entrepreneurs, innovators, and managers can do is train their brain to ‘think outside the boundaries of logic and reason’. “When a…
Are you a Berkeley student, alumni, or faculty looking to jumpstart your venture? Foundation Capital, a leading VC, is partnering with the Sutardja Center and the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship to offer seed funding, office space, and mentorship to up to 4 teams to participate in its Founder’s Program! Eligibility UC Berkeley students, alumni, and…
What’s it like keeping users safe on the world’s largest social media network? Alex Stamos, Chief Security Officer at Facebook, joined The Sutardja Center’s Newton Lecture Series to discuss entrepreneurship and the modern challenges of cybersecurity in a fireside chat with UC Berkeley Professor Vern Paxson. Stamos, a Sacramento native, graduated from Berkeley with a…
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