Keith McAleer

Energized for Impact

By Keith McAleer / February 23, 2023 / Comments Off on Energized for Impact
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SCET partners with IE School of Science and Technology to develop impactful global innovation projects

By Keith McAleer / January 25, 2023 / Comments Off on SCET partners with IE School of Science and Technology to develop impactful global innovation projects

The Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (SCET) at the University of California, Berkeley is excited to announce a new partnership with IE University, IE School of Science and Technology in Madrid, Spain to help facilitate global collaboration between the UC Berkeley Sutardja Center and IE University students, faculty, and innovators. The collaboration will enable…

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Professors from the Technical University of Moldova and the State University of Moldova visited UC Berkeley to attend SCET's entrepreneurship bootcamp in January 2023

Sutardja Center Partners with Moldova’s Top Universities to Support Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Republic of Moldova

By Keith McAleer / January 19, 2023 / Comments Off on Sutardja Center Partners with Moldova’s Top Universities to Support Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Republic of Moldova

The Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of California, Berkeley is embarking on a new partnership with top Moldovan universities to support workforce development and entrepreneurship in the Republic of Moldova. The Sutardja Center is partnering with the Technical University of Moldova (TUM) and the State University of Moldova (SUM) to support the Future…

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Sutardja Center partners with YC to bring co-founder matching platform to Berkeley

By Keith McAleer / January 17, 2023 / Comments Off on Sutardja Center partners with YC to bring co-founder matching platform to Berkeley

Having a unique startup idea and great timing are critical for startup success – but ideas will still fail to launch without the third key element: the right team. Finding co-founders and teammates can be very difficult, especially for student founders. A new initiative by SCET will help student founders connect on Y Combinator’s Co-Founder…

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Students pitch next generation venture projects at Collider Cup XI

By Keith McAleer / December 19, 2022 / Comments Off on Students pitch next generation venture projects at Collider Cup XI

The Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology held its flagship event, Collider Cup, on Dec 9, 2022 at Sibley Auditorium in the Bechtel Engineering Center on the UC Berkeley campus. Ten teams presented their venture projects to an esteemed panel of judges to vie for the Collider Cup and prizes, including guaranteed entry to SkyDeck’s…

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Berkeley ranks as #2 university for startups

By Keith McAleer / November 2, 2022 / Comments Off on Berkeley ranks as #2 university for startups

For the fourth straight year, UC Berkeley topped the list as the nation’s best public university for startup founders, and it remains the second-best university among both private and public schools, according to Pitchbook’s 2022 annual rankings of universities released Monday (Oct. 31).

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Berkeley Alt: Meat Lab Offers Free Course to Demystify Plant-Based Foods

By Keith McAleer / October 17, 2022 / Comments Off on Berkeley Alt: Meat Lab Offers Free Course to Demystify Plant-Based Foods

More meat and dairy alternatives are showing up in restaurants and in supermarkets everyday; the new free course will help consumers understand how these alternatives are made and which may (or may not) be healthier and better for the planet. Have you ever wondered how that “beefy” plant-based burger is made exactly? Does being made…

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Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator Joins Berkeley RDI to Strengthen Blockchain Programs

By Keith McAleer / October 12, 2022 / Comments Off on Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator Joins Berkeley RDI to Strengthen Blockchain Programs

In 2019, the UC Berkeley Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (SCET) launched the Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator in partnership with the Haas School of Business Blockchain Initiative and Blockchain at Berkeley. The goal of the new accelerator was to help entrepreneurs from around the world pursue ventures in the blockchain space, tap into the vast…

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SCET Faculty Shuo Chen on Corporate Social Justice & the Future of Data Privacy

By Keith McAleer / October 5, 2022 / Comments Off on SCET Faculty Shuo Chen on Corporate Social Justice & the Future of Data Privacy

SCET faculty, commission member in California’s Mental Health Commission and industry fellow, Shuo Chen, was recently interviewed on The Robots Are Coming podcast where she talked about how future business models can be created without selling data, how Web3 can help with data privacy by allowing users to own their data, how data privacy can…

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Announcing our Spring 2023 course lineup!

By Keith McAleer / October 4, 2022 / Comments Off on Announcing our Spring 2023 course lineup!

📢 Our Spring 2023 courses are now live! 📢 In our one-of-a-kind courses, Berkeley students will have the opportunity to learn from amazing industry faculty to explore timely technology topics, learn new innovation skills, and gain the ability to execute their ideas. Students will also have the opportunity to earn the Certificate in Entrepreneurship &…

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