Keith McAleer

How to have an outstanding Y Combinator application

By Keith McAleer / August 18, 2022 / Comments Off on How to have an outstanding Y Combinator application

If you’re serious about growing your startup and ready to devote yourself to building it full time, joining an accelerator can be a viable next step to expanding your network, accessing investment, and receiving feedback from expert advisors and mentors. Berkeley has its own ecosystem of accelerators and incubators – you can see a full list…

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SCET Leaders Teach Largest Innovation Leadership Bootcamp in Country of Georgia

By Keith McAleer / August 12, 2022 / Comments Off on SCET Leaders Teach Largest Innovation Leadership Bootcamp in Country of Georgia

Affiliated faculty, staff, and collaborators from the University of California, Berkeley Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology are partnering with the European Innovation Academy to teach 100+ students innovation, entrepreneurship, leadership, and storytelling skills in the country of Georgia from September 5-9.  Applications are open until August 22 for university students to apply to the…

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Q&A with Alt: Meat Co-Director, Dr. Celia Homyak

By Keith McAleer / August 1, 2022 / Comments Off on Q&A with Alt: Meat Co-Director, Dr. Celia Homyak
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Fired up for the future

By Keith McAleer / July 19, 2022 / Comments Off on Fired up for the future

As another potentially devastating wildfire season begins, California is facing a shortage of wildland firefighters. To meet this challenge, the Marin County Fire Department and UC Berkeley have partnered to form FIRE Foundry (Fire, Innovation, Recruitment and Education), a program that recruits young adults from underrepresented communities for a career in fire service and trains them on…

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Ikhlaq Sidhu Gives His Thoughts On the Key to Successful Data Analytics Projects in Foreword for New Book

By Keith McAleer / June 21, 2022 / Comments Off on Ikhlaq Sidhu Gives His Thoughts On the Key to Successful Data Analytics Projects in Foreword for New Book

Recently, SCET Founding Director, Ikhlaq Sidhu, wrote the foreword for the new book Data Analytics Initiatives: Managing Analytics For Success authored by some of SCET’s long-time collaborators at the Prague University of Economics and Business, including Ota Novotný, Martin Potančok, Ondřej Bothe, Ondřej Kubera and David Bednář. The new book aims to support a wide…

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SCET Announces Collider Cup X Winners and Celebrates Outstanding Faculty, Students, and Staff

By Keith McAleer / May 13, 2022 / Comments Off on SCET Announces Collider Cup X Winners and Celebrates Outstanding Faculty, Students, and Staff

Contributions by Michelle Lee, photography by Daniel Rozenblit & video editing by Vicky Liu SCET’s all-star showcase, the Collider Cup, held its tenth pitch competition on Friday May 6, 2022 in Berkeley’s brand new innovation center, the Bakar BioEnginuity Hub. The top student teams from twelve SCET classes presented their venture projects to an esteemed…

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Announcing Collider Cup X, SCET’s All-Star Showcase Returns In-Person at Bakar BioEnginuity Hub

By Keith McAleer / April 7, 2022 / Comments Off on Announcing Collider Cup X, SCET’s All-Star Showcase Returns In-Person at Bakar BioEnginuity Hub

Join us to see pitches from the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology’s top venture projects from the Spring 2022 semester. UC Berkeley’s brightest students will be showcasing their latest innovations for solving some of the world’s most challenging problems. Get ready for the Collider Cup, UC Berkeley’s premier technology entrepreneurship showcase, hosted by the…

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Alums, faculty, and students share how SCET impacted them in honor of Big Give 2022

By Keith McAleer / March 9, 2022 / Comments Off on Alums, faculty, and students share how SCET impacted them in honor of Big Give 2022

Big Give is Cal’s annual giving day where alumni, students, faculty, and community members have the opportunity to share how Berkeley made an impact on their careers and personal lives. Below we share some perspectives of alumni, faculty, and students who share how SCET impacted them. Supporters can donate directly to SCET for Big Give…

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NovaXS Biotech Takes Top Spot at Collider Cup IX

By Keith McAleer / December 16, 2021 / Comments Off on NovaXS Biotech Takes Top Spot at Collider Cup IX

The UC Berkeley Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (SCET) held Collider Cup IX, its innovation showcase featuring Fall 2021’s top student venture projects, on Dec 10, 2021 in-person in the Bechtel Engineering Center. Ten teams pitched their venture projects to an esteemed panel of investors to have the opportunity to receive feedback, connect with…

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Ikhlaq Sidhu named Dean at IE School of Technology

By Keith McAleer / December 13, 2021 / Comments Off on Ikhlaq Sidhu named Dean at IE School of Technology

Professor Ikhlaq Sidhu, chief scientist and faculty director of UC Berkeley’s Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology since its founding 16 years ago, has been appointed dean and professor of IE School of Technology. Focused on STEM (Sciences, Technology, Engineering, and Math), IE School of Technology strengthens IE University as an international hub, and generates…

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