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Highlights from the Innovation X Roundtable – Future of Work: Digital Transformation, Emerging Technologies, and Automation
Digital transformation is the process of using digital technologies to create new or change existing business processes in accommodation to rapidly evolving business and market requirements. COVID-19 is certainly speeding up the process of digital transformation. In 2020, according to International Data Corporation (IDC), worldwide spending on digital transformation reached $1.3 trillion. By 2025, it…
Next trends of the gaming industry with Kevin Chou, founder of SuperLayer, Rally, Forte, and Kabam
In a special talk given at the SCET’s Fall 2021 Newton Lecture Series, distinguished founders Kevin Chou and Mike Li tell the audience their stories of founding multiple startups and give advice to young entrepreneurs. “Go figure out what’s weird and wacky about yourself. Find your weird curiosity and try to think about how to…
Cal Student Team Creates Coronavirus Tracking App
It has been just over a month since the virus has hit the globe, and much, if not everything, has changed. The Covid-19 infection has brought with it an equally viral undertone of psychological unease. People are anxious around others, and rightfully so. This pandemic is unique in that it has occurred in the most hyper-connected…
UC Berkeley Launches Accelerator to Support Blockchain Startups
The University of California, Berkeley has just announced the formation of a new blockchain-focused accelerator, the Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator. The new accelerator will help entrepreneurs pursue ventures in the blockchain space, tap into the vast resources of UC Berkeley and Silicon Valley, and receive expert industry guidance to create high-value blockchain startups. The effort was…
B@B Wins 2nd and 3rd Place at Ethereal Conference
Consensys hosted its first ever Ethereal Hackathon in partnership with Blockchain @ Berkeley on Saturday, Oct. 21 and 22nd. Consensys is a venture production studio and software development consultancy that builds enterprise solutions, decentralized applications, and other tools for the blockchain environment mostly centered on Ethereum (an open source blockchain based platform. Blockchain is a…
Bootcamp Spotlight: Team Fishent
The Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology had its bi-annual Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship Bootcamp (BMoE) this past week, hosting a variety of teams, individuals, and mentors from around the globe. One team consisting of individuals from Denmark and Norway as well as fellow UC Berkeley students proposed an idea called Fishent. Fishent utilizes sensor…
Advice from VCs Anastasia Ashman and Pamela Day
Last month at the Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship Bootcamp (BMoE), we had the chance to speak with two inspiring entrepreneurs and mentors — Anastasia Ashman and Pamela Day. They shared their personal journeys as entrepreneurs and innovators, provided valuable advice for starting ventures, and highlighted why they’re fans of the BMoE program. Tell us a…
Global Venture Lab 2017
On behalf of the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology, we would like to invite you to the 8th Global Venture Lab at UC Berkeley. The Global Venture Lab (GVL) is an international summit of academics, entrepreneurs, and innovators sharing common research and educational programs to spur new industry and economic growth. Since our first…
Rob Solomon: From Cal Grad to CEO of GoFundMe
This week, students in the A. Richard Newton Lecture Series had the distinct pleasure of hearing a fireside chat with Rob Solomon—a Cal grad and CEO of GoFundMe—moderated by UC Berkeley’s Chair of Industrial Engineering, Dr. Ken Goldberg. Both incredibly accomplished in their own rights, the two professionals created a timeline for Solomon’s experiences at…
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