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Berkeley Method gets students thinking like entrepreneurs
It was a stressor of an assignment for some 400 students at the European Innovation Academy (EIA) in Cascais, Portugal: Form diverse teams of five and, in just 15 days, create startups to pitch to a panel of investors, in hopes of launching the next Instagram or Airbnb. A few students, blanching in the face the world’s…
SCET hosts alums, faculty, and friends for Cal football
This past Saturday, the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology at the University of California, Berkeley hosted their first tailgate open house at California Memorial Stadium. Cal alumni, Berkeley faculty, and some of Berkeley’s best students came together to cheer on the Golden Bears. In attendance were Pantas and Ting Sutardja, benefactors of SCET and…
Blockchain arrives on college campuses
The University of California, Berkeley’s Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (SCET) is one of the first institutions to offer university courses on blockchain technology. Specifically, SCET’s Blockchain Lab facilitates collaboration between new ventures, industry scholars, and academics to evaluate, validate, and execute innovative blockchain projects. “Academics feel a lot of pressure to maintain their…
SCET’s Data Lab awarded 2018-19 Amazon Alexa Innovation Fellowship
We are pleased to announce that the Data Lab at the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology has been awarded the 2018 – 2019 Alexa Innovation Fellowship. Alexander Fred-Ojala, UC Berkeley data science instructor and research director of the Data Lab at SCET, was selected as one of ten recipients of the Alexa Innovation Fellowship….
UC Berkeley Sutardja Center forms partnership with Sunway University
From left to right: Anthony St. George, assistant dean for international partnerships, University of California, Berkeley College of Engineering; Matt van Leeuwen, director of Sunway iLabs; Elizabeth Lee, senior executive director, Sunway Education Group; Tsu-Jae King Liu, dean, UC Berkeley Engineering; Susan Giesecke, director of global engagement, UC Berkeley Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology;…
Ikhlaq Sidhu Wins 2018 IEEE Major Education Innovation Award
Ikhlaq Sidhu, professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research at the University of California, Berkeley, and faculty director and chief scientist at the UC Berkeley Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology has been awarded the 2018 Major Education Innovation Award by the IEEE Educational Activities Board (EAB) for his contributions in entrepreneurship…
What is your data project missing? Here are three must-have elements
The other day I was having a discussion with Inder Sidhu, who was speaking in our Engineering Leadership Professional Program. I wanted to understand his perspective on data and strategy. As you may know, he is a great person to talk to about these things. He joined Cisco and helped it grow from $1 billion…
Founded @ Berkeley, an interview with Ikhlaq Sidhu
In the fourth episode of Founded at Berkeley, visiting researcher Ann Snitko speaks with Ikhlaq Sidhu about the founding of the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology and the development of Berkeley’s entrepreneurship ecosystem. [podbean resource=”episode=yr82j-8e6577″ type=”audio-rectangle” height=”100″ skin=”1″ btn-skin=”103″ share=”1″ fonts=”Helvetica” auto=”0″ download=”0″ rtl=”0″] You can find more episodes of Founded @ Berkeley here.
SCET’s new partnership brings Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship to Denmark
SCET is supporting the Technical University of Denmark’s new Open Entrepreneurship Initiative to help bridge the gap between entrepreneurs and researchers in Denmark with the Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship (BMoE), a hands-on approach to learning entrepreneurship that emphasizes understanding the mindset and behaviors of successful entrepreneurs The Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (SCET) at…
Reflecting on “Why” for UC Berkeley’s Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology
Let’s Reflect We are now in the 12th year of our journey with the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology. Overall, it has been a prolific experience at Berkeley as we have taught over 5,000 students, developed over 100 new ventures, worked with 500 Silicon Valley executives, and collaborated with ten partner universities from around…
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