innovation
Inside Pilea: A Conversation with Founders Baptiste Vanpoperinghe and Amaury Grange
Baptiste Vanpoperinghe and Amaury Grange first joined the SCET community in the fall of 2024 after participating in the Entrepreneurship, Technology & Startup Management Program. Fast forward to today, they are the founders of Pilea, a platform using AI to detect and fix subtle UX and design flaws on e-commerce websites, helping brands boost conversions…
Building A Better Society through Regenerative Ventures: A Conversation with Instructor Rana Kanaan
This fall, SCET will offer a new Challenge Lab, ENGIN 183C-001: Regenerative Ventures: Build Innovations for a Better Future, taught by Rana Kanaan, founder of Makai Labs and seasoned technology product leader with over two decades of experience scaling innovations from zero to billion-dollar businesses. This course aims to present students with an opportunity to…
Product Leadership in the AI Era: A Conversation with Instructor Laura Teclemariam
For the first time this fall, SCET will be offering a new course: ENGIN 183/283-006: Advanced Product Management: Strategy, Scale, and AI. The course will be taught by Laura Teclemariam, who is a product management executive and currently works as the senior director of product management at LinkedIn. As AI innovation and platform disruption continue…
IE University Students Dive into Berkeley’s Innovation Ecosystem During Immersion Week 2025
Earlier this month, a cohort of Data Science and Business graduate students from IE Universityin Spain, arrived at UC Berkeley for a transformative week of innovation, hands-on learning, andSilicon Valley exploration as part of the 2025 Immersion Week. Hosted by UC Berkeley’s Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology, the five-dayprogram combined academic sessions, company visits,…
Giving Back with Venture Capitalist Dylan Chiu
As an undergraduate student at UC Berkeley, Dylan Chiu studied Public Health and Political Economics and earned the SCET Certificate in Entrepreneurship & Technology. Today, he serves as a Principal at the Berkeley Frontier Fund, where he invests in the next generation of technology startups within the Berkeley network and gives back to UC Berkeley…
From Lab to Launch: Mar Navarro’s Biotech Journey at SCET
Mar Navarro, originally a student from Spain, joined the SCET community after participating in the Startup Semester at Berkeley in 2023. Since then, she has immersed herself in the Berkeley ecosystem, embracing every opportunity that comes her way. She has taken numerous SCET classes, including Startup Catalyst, Technology Entrepreneurship, Connected Life Challenge Lab, Richard Newton’s…
SCET Instructor Highlight: Luke Kowalski
At the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (SCET), we believe that students learn entrepreneurship best through hands-on opportunities and direct engagement with industry leaders. Our approach ensures that students learn practical skills from individuals who have tackled real-world challenges and understand what it takes to innovate in today’s fast-paced industries. Our instructors include a…
A Conversation with Venture Capitalist Shuo Chen
As an undergraduate student at UC Berkeley, Shuo Chen triple majored in Business Administration, Economics, and Rhetoric, minored in Public Policy, and earned the SCET Certificate in Entrepreneurship & Technology. Today, she is a General Partner at IOVC, investing in early-stage enterprise and SaaS startups. Additionally, she is an instructor at UC Berkeley and Stanford…
Serendipity by Design: How Berkeley Systemically Fosters Entrepreneurial Success
When you visit the public university that created the highest number of venture-funded startups in the world, you expect it will not happen by chance. And yet, uncovering scientifically the hows and whys is as frustrating as ambitious; it’s elusive and somehow feels like magic, despite the tangible evidence. But these aren’t just academic questions…
Meet Minjoo Sur, the Entrepreneur Helping People Stay Motivated
Minjoo Sur (B.S. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science ‘18), co-founder and CEO of Huddle, joined the UC Berkeley SCET community after transferring to UC Berkeley in the fall of 2016. Since then, she has worked as a software engineer at Salesforce. Over the past year, she has furthered her mission to help people stay motivated…