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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…

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Students from BEGIN

Announcing BEGIN: Berkeley’s New Gateway to Innovation

The University of California, Berkeley has created its first ever virtual hub for innovation on campus, named Berkeley Begin – the Berkeley Gateway to Innovation. Now entrepreneurs can more easily connect with Berkeley’s robust network of innovation courses, incubators, accelerators, funding, and social networks. The goal of Berkeley Begin is to unite Berkeley’s rich entrepreneurship resources under…

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Students find Solutions to Transnational Security

For the past month students have been developing solutions to transnational security. They have been looking for ways to leverage the latest in data science tools and technologies to increase the productivity of experts and analysts trying to stay one step ahead of criminals who use social media, mobile banking, cryptocurrencies, shell companies, and shadow…

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A Founder’s Night: Hap Klopp & Marc Tarpenning

What is life like as an entrepreneur? What does failure mean to you? How do you find the right cofounders? These were a few of the many questions answered on Tuesday, February 28th at Banatao Auditorium by the Co-Founder of Tesla, Marc Tarpenning, and the Founder of the North Face, Hap Klopp. Throughout the evening…

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Summer Abroad Deadline to Apply is Friday, March 10th !!!

The Deadline to Apply for the most fun and Dynamic Summer Abroad Program is March 10th – NEXT FRIDAY !!! Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Europe is a dynamic, hands-on program where you earn 6 Industrial Engineering credits while collaborating with other students from all over the world. It is open to undergraduate and graduate students…

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Ikhlaq-Sidhu

An Introduction to the Newton Lecture Series – Ikhlaq Sidhu

Introduction to the Series: The third week of the Newton Lecture Series brought an introduction to the goals of the lecture series itself. Ikhlaq Sidhu, founding director of the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology, took time out of his busy schedule to meet with students in the series and discuss the SCET’s long-standing investment in…

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Management of Technology Innovation Program Finals

Friday, December 2nd, 2016 saw the culmination of hard work students enrolled in MTI had put in all semester as groups presented their pitches to Naeem Zafar, serial entrepreneur and director of the MTI Program, Professor Ikhlaq Sidhu, Director and Chief Scientist of SCET, and a panel of prominent VCs and mentors at SCET. Over…

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Sutardja Center Staff Profile: How Keith McAleer expanded a non-profit using genuine entrepreneurial spirit

Before joining the Sutardja Center for Entrpreneurship & Technology as a Communication Specialist about a year ago, Keith McAleer was busy working to double the annual budget for a non-profit named Tree Davis where he is now a board member. Tree Davis is a small, urban forestry non-profit based in Davis, California. The organization has…

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Sutardja CET Alums at Byte Foods Use ‘Smart Refrigerators’ to Serve Fresh, Healthy Food at Businesses

Byte Foods, a company co-founded by Lee Mokri and Haas EWMBA student Megan Mokri, uses internet-connected ‘smart refrigerators’ to serve fresh, healthy meals, snacks and drinks on-site at businesses throughout the Bay Area. From Blue Bottle iced coffee to Urban Remedy salads and juices, employees have nutritious food just steps from their desk and employers…

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