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About Us
The Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation was
founded in 1991 through a gift from
W. Howard Lester, Chairman of  ,
and is the primary locus for the study and promotion of entrepreneurship
and innovation in management and new enterprise development
at UC Berkeley
The Lester Center
- fosters teaching of successful entrepreneurship and innovation,
- encourages Berkeley students in the creation of new businesses,
- creates and disseminates knowledge on entrepreneurship
and entrepreneurial finance to the business and university
communities,
- facilitates interaction between the entrepreneurial community
and the university.
The center's constituency beyond the university consists
of the founders, owners, and managers of innovative and high-growth
companies, their investors and advisers, and young entrepreneurs.
Within the university, it is an interdisciplinary, campuswide
research center with public programs designed to be a resource
to the campus and beyond. Over the years, students and faculty,
especially those in business, engineering, computer science,
law, and the biosciences, have led in developing the center's
programs.
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