Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum

For 20 years the Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum has provided an informative and stimulating setting for students and the public to meet with and hear from seasoned professional entrepreneurs.

The Forum is held on the last Thursday of each month from September to November, and January to April. All programs begin with a networking hour from 6:30 to 7:30 with complimentary drinks and hors d'oeuvres in the Bank of America Forum at the Haas School of Business. A presentation follows in the Andersen Auditorium at 7:30 PM. Registration is required.

More info about the Forum:
(Pitch Your Company, Sponsors, Advisory Council, more)

Schedules & Videos for:

Spring 2012 Fall 2011 Spring 2011 Fall 2010 2005-2010

Spring 2012 Forum Schedule

	January 26, 2012 *Innovative Entrepreneurs in Music* featuring Larry Marcus and other distinguished speakers
	February 23, 2012 *Getting Funded - What Every Entrepreneur Needs To Know About IPOs* featuring David Weild, Founder and Chairman, Capital Markets Advisory Partners, and former Vice Chairman of the NASDAQ Stock Market
	March 22, 2012 Program will be announced soon
	April 26, 2012 *14th Annual UC Berkeley Startup Competition Finalist Presentations and Awards Ceremony*

Fall 2011 Forum Schedule

	August 25, 2011 *2011-12 Angel & Venture Capital Financing Overview* featuring moderator Sam Angus and other distinguished speakers video available
	September 22, 2011 *Food Entrepreneurship: Surviving the Recession—Strategies to Remain Profitable in Hard Times* featuring Noah's Founder Noah Alper and other distinguished speakers video available
	October 27, 2011 *Power Hungry: Developments in Energy-Efficiency Technologies for Data Centers* featuring Dale Sartor of LBNL and other distinguished speakers video available
	November 10, 2011 *Technology Entrepreneurship on the Global Stage:* *The 7th Annual Intel Global Challenge (IGC) at UC Berkeley* video available

Spring 2011 Forum Schedule

	January 27, 2011 Falloff or Pharmageddon? Is the Venture Capital Model for Biotechnology Startups Broken? featuring Dr. Cheng Liu and other distinguished speakers [video available]
	February 24, 2011 The Secret History of Silicon Valley featuring entrepreneur Steve Blank [Presentation available: PDF] [video available]
	March 31, 2011 Transparency as a Business Strategy featuring moderator William Rosenzweig [PepsiCo presentation available: PDF] [Physic Ventures presentation available: PDF] [video available]
	April 28, 2011 *13th Annual UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition Finalist Presentations and Awards Ceremony* [video available]

Fall 2010 Forum Schedule

	August 26, 2010 *2010-2011 Angel and Venture Capital Investment Overview* (video & presentation available) featuring Ray Rothrock and other distinguished panelists
	September 23, 2010 *Food Entrepreneurship: The Story of Two Local Companies* (video & presentations available) featuring Laila Tarraf of Peet's and John Foraker of Annie's, Inc.
	October 28, 2010 Financing Clean Energy/Cleantech: Politics, Policy and Private Equity (video available) sponsored by Reed Smith LLP
	November 18, 2010 Technology Entrepreneurship on the Global Stage: 6th Annual Intel+UC Berkeley Technology Entrepreneurship Challenge (video available)