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...The Bay Area's Premier Networking Opportunity


 

Advisory Council

 

The Advisory Council of the Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum provides leadership and guidance to the staff of the Lester Center in the designing of programs. Members are:

Sam Angus
  Fenwick & West LLP
Marc Berger
  Burr, Pilger & Mayer Foundation
Peter Buhl
  BlueRun Ventures
Robert Dellenbach
  Reed Smith LLP
Sean Doyle
  Intel Corporation
Quentin Falconer
  Silicon Valley Bank
Timothy Harris
  Morrison & Foerster, LLP
Stefan Heuser
  Siemens Technology-To-Business Center
Russell Holdstein
  Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at Haas
Mary Huss
  San Francisco Business Times
Jed Katz
  Javelin Venture Partners
Thomas Kintner
  Attorney
Laura Oliphant
  Intel Corporation
Donald Reinke
  Reed Smith LLP
John Steuart
  Claremont Creek
Kevin Warnock
  gOFFICE

 

 

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Venture Capital Executive Program (Nov. 30 - Dec. 4)
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Chinese team wins 5th Annual Intel+UC Berkeley Technology Entrepreneurship Challenge

Haas alumnus Patrick Awuah receives Aspen Institute award for creating African university

Haas alumni social venture
World of Good featured in the San Francisco Chronicle

Haas undergrad venture Bamboo Lota is one of three finalists in MTV/NYSE
"Movers and Shakers" competition

Lifetime Achievement Award winner Vinod Khosla talks on The Innovation Ecosystem and Its Role in Shaping Our Renewable Future - YouTube

Newton Distinguished Innovator Lecture Series - Life as an Entrepreneur Series, Tuesdays at 5 PM

Haas startup Carsala featured in the
New York Times

Wall Street Journal Interviews
Jerry Engel on Business Plans & Competitions

New Leadership for
the Lester Center


The POWER of our NETWORK:
the Lester Center assembles
over 300 experts to serve
Berkeley entrepreneurs


Lester Center - Haas Entrepreneurship Program Ranked #7 worldwide by USN&WR

Lester Center - Haas Entrepreneurship Program Ranked #6 worldwide by Financial Times

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L&S Students

 

 

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Our Mission

 

"Working with entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, business leaders, policy makers, scholars and students, the Lester Center focuses the resources of UC Berkeley to stimulate the formation, management and growth of new enterprises; to encourage innovation in new and established companies; and to teach the process of successful entrepreneurship and business innovation."