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Archives of the
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. 

 

Here are archives of previous seasons of the Forum:

 


Videos are available for all Forums in 2007, 2008, and 2009, plus selected Forums in 2005 and 2006, in our Video Library Archive.

 

Spring 2010 Forum Schedule

Tim Harris

January 28, 2010

 

Angel Investors:
Alternative Financing?

(video available)

featuring Tim Harris, Partner, Morrison & Foerster, and other distinguished panelists

Jeff Hagan

February 25, 2010

 

Going Public in 2010: Is the Window Opening?
(video available)

featuring Jeffrey Hagan, Managing Director of Investment Banking at Canaccord Adams, and other distinguished panelists

Julie Gerberding

March 18, 2010


The Greening of Health: the Convergence of Health and Sustainability
(video available)

featuring Julie Gerberding, Former Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other distinguished panelists

IBTEC


April 29, 2010

 

UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition Finals and Awards Ceremony
(video available)

 

 

Fall 2009 Forum Schedule

Kay-yut Chen

August 27, 2009

 

Innovating at Scale within Google

(video available)

featuring John Hanke,
VP Product Management, Google Earth, Local and Maps

Chris Somerville

September 24, 2009

 

2009 Angel & Venture Capital Investment Overview
(video available)

moderated by Sam Angus of Fenwick & West, and featuring other distinguished panelists

Laura Oliphant

October 22, 2009


Moore’s Law: 40 Years Later
(video available)

moderated by Laura Oliphant of Intel, and featuring other distinguished panelists

IBTEC


November 19
, 2009

 

Technology Entrepreneurship on the Global Stage: 5th Annual Intel+UC Berkeley Technology Entrepreneurship Challenge
(video available)

 

Spring 2009 Schedule & Videos

Fall 2008 Schedule & Videos






Forum Events for Spring 2009:

Kay-yut Chen

January 22, 2009

 

Prediction Markets: Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Fortune Telling
(video available)
(presentations available)

featuring Kay-Yut Chen,
Principal Scientist, HP Labs, and other distinguished panelists
Chris Somerville

February 26, 2009

 

Earth, Wind & Fire:
The Clean Tech Opportunity Today
(video available)
(presentations available
)

featuring Dr. Chris Somerville,
Energy Biosciences Institute, and other distinguished panelists

Jerry Engel

March 19, 2009


Surviving and Thriving
During the Downturn

(video available)
(presentations available)

Featuring Faysal Sohail, Managing Director, CMEA Capital, and other distinguished panelists


April 30
, 2009

 

UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition Finals and Awards Ceremony
(video available)



Videos are available for our fall 2008 schedule
:


 


Videos are also available for our spring 2008 schedule:



Videos are available for all Forums in 2007, 2008, and 2009, plus selected Forums in 2005 and 2006, in our Video Library Archive.


 



The Lester Center appreciates the generous support of the
Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum Sponsors:


BlueRun Ventures
Burr Pilger Mayer, Inc.
Claremont Creek Ventures
Fenwick & West, LLP
Intel Capital
Javelin Venture Partners
Morrison & Foerster LLP

Physic Ventures
Reed Smith LLP
San Francisco Business Times
Siemens Technology-to-
   Business Center
Silicon Valley Bank
Wood Philips



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April 26, 2012:

14th Annual UC Berkeley Startup Competition Finalist Presentations and Awards Ceremony

Click here for the Finals video on YouTube




 

Entrepreneurial
Best Practices Series



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