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December 2004
Haas Venture Capital
Competition Finalist Teams Selected
The second annual UC Berkeley Venture Capital Investment
Competition attracted over 90 students from 18 teams interested
in competing for the right to represent UC Berkeley in the
national VCICTM . . . (full story)
January Forum
to Focus on Energy Technology: Emerging Opportunities
The first Entrepreneurs Forum of the new year will look at
an old and increasingly urgent concern: the world’s
continuously growing need for more energy . . . (full
story)
Business Plan
Competitions Launch 2005 Season
The Global Social Venture Competition and the UC Berkeley
Business Plan Competition have successfully kicked off their
2005 seasons. The two competitions joined forces . . . (full
story)
2005 Venture Capital
Fellows Named
Charles Haythornthwaite and Krzysztof Kujawa have been named
the Lester Center’s 2005 Fellows in Venture Capital.
. . . (full story)
Six Receive Kauffman
Research Awards
Six research proposals submitted to
the Lester Center by UC Berkeley faculty have been accepted
for funding through the Causes and Consequences of Entrepreneurship
grant the Center received from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
. . . (full story)
New Offering in
Entrepreneurship Program Looks at Turnaround Opportunities
The Spring 2005 semester at Haas will feature a new entrepreneurship
class: The Entrepreneurship of Broken, Stuck and Unloved Companies
. . . (full story)
Spotlight: ZipRealty
The Lester Center extends its hearty congratulations to the
ZipRealty team on their successful Initial Public Offering
last month (NASDAQ: ZIPR). We take great pride in ZipRealty,
which was founded by two graduates of our entrepreneurship
program: . . . (full story)
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