January-February 2005

Financial Times Again Ranks Entrepreneurship@Haas Among Top Ten Internationally

In its 2005 rankings released on January 24, the Finanical Times again placed the Haas Enterpreneurship program among the top ten programs in the world. . . (full story)

VCIC Team Chosen

The results are in from the second annual Haas Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC™), and the Haas School will be represented by Epoch Ventures. . . (full story)

Forum Welcomes New Sponsors, Advisory Council Members

The Lester Center is pleased to welcome three outstanding firms to the role of sponsors of the UC Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum. . . (full story)

Haas to Compete in KACE Competition

The Haas School will be participating for the first time this year in the KACE Competition . . . . (full story)

UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition Sees Increase in Submissions — Workshops Still Open

Sixty-six teams met the February 1 deadline to submit their executive summaries to the 7th annual UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition . . . (full story)

Spotlight: John Hanke and Keyhole

Keyhole’s mission is nothing less than to make the whole earth available on the net. Its founder and CEO is Haas alumn John Hanke. . . (full story)

Innovation Archive

PS. Did you notice our new logo? Making its debut at the top of this page, the new “bug” represents the Lester Center’ immediate home in the Haas School and our larger home of UC Berkeley. You’ll be seeing more changes as we incorporate it into the website.

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