November 2006

NEWS

Sponsorships of Lester Center Programs

We would like to thank the following firms for renewing their sponsorship of the UC Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum:

Blue Run Ventures - Advisory Council member Peter Buhl

Intel Capital - Advisory Council member Sean Doyle

Newbury Ventures - Advisory Council member Jay Morrison

The Entrepreneurs Association thanks the following firms for sponsoring the Venture Capital Roundtable:

Morrison & Foerster

TriNet

The Lester Center and the UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition are pleased to announce the following Bronze sponsors of the 2007 competition:

Hummer Winblad Venture Partners

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Lester Center named NASDAQ Center of Entrepreneurial Excellence

A committee of the National Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (NCEC) announced in September that the Lester Center was chosen to receive the 2006 NASDAQ Center of Entrepreneurial Excellence Award[Full Story]

Entrepreneurs Forum Examines the Mobile Melting Pot

The mobile and web worlds are converging, or crossing over, opening up opportunities for entrepreneurs to build high potential ventures. The Entrepreneurs Forum’s November program will look at what’s going into the pot.[Full Story]

Aurora Biofuels Wins 2nd Annual Intel+Berkeley Challenge

Aurora Biofuels, a Berkeley-based team whose technology promises to make bio-diesel a mainstream energy source, won the second global Intel+UC Berkeley Technology Entrepreneurship Challenge [Full Story]

Berkeley Grad Named One of Top 25 Entrepreneurs Under 25

Aaron Sahagun, Haas BS 06, was named one of the “Top 25 Entrepreneurs Under 25” by BusinessWeek on October 30 for launching Alumwire, a career resources and social networking web site.[Full Story]

FUTURE EVENTS

November 16: UC Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum: Mobile Goes Web Goes Mobile

Novemer 17: GSVC Matchmaker Event

November 27: Best Practices Workshop: Market Research/Marketing

November 29: UC Berkeley BioEntrepreneurship Round Table

December 5: Best Practices Workshop: Team Development/Product Development

January 17, 2007: Global Social Venture Competition Executive Summaries due

January 23, 2007: Best Practices Workshop: How to Write a Business Plan

January 25, 2007: UC Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum: Can Start-ups Penetrate Your Living Room and Garage?

January 30, 2007: UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition Executive Summaries due

INNOVATION ARCHIVES