Summer 2004

Sanford Robertson Named 2004 Lifetime Achievement in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Award Recipient

If all the companies that Sanford (“Sandy”) Robertson has had a hand in creating suddenly lit up at once, Silicon Valley would be twinkling like the Milky Way . . . (full story)

Kauffman Foundation Grant to Support Entrepreneurship Research

The Lester Center is pleased to announce that it has received a $600,000 two-year grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City to investigate the causes and consequences of entrepreneurship . . . (full story)

Lester Center Inaugurates Berkeley VCIC™ Program

The UC Berkeley Venture Capital Investment Competition was inaugurated January 23 at the Haas School . . . (full story)

Business Plan Competition Picks Acid Fuel Cell Team Powered by Haas MBAs

A new economically viable acid fuel cell technology that will save long-haul freight truckers thousands of dollars in diesel fuel every year has won the $25,000 grand prize . . . (full story)

SF Bay Team Wins Major Prize at Global Social Venture Competition

They had to go all the way to London to do it, but a San Francisco Bay Area team of graduate students from UC Berkeley and Stanford won the Medium Growth prize . . . (full story)

Fellowship Winners Announced

The Lester Center's annual dinner on May 13 was the occasion to present this year's winners . . . (full story)

Innovation Archive

[top of page]