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Mailing address:

University of California
Lester Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Walter A. Haas School of Business #1930
Berkeley, CA 94720-1930
Room F450

Driving Instructions

TEL: (510) 642-4255
FAX: (510) 643-4110
e-mail: lester@haas.berkeley.edu

Executive Director:
Jerome S. Engel
e-mail: engel@haas.berkeley.edu

Associate Director:
David E. Charron
e-mail: charron@haas.berkeley.edu

Sr. Program Manager:
Jill Erbland
e-mail: erbland@haas.berkeley.edu

Program Manager:
Kirsten Berzon
e-mail: berzon@haas.berkeley.edu

Administrative Assistant:
Victoria Fowler
e-mail: fowler@haas.berkeley.edu

Student Program Assistant:
Richard Nguyen
e-mail: rnguyen@haas.berkeley.edu

Student Program Assistant:
Catherine Start
e-mail: catherinestart@berkeley.edu

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May Innovation
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Wall Street Journal Interviews
Jerry Engel on Business Plans & Competitions

New Leadership for
the Lester Center


The POWER of our NETWORK:
the Lester Center assembles
over 300 experts to serve
Berkeley entrepreneurs


The Lester Center
wraps up a great year

Engel, Charron, Bplan winner AutoTB participate in World Innovation Summit's Global Entrepreneurship Competition

Jerry Engel moderated a panel on social enterprises at the April 2009 Investors Circle Conference

11th Annual UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition Winners Announced

GSVC Winners Announced,
Finals and Symposium get favorable coverage from Nextbillion.net & Change.org

Lester Center - Haas Entrepreneurship Program Ranked #7 worldwide by USN&WR

Lester Center - Haas Entrepreneurship Program Ranked #6 worldwide by Financial Times

Jerry Engel talks about the unique value and approach to executive education at Haas

Lester startup IndieGoGo makes a Splash at Sundance

Jerry Engel quoted in NYT on entrepreneurship during the downturn

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Our Mission

 

"Working with entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, business leaders, policy makers, scholars and students, the Lester Center focuses the resources of UC Berkeley to stimulate the formation, management and growth of new enterprises; to encourage innovation in new and established companies; and to teach the process of successful entrepreneurship and business innovation."