Lester Center Faculty

A core group of faculty that supports the Lester Center is augmented by a strong adjunct faculty drawn from the Bay Area’s deep pool of experienced and successful entrepreneurs.

Current entrepreneurship faculty are:

Undergraduate Faculty		Courses Taught
John Danner		Entrepreneurship to Address Global Poverty
Rob Majteles		Introduction to Entrepreneurship
Peter Molloy		Perspectives on Entrepreneurship
Godwin Wong		Entrepreneurship

MBA Faculty		Courses Taught
Wendy Adams		Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology
John Altman		Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Steve Blank		Entrepreneurship & Innovation
David Charron		Entrepreneurship & Innovation Entrepreneurship Workshop for Start-Ups Life as an Entrepreneur Business Model Innovation for New Ventures
Henry Chesbrough		Managing Innovation & Change
Mark Coopersmith		Entrepreneurship & Innovation
John Danner		Entrepreneurship & Innovation Entrepreneurship Workshop for Start-Ups Business Model Innovation for New Ventures
Jerome Engel		Entrepreneurship & Innovation Venture Capital & Private Equity
Sean Foote		Venture Capital & Private Equity Microfinance Speaker Series
Jack Fuchs		Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Steve Gertz		Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Randy Haykin		New Venture Finance
Russell Holdstein		Case Studies in Entrepreneurship
Andrew Isaacs		Marketing for High Tech Entrepreneurs Opportunity Recognition: Technology & Entrepreneruship in Silicon Valley
Larry Lasky		Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology
Rob Majteles		Entrepreneurship & Innovation Investing in Entrepreneurial Opportunities
Todd Morrill		Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Noel Nellis		Top Down Law
Maura O’Neill		Entrepreneurship & Innovation New Venture Finance
Terry Opdendyk		Venture Capital & Private Equity
Ken Preston		Family Business Management
Mario Rosati		New Venture Finance
Jim Schorr		Social Enterprise & Entrepreneurship
Ronald Star		Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Naeem Zafar		Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Affiliated Faculty
Alice Agogino
Chris Ansell		Kauffman Award Recipient
Pino Audia		Kauffman Award Recipient
Sara Beckman
Jennifer Chatman		Kauffman Award Recipient
Lauren Edelman		Kauffman Award Recipient
Jesse Fried		Kauffman Award Recipient
Bronwyn Hall		Kauffman Award Recipient
Michael Hout		Kauffman Award Recipient
Chang-Tai Hsieh		Kauffman Award Recipient
James Lincoln		Kauffman Award Recipient
Robert Merges		Kauffman Award Recipient
David Mowery		Kauffman Award Recipient
Thomas Rundall		Kauffman Award Recipient
AnnaLee Saxenian		Kauffman Award Recipient
Susanne Scotchmer		Kauffman Award Recipient
David Teece		Kauffman Award Recipient
Philip Tetlock		Kauffman Award Recipient
John Zysman		Kauffman Award Recipient

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