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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
 

Entrepreneurship to Address Global Poverty
  Introduction to Entrepreneurship
  Perspectives on Entrepreneurship
  Entrepreneurship
     
MBA Faculty
   Courses Taught
  Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology
John Altman
   Entrepreneurship & Innovation
  Entrepreneurship & Innovation
 

Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Entrepreneurship Workshop for Start-Ups
Life as an Entrepreneur
Business Model Innovation for New Ventures
  Managing Innovation & Change
  Entrepreneurship & Innovation
 

Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Entrepreneurship Workshop for Start-Ups
Business Model Innovation for New Ventures

Jerome Engel

  

Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Venture Capital & Private Equity
 

Venture Capital & Private Equity
Microfinance Speaker Series
  Entrepreneurship & Innovation
  Entrepreneurship & Innovation
  New Venture Finance
  Case Studies in Entrepreneurship
  Marketing for High Tech Entrepreneurs
Opportunity Recognition: Technology & Entrepreneruship in Silicon Valley
  Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology
 

Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Investing in Entrepreneurial Opportunities
 

Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
  Top Down Law
 

Entrepreneurship & Innovation
New Venture Finance
  Venture Capital & Private Equity
  Family Business Management
  New Venture Finance
  Social Enterprise & Entrepreneurship
  Entrepreneurship & Innovation
  Entrepreneurship & Innovation

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Venture Capital Executive Program (Nov. 30 - Dec. 4)
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Chinese team wins 5th Annual Intel+UC Berkeley Technology Entrepreneurship Challenge

Haas alumnus Patrick Awuah receives Aspen Institute award for creating African university

Haas alumni social venture
World of Good featured in the San Francisco Chronicle

Haas undergrad venture Bamboo Lota is one of three finalists in MTV/NYSE
"Movers and Shakers" competition

Lifetime Achievement Award winner Vinod Khosla talks on The Innovation Ecosystem and Its Role in Shaping Our Renewable Future - YouTube

Newton Distinguished Innovator Lecture Series - Life as an Entrepreneur Series, Tuesdays at 5 PM

Haas startup Carsala featured in the
New York Times

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

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

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

Special Invitation to
L&S Students

 

 

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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."