What is Entrepreneurship?
Entrepreneurship, the pursuit of opportunity beyond the resources you currently control, is now a subject with segmented interest across a wide variety of fields and topics, including new venture creation, venture capital, social ventures, business model innovation, open software, internet, corporate entrepreneurship, global business, and biotechnology. The Lester Center continues to evolve and adapt to this environment and provides value in all of these areas through a diverse array of activities. We consistently challenge students and community members to undertake entrepreneurial challenges that will have real impact and create significant value for all stakeholders, including indirect parties such as society at large. This goal often means creating ventures that deeply utilize linkages and innovation and must interact with global markets.
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Program Spotlight:
UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition
Founded in 1999, the UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition has continued to evolve as a leading Bay Area event and one of the nation’s foremost business plan competitions. The competition gives students, alumni and local entrepreneurs the opportunity to work together to turn innovative ideas into real businesses. The event also brings together the finest research and technology ideas from both UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco. Each year participants develop business plans that are based on some of the most exciting new technologies.
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