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The Lester Center Celebrates
Global Entrepreneurship Week


November 15-21, 2010



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The Lester Center is proud to participate in the 2010 Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) founded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the world’s largest foundation devoted exclusively to entrepreneurship. GEW takes place November 15-21 with more than 7 million people and 18,000 organizations in 88 countries planning activities in their local communities. From 2008 to 2009, GEW doubled the number of participants and partner organizations, and increased its registered activities from 25,000 to almost 33,000 across the globe. GEW 2010 will continue this growth.

For more information on Global Entrepreneurship Week, visit http://www.unleashingideas.org.

Kauffman Foundation  

The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation has been a steadfast supporter of the Lester Center’s academic research over the years. The 2010 Global Entrepreneurship Week seeks to harness the power of entrepreneurship in young people and prepare them to be innovators, business owners and skilled workers through various initiatives, events and competitions.


GEW 2010 activities by the Lester Center in 2010 include:

 

The Intel+UC Berkeley Technology Entrepreneurship Challenge


The Lester Center will celebrate GEW with a program sponsored in collaboration with Intel Corporation: the 6th Annual Intel+UC Berkeley Technology Entrepreneurship Challenge (IBTEC).

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IBTEC partners with the best research institutions around the world and affiliates with regional business plan competitions to find the technologies and teams that can have the greatest impact. Nearly 30 teams will come to Berkeley November 16-18, 2010 to compete for up to $45,000 in prize money.    


The IBTEC Finals will be featured at the Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum on Thursday, November 18, 2010.

 



Entrepreneurial Best Practices Series Looks at Getting Your Story Straight

The Entrepreneurial Best Practices Series brings to UC Berkeley and the Haas School of Business the best practitioners from the Berkeley and Silicon Valley community to speak about the practical aspects of entrepreneurial activity.  On Tuesday, November 16, 2010, the series will feature David Riemer, founder of Box Out Industries, addressing the topic: Getting Your Story Straight. The session will be held in room 105 Stanley Hall, near the Haas School, from 6:30-8:30 PM.


Session description:

Behind every great new business idea is a story. Not every "creation story" is quite as dramatic as the story of Facebook's beginnings (as told in the hit movie, "The Social Network"), but they all have a story. Or at least they should.

One of the keys to creating something of value -- and building a successful business on top of it -- is developing a great story. In this talk, we'll look at the critical elements required for your story and why it's so important to focus your business around this story. A story that is well crafted -- and well understood -- will make your product significantly better, because your team will all be focused on all the right things. Having a clear story is also essential to help you inspire external audiences -- customers, employees, partners and investors. You'll need all of them on your side if you want to build something that makes a difference in the world.

 

The program starts with food and networking at 6:30pm. The presentation will open at 7 pm. There is no registration for this event. For more information about the Entrepreneurial Best Practices Series, call 510-642-4255 or email lester@haas.berkeley.edu.




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