Entrepreneurs Forum

Best Practices Series

Entrepreneurial Best Practices Series

The Entrepreneurial Best Practices Series features practitioners from the UC Berkeley and Silicon Valley communities who come to Berkeley-Haas to speak about the practical aspects of entrepreneurial activity. The series is timed to match the academic year and also the startup competition season, particularly the UC Berkeley Startup Competition and the Global Social Venture Competition. Entrepreneurs from the UC Berkeley campus and the external community are encouraged to attend.

The presentation time is 7:00-8:30pm. Registration is required. Please see individual session pages for a registration link. For more information about the Entrepreneurial Best Practices Series, call 510-642-4255 or email lester@haas.berkeley.edu.

For previous years Best Practices Session information and video, please click here.

For 2010-2011 videos on YouTube, please click here.

Spring 2013 Best Practices Schedule

Rebecca Lynn

February 5, 2013

Secrets to the Successful Business Pitch:
Tips from VCs and Entrepreneurs

featuring Rebecca Lynn of Morgenthaler Ventures and
Layton Han of Adara Media.

Presentation available [PDF]

Barbara Adachi

February 20, 2013

Mentorship for Entrepreneurs

featuring Barbara Adachi, National Managing Director, Human Capital, Deloitte Consulting LLP

Presentation available [PDF]

Matt Kirmeyer

March 4, 2013

Entrepreneurial Best Practices Series: The Mean Streets and Back Alleys of Startups 2.0 – Let’s Socialize

featuring Matt Kirmayer of Lowenstean Sandler and other distinguished speakers

Tim Harris

March 19, 2013

Most Common Legal Mistakes of Entrepreneurs

featuring Tim Harris of Morrison & Foerster LLP

Presentation available [PDF]

Mark Reinstra

April 8, 2013

Financing: A Panel of Perspectives

featuring Mark Reinstra of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and other distinguished speakers

Fall 2012 Best Practices Schedule

Steve Hahn

October 3, 2012

Opportunity Recognition &
Startup Competitions Launch

featuring Steve Hahn, Craig Hashi, Mitch Gordon, and other distinguished speakers

October 22, 2012

Corporate Formation and
Building a Valuable IP Portfolio

featuring Brady Berg and James Cleary of Mintz Levin

[presentations available]

November 13, 2012

Getting Your Story Straight:
The Power of a Clear Product Narrative

featuring David Riemer of BoxOut Industries
[presentation available]

November 28, 2012

Benefit Corporations:
A New Model for Sustainable Capitalism

featuring Jonathan Storper of Hanson Bridgett LLP and other distinguished speakers

Presentation PDFs available:

Fyfe

Marcous

Rahim

Storper

2011-2012 Best Practices Schedule

	October 4, 2011 Opportunity Recognition & Business Plan Competitions Launch featuring Brooks Kincaid, Jennifer Toney, and other distinguished entrepreneurs [program: video and presentations available]
	October 25, 2011 *Intellectual Property for Entrepreneurs* featuring George Willman and other IP Experts [program]
	Rescheduled: November 30, 2011 *Marketing for Early Stage Startups* featuring Patrick Crane [program] [presentation pdf]
	December 5, 2011 *Cross-Functional Collaboration for the Greatest Impact* featuring Wes Selke (MBA 07) of Hub Ventures [program]
	December 6, 2011 *Turning Your Idea Into a Business - Business Modeling for Entrepreneurs* featuring Alex DeWinter (MBA 09) of Mohr Davidow Ventures [program] [presentation pdf]
	February 15, 2012 *Financial Modeling/Management* featuring Brian Goncher of Deloitte Services [Presentation PDF] [Financial Modeling Spreadsheet]
	February 28, 2012 Secrets to the Successful Business Pitch: Tips from VCs and Angels featuring Rebecca Lynn (MBA/JD 08) of Morgenthaler Ventures [presentation pdf available] [handout available]
	March 21, 2012 *Legal Issues Facing Early Stage Companies* featuring Timothy Harris of Morrison & Foerster LLP [Presentation PDF available]
	April 11, 2012 The Back Alleys and Mean Streets of Launching a Startup featuring Matt Kirmayer of Lowenstein Sandler LLP

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