Resources and Programs for Entrepreneurs & Community
Gathered here are resources both on the UC Berkeley campus and in the general San Francisco Bay area for entrepreneurs and those who are considering an entrepreneurial career. They range from seminars to governmental organizations to the names of good books that allow you to build your own “course” in entrepreneurship:
Programs
- Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum
- Entrepreneurial Best Practices Series
- Newton Distinguished Innovator Lecture Series/Life as an Entrepreneur Series
- Executive Education
- Video Library
Reference
- Lester Center Reading List
- Bay Area Organizations
- Bay Area Incubators
- Entrepreneurial On-Line Columns and Blogs
The Lester Center sponsors three speaker
series open to members of the community as well as students,
faculty and staff at UC Berkeley:
The UC Berkeley Entrepreneurs
Forum is a monthly presentation during the academic year
that features a networking hour followed by a presentation
on a topic of interest to entrepreneurs, venture capitalists
and members of supporting professional organizations. There
is a fee for this program, and annual memberships are available.
(Selected presentations are available for on-line viewing
6-8 weeks after the original event. See the Video
Library.)
The Entrepreneurial
Best Practices Series has been designed to help entrants
to the UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition and the Global
Social Venture Competition develop their business plan. However,
its highly practical sessions are also open to the general
public at no cost. There are no reservations and seats are
on a first come, first seated basis.
The A. Richard Newton Distinguished Innovator Lecture Series/Life as an Entrepreneur Series is held Tuesday evenings at 5 PM, featuring distinguished entrepreneurs from organizations at various stages of development and representing a broad range of industries. Entrepreneurs will talk about how their organizations were created and share the lessons they learned.
The Lester Center makes selected videos of sponsored events
available for on-line viewing through its Video
Library.
The Lester Center also works with the Berkeley Entrepreneurship Laboratory to create a nuturing atmosphere for start-up companies created
by current and recent UC Berkeley students.
On the General
Resources page, you’ll find contact information
for the local Small Business Development Centers, “incubators”
that house special services for start-up companies, and the
Lester Center’s Recommended Reading List. We’re
also starting a list of relevant on-line columns and blogs.
If you have a candidate that is kept timely, let us know.
The Lester Center has teamed with the
Haas School's Center for Executive Education to create programs
that introduce our concepts of entrepreneurship and venture
capital to the business community.
The Venture
Capital Executive Program is a one week course designed
for investment professionals, economic policy advisors, and
entrepreneurs striving to gain advanced, results-oriented
training in the venture capital process.
VCEP Class of 2009
The Lester Center has collaborated
with the Center for Open Innovation to create a one week course
on Open
Innovation and Corporate Entrepreneurship that is presented
through the Center for Executive Development.
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