Programs in Social Entrepreneurship

"Social AND fiscal responsibility" are terms Haas students live by. Haas students created not only the Global Social Venture Competition back in 2000, but they were also integral in establishing the Social Entrepreneurship course. "We envision a world in which every business values, generates, and accounts for social impact." That's what it's all about.

Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC)
Join GSVC as a club member your first year. Learn how to network with professionals, run a competition and learn about sustainable businesses. In your second year, join the competition as an entrant and work with a mentor to sharpen your business plan and then have professionals evaluate the plan.

Net Impact @ Haas
The club invites socially-minded business leaders to speak on campus, sponsors comunity service projects, coordinates a class on corporate social responsibility, maintains a database of Haas alums working in fields relevant

International Business Development Program sponsored by the Clausen Center. Take three weeks out of your summer after classes are over to work with a team of Berkeley MBA students to act as consultants to solve international business clients' problems.

Entrepreneurs Corner
Since 1996 the Lester Center has recruited successful Bay Area entrepreneurs as student mentors. They act as leaders, mentors and educators and hold scheduled office hours for students who need advice or help with their business ideas and career goals. Our mentors are successful Bay Area entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and lawyers who provide wisdom and guidance to UC Berkeley’s emerging entrepreneurs.

Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum
Check the Forum schedule for social-venture-oriented topics.

Entrepreneurial Best Practices Series
Check the Best Practices Series schedule for social-venture-oriented topics.

Life as an Entrepreneur Series
Check the Life as an Entrepreneur schedule for social-venture-oriented topics.

Stay Connected
Want to be informed about social venture and Entrepreneurship events? Sign up for the Lester Center mailing list, GSVC, and Net Impact through Campus Groups to automatically receive event emails.

Courses that support your interest in social entrepreneurship include:
MBA 294 Life as an Entrepreneur
MBA 294 Microfinance Speaker Series
MBA 295A Entrepreneurship & Innovation
MBA 292N Social Entrepreneurship
MBA 292T Social Investing: Recent Findings in Management and Finance
MBA 295I Entrepreneurship Workshop for Start-ups
MBA 257 Business Strategies for Emerging Markets

New for Undergraduates:
UGBA 195S: Entrepreneurship to Address Global Poverty

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