Entrepreneurial Leaders

We believe in recognizing outstanding individuals for their contributions to entrepreneurial education, business, and society as a whole in helping inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs.

• Successful Entrepreneurs from Haas and Berkeley
  
  
• Community Leaders: the Lifetime Achievement Award
  
  
• Teaching Excellence: Holton Teaching Fellowships
  
  
• Profiles of our Professional Faculty
  
  
• Profiles of our Expert Mentors
  
  
• Supporting Entrepreneurs: Our Professional Volunteers
  
  
• Supporting our Programs: Lester Center Sponsors
  
  
• Student Leaders:
  • Gloria W. Appel Award
  • Haas Venture Fellows
  • Maxwell Fellows
    
  • Mayfield Fellows
    
  • Larson Scholarship
    
    
• Student Clubs
  

Successful Entrepreneurs from Haas and Berkeley

The Lester Center acknowledges the success of entrepreneurs from Haas and Berkeley in its Profiles of Successful Entrepreneurs - click on a link to learn more:

Community Leaders: the Lifetime Achievement Award

The center recognizes outstanding entrepreneurial leaders through its Lifetime Achievement Award. The Lifetime Achievement award was created to recognize accomplishments of the very special people who have created a track record of innovative entrepreneurial success. (more)

2009 Recipient: Vinod Khosla

Teaching Excellence:
Richard H. Holton Teaching Fellowships

The Lester Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation is proud to administer the Richard H. Holton Teaching Fellows award each year.  This award was established in 2006, with support from Leo Helzel, in recognition of the former Haas Dean and his pioneering efforts not only in teaching entrepreneurship but in bringing experts from the community into the classroom. The selection of a Richard H. Holton Teaching Fellow recognizes the generous contributions of time and talent of a member of our community who has consistently participated in our classrooms, enriching the education of our students and enlivening the academic discourse with their expertise and real world experience. 

Nominations for Holton Teaching Fellows are solicited from Haas faculty members in the spring, and Fellows are recognized at the Lester Center Annual Dinner in May.

2012 Recipients:

Chuck Teller	Tim Harris

2011 Recipients:
Steve Gertz

Andy Laszlo

2010 Recipients:
Todd Morill

George Willman

Past recipients:

2006
Rick Cronk, Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream
Harris Zimmerman, Zimmerman & Cronen
Greg Bonfiglio, Anthem Venture Partners
Bill Sherman, Morrison & Foerster
Jay Clemens, eBay
Cliff Higgerson, ComVentures
Jim Hornthal, CMEA
Sam Colella, IVP/Versant Ventures
Fred Dotzler, Meicus Partners
Peter Goettner, Digital Think

2007
Arthur Shartsis, Shartsis Friese
Hon. James Kelinberg, Santa Clara County Superior Court
Kevin Brown (MBA 96)
Andre Marquis (MBA 96)
John Hanke (MBA 96), Keyhole (now Google Earth)

2008
John Millar (MBA 99)

2009

Noah Doyle (MBA 96)
Layton Han (MBA 97)
David Hartford
Dan Kihanya (MBA 96)
Steve Markowitz (MBA 96)
David Riemer

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