As Fall semester came to a close, student teams from entrepreneurship classes offered through the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology competed in the first annual Collider Cup. The event required participants to present their end-of-the year projects to real movers and shakers in the startup space, resulting in one Read more
For the first time ever, Berkeley-Haas Entrepreneurship (BHEP) and Berkeley’s IEOR department have joined forces to form an immersive and rigorous course, Lean Transfer (INDENG 290). This course consists of MBA students as well as M.Eng. students, undergraduates and visiting scholars. On November 29th, students in Lean Transfer presented their Read more
Designing Good Exits: It’s Not Just for Architects None of us would feel comfortable in a building where no thought had been given to how to exit the structure. A rushed and panicked egress would be dangerous, and no building has its first brick laid without viable exit paths being Read more
The Jacobs institute for Design Innovation is currently hiring for a tenure-track assistant professor position with a start date of July 2018. The position will work at the intersection of design and emerging technologies such as health and medical devices, smart and connected products, and bio-inspired design. Sutardja Center Faculty director Read more
The University of California, Berkeley has announced promising early results from a $2.2 million grant provided by the State of California. The grant has helped UC Berkeley, already a global hub for innovation, to expand its entrepreneurship activities with new facilities, courses and programs. “The funding adds fuel to the already Read more
This week at the Alternative Meat Lab, students presented their latest plant-based meat projects and welcomed new board members who will be donating their expert advice to assist the lab with domain-specific knowledge in an industry that is just getting started. The Alternative Meat Lab board members include: Ryan Bethencourt, Read more
Students in the A. Richard Newton Lecture Series attended a fireside chat with 500 Startups partner and Cal alum, Arjun Dev Arora. While Arora is an engineer by training, he developed a keen interest in the business of technology while at Berkeley, which has gone on to inform much of Read more
Students in the A. Richard Newton Lecture Series attended a fireside chat with the iconic Judy Estrin. Known for contribution to the development of Transmission Control Protocol — a system that is critical for the networking in the internet to happen — Estrin has founded multiple companies, served on the Read more
Steve Chen, founder of EchoLink, a credentials-verification blockchain project, has been appointed industry co-lead of the new Berkeley Blockchain Lab, a platform for students to gain real-world experience working with blockchain technology at the University of California, Berkeley. The Berkeley Blockchain Lab is an initiative of the Sutardja Center for Read more
At the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology, we welcome many international students to our programs. But what happens after graduation? Our thanks to SCET mentor Nadia Yakoob for contributing the article below to help students understand options for staying in the U.S. after graduation to build a startup, work, Read more