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| − | == Student Groups On Campus == | + | == Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship == |
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| − | | + | The University of California, Berkeley is leading the forefront in student innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) in higher education. Students have the options to pursue I&E classes through the Saturdja Center, or develop their own ventures with the support of The House, Skydeck and various startup competitions led by the Haas School of Business. These various resources have encouraged collaboration between cross-disciplines from students and faculty. |
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| + | Since 2005, the Saturdja Center for Entrepreneurship & Tech (SCET) has pioneered the the practice of technology-focused innovation and entrepreneurship. Every year, students from diverse backgrounds participate in application-based classes offered by the SCET. These classes first start with awareness through the Newton Lecture Series and the Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship Bootcamp (BMOE). Top executives from small startups to big companies share their entrepreneurial journey in the Lecture Series, and the BMOE provides students the opportunity to pitch and create their own in startup in one-week! That awarness is then chanelled to theory and practice through semester collider projects, challenges labs, & skills development courses. The goal of the SCET is to guide students to develop an entrepreneurial mindset to launch their startup in or after college. |
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| − | | + | If a student decides to launch their startup while in college, they can reach out to The House and Skydeck for initial seed funding. The House also provides a workspace for aspiring entrepreneurs to collaborate and innovate together. Similar to The House, Skydeck is UC Berkeley's primary startup accelerator. Skydeck was founded on a partnership between the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, the College of Engineering and the Haas School of Business, with the goal of bringing students from multidisciplinary backgrounds transform their discoveries into startup ventures. |
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| − | <u>Website URL</u>: [http://dec.berkeley.edu/ http://dec.berkeley.edu/]
| + | UC Berkeley is ranked as the "#2 university worldwide for producing venture-backed entrepreneurs" (Skydeck). This is possible because of the campus's commitment to bringing diverse students together in the classroom and spaces of collaboration, creating their own curriculum for entrepreneurship & tech through the Saturdja Center, and funding student ideas into scaleable businesses. |
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| + | == Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship == |
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| − | <u>Description</u>: The Design Engineering Collaborative aims to tap into Berkeley's vast human resource pool through the implementation of an open design center. Within the framework of a highly creative approach to innovation and design, the collaborative serves as a launch pad for ideas and creativity outside of the everyday classroom environment.
| + | Faculty innovation and entrepreneurship is seen both inside and outside the classroom. The faculty in the College of Letters & Science (L&S) collaborated with the Berkeley-Haas Entrepreneurship Program to guide students to turn their ideas into scaleable ventures. This is seen through interactive courses like the L&S 5 and L&S 105, where entrepreneurs share their experiences on what it means to be an "entrepreneur". By connecting humanities with business, students and faculty from non-traditional entrepreneurial backgrounds are gaining the opportunity to understand what it means to start a venture. |
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| − | | + | Outside of the classroom, the campus partners with various industries to ideate, inspire and invent new forms of technologies. For example, Berkeley launched RISElab (Real-time Intelligence with Secure Execution), sponsored by IBM, Intel, GE Digital, and more, to bring together faculty and students to explore and innovate Big Data analytics. The Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) fosters collaboration between the computer science, statistics and applied math departments between faculty and students to lead the data science revolution. Both RISElab and BIDS are just two of the many industry alliance programs that connect faculty, students and companies to cultivate faculty innovation and entrepreneurship. |
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| − | <u>Link to PROTOTYPE / BETA Collaborative Bug List</u>:
| + | == Actively supporting the university technology transfer function == |
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| + | Berkeley is a hub of entrepreneur and innovator opportunities for its students. Numerous resources connect aspiring students to professors, companies, and investors in the area. These resources include 'the House', AMPLab, Berkeley IP and Technology Transfer, Signature Innovation Fellow, Berkeley Angel Network, SkyDeck, Citirus Foundry, and many more. All these programs are connected with faculties in specific schools like SkyDeck is with the Haas School of Business. They are connected to huge companies like AMPLab is with companies such as Google, Amazon, Facebook, IBM, etc. They are also connected with everything ranging from angel investors, venture capitalist, professors, and startups. Berkeley has plenty of resources available to its students. Citirus Foundry for example, is an accelerator for founders building transformative technology companies. They invest and help found tech startups and startup idea from a select group of University of California students. |
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| + | == Facilitating university-industry collaboration == |
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| + | University research and innovation is the pinnacle of change and development that is constantly occuring on campus. These developments are doing more than just reaching the sphere of of the university itself: it connects students and professors with businesses and industries outside of campus, opening up the sphere of change and opportunities to a wider network of people. Research and innovation are currently a huge benefit for businesses and industries all throughout the nations. As technology expands and new research emerges, universities are forced to keep up with current trends and therefore, are constantly searching for opportunities in which they are able to connect new emerging concepts and ideas with their own research as well as student education. In order to accomplish this, universities are starting to open up new spaces for students as well as new startups and are trying to make their faculty more reachable and accessible. They also have implemented different programs in order to partner with students and different companies in order to offer students internships and other opportunities to expand their learning while staying in touch with university research. |
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| − | *'''ATT''': [https://attcodingchallenge.att.com/ https://attcodingchallenge.att.com/]
| + | The University of California, Berkeley is a prime example of a university that has been facilitating university-industry collaboration through their programs and facilities made available to students. The university has created a multitude of spaces for students and other aspiring startups to utilize including technology, industrial park, manufacturing, and wet lab space. One such example of a program on campus is the QB3 incubator network, which offers up 2 incubator spaces for biotech startup companies looking to jumpstart their new technologies by laying down the groundwork for their upcoming companies. The university also has opportunities for students to connect with alumni and faculty in order to promote entrepreneurship and innovation throughout the campus. One example of this the Berkeley Angel network, which connects students with alumni and former faculty in order to acquire angel investors for student startup ideas. This is an incredible way to create a community of people aspiring to be entrepreneurs in their communities as well as creating a network for them to assist them in their journey. Lastly, the university also offers many mentoring, advisory or business networks for their students to create a supportive environment that fosters the growth of their students. One program is VC connect which involves students, network entrepreneurs, and the VC/angel investor community. This VC connect program connects student innovations with Bay Area VCs in order to establish and form connections between students and investor communities. Another such community that provides a business network on campus is Computer Science Graduate Entrepreneurs. This group is focused on creating a space for graduate students, alumni, and faculty of the Computer Science department to connect with one another and share ideas and common interests and therefore work together towards a common goal. The goal of this group is to create influential startups and companies with the aid of fellow graduates. They accomplish this by communication of goals, transferring of information about ideas, experiences, and connections with each new generation of people that are accepted into this group. Lastly, another program that provides advisory opportunities for students is the Haas Venture Fellows. This group aims to connect students with a wide alumni network within the Haas school of business that has contacts in the entrepreneurial world that would help students establish themselves after graduating from the university. It also provides an opportunity for students to learn hands-on what being a Venture Capitalist entitles and the responsibilities that come with it. It also gives VCs a way to keep in touch with the innovation and new ideas that are constantly being put-forth by the creative students that come from the university. |
| − | **<u>Project Lead</u>: Corbin Halliwill → corbin.halliwill@berkeley.edu
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| − | **<u>Project Description</u>: The AT&T Coding Challenge is your chance to design and build an Android-based application using AT&T’s industry leading APIs. The theme for the challenge will support the “It Can Wait” campaign. '''What creative app can you dream up that will entice people to stop texting and driving?''' Let your creativity and imagination flow! Five winning teams will be rewarded with '''cash awards.'''
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| − | *'''Microsoft''': [https://www.mindsumo.com/contests/create-new-real-world-applications-of-microsoft-kinect-technology https://www.mindsumo.com/contests/create-new-real-world-applications-of-microsoft-kinect-technology]
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| − | **<u>Project Lead</u>: Adam Eastman → [mailto:aeastman26@gmail.com aeastman26@gmail.com]
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| − | **<u>Project Background Information</u>: The Kinect is one of the most innovative technologies to be released in the past 5 years. If you don't already know, Kinect is a motion sensing input device by Microsoft for the Xbox 360 video game console and Windows PCs. It was the "fastest selling consumer electronics device", selling a total of 8 million units in its first 60 days.
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| − | ***Many of the early applications of Kinect used voice and gesture recognition for gaming experiences. However, as Kinect becomes more mature, the market has recognized hundreds of new areas where the hardware's motion sensor technology can be revolutionary. Third parties have already used human gestures and Kinect to control robots, manipulate web browsers, or even play a virtual piano.
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| − | **<u>Project Deliverables</u>: Explore new experiences that you can create using the Kinect. Then, submit ONE of the following:
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| − | ***An explanation of your application and the user experience. Visuals are highly encouraged! Write your description in the text field and upload helpful images/drawings. Powerpoint is also a great option.
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| − | ***A design document describing the architecture of your proposed application. Include high-level code samples to explain your architecture (Applications can be built in C++/CLI, C#, or Visual Basic .NET). For additional info, take a look at the [http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/kinectforwindows/develop/overview.aspx Kinect SDK].
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| − | *'''Green Peace Challenge'''
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| − | **[http://greenpeacechallenge.jovoto.com/ http://greenpeacechallenge.jovoto.com/]
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| − | **<u>Project Lead</u>: ???
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| − | **<u>Deadline</u>: November 15th
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| − | **<u>Note</u>: Adam sent email to Ralph King about getting Extreme By Design movie to be shown on campus… waiting for response
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| − | *'''GE Flight Quest Challenge'''
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| − | **[http://www.gequest.com/c/flight2 http://www.gequest.com/c/flight2]
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| − | **<u>Project Lead</u>: ???
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| − | **<u>Deadline</u>: Wednesday, September 25th, 2013 -- Milestone entry deadline
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| − | *'''Global Multi-core Challenge'''
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| − | **<u>Project Lead</u>: ???
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| − | **<u>Deadline</u>: November 30th
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| − | **<u>Register</u>: [http://my.berkeley.edu/site/R?i=d5r_A-jubP5d6DPu8AudRQ here]
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| − | **<u>Description</u>: This is a bare metal programming contest for any undergrad, with cash prizes to design a fast sorting algorithm using C/C++ on a multi-core simulator. First and second prizes total $7448 (plus, we have a 2nd contest to explain the rationale for that amount!). We offer sample code, instructional materials and online seminars to give inexperienced students a running start.
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| − | **<u>Webinar to orient students to the Challenge</u>: September 12th @ 10-11am PDT
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| − | ***The link for the Sept 12webinar is [http://my.berkeley.edu/site/R?i=Zy8MIrNzRKr1ScBZqVhMOw here]
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| − | *'''Disney Imagineering Challenge'''
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| − | **<u>Project Lead</u>: ???
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| − | **<u>Deadline</u>: October 15th
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| − | **<u>Register</u>: [https://disneyimaginations.com/ https://disneyimaginations.com/]
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| − | **<u>Description</u>: There are many wonderful urban environments around the world where millions of people live, work and play every day. Select a large and densely populated urban area, and '''design an experience that temporarily or permanently transforms the city for the enjoyment of its citizens and visitors.''' The experience must take advantage of existing infrastructure, and may be above, below or anywhere in between existing development.
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| + | Because the University is hands-on with student learning in innovation and research by creating multiple programs for students, faculty, and alumni, we have concluded that it does its part to facilitate university and industry innovation. |
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| + | == Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts == |
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| − | <u>President</u>: Jared Karp → [mailto:jaredkarp10@gmail.com jaredkarp10@gmail.com]
| + | Various programs on campus are participating in regional and local economic development efforts to grow the culture of entrepreneurship and innovation on campus. The Berkeley Angel Network brings together angel investors, UC Berkeley faculty and alumni to help scale startups started by students. These students are connected to a huge network of mentors to guide them in their business model canvas, team synergy and execution of their strategies. Similar to the Berkeley Angel Network, there are numerous accelerators on campus that transform startups into fundable businesses. Launch brings in UC Berkeley faculty and serial-entrepreneur mentors to connect student entrepreneurs to working professionals, develop their MVPs, and gain initial funding. If students are looking for biotech accelerators, the QB3-CLSA Accelerator helps their members with research and commercializing their products. These Accelerator programs are opportunities for students to gain the support and space to scale their startups. |
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| − | <u>Space Captain</u>: Nicolai Doreng-Stearns → [mailto:nicolaidorengstearns@gmail.com nicolaidorengstearns@gmail.com]
| + | Outside of network and mentorship, Berkeley provides numerous opportunities for seed funding including the Berkeley-Haas Dean's Startup Seed Fund and the House fund. The House Fund was started by a Berkeley student because he realized that there are limited programs on campus that invest in student discoveries. Not only do they provide initial funding, but they also provide a collaborative environment for student-entrepreneurs to work with their teams. From networking to seed funding, UC Berkeley is transforming the way students develop their startups into successful ventures. |
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| − | *^ = who to contact for reserving the SHED AKA Bridges Lounge in Bechtel
| + | == Related Links == |
| − | *for reserving the SHED also refer to [http://esc.berkeley.edu/facilities.html http://esc.berkeley.edu/facilities.html]
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| + | [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley_Student_Priorities#Related_Links University of California, Berkeley Student Priorities] |
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| + | === University Innovation Fellows === |
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| − | <u>EWB (Engineers Without Borders) Information</u> | + | ==== <u>Spring 2017</u> ==== |
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| + | [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Precious_Listana Precious Listana] |
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| − | <u>Website URL</u>: [http://ewb.berkeley.edu/ http://ewb.berkeley.edu/]
| + | [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alexander_Kamgar Alex Kamgar] |
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| + | [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Sydney_Zachariah#Biography Sydney Zachariah] |
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| + | [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_Zamora James Zamora] |
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| + | ==== <u>Fall 2013</u> ==== |
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| − | EWB-UC Berkeley works under EWB-National. Within EWB-UC Berkeley there exists the Peru Team and the Executive Office. The Executive Office handles executive responsibilities such as financial issues and the Peru Team handles the project. Within the Peru Team itself exist "component" teams such as Coagulation. These teams do not compete against each other but instead work together to meet the goals of the respective communities we are working with.
| + | [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jared_Karp Jared Karp] |
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| + | Adam Eastman |
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| − | Powerpoint that was presented at the general meeting that gives some details about the organization and project:
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| − | [https://docs.google.com/file/d/1UPKYMOsp4dBI7UCYfHcEAFIuHiWJvWvcN3n9X9PrZ_RISrwGJQvjnM5PPH-V/edit https://docs.google.com/file/d/1UPKYMOsp4dBI7UCYfHcEAFIuHiWJvWvcN3n9X9PrZ_RISrwGJQvjnM5PPH-V/edit]
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| − | <u>Rainwater</u>: In charge of researching and designing systems that catch water in order to provide for large amounts of community members.
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| − | <u>Coagulation</u>: In charge of researching and designing coagulation systems that uses a simple iron matrix to separate arsenic in the water to levels safe to consume.
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| − | <u>Education</u>: Designs education materials for adults and children relating to our project, organization, health and is the backbone of how EWB communicates with the communities involved.
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| − | <u>Translation</u>: This team serves under education and is in charge of translating documents and education materials to the native language of the community (Spanish Speakers are desired)
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| − | <u>Tres Vasijas (Filter)</u>: In charge of designing filters to filter water with high amounts of arsenic while at the same time build a filter that is small enough to fit in individual homes in the community.
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| − | <u>Contact Info</u>: Joshua - EWB Secretary - [mailto:hernandezjo147@gmail.com hernandezjo147@gmail.com]
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| − | <u>Website URL</u>: [http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~binnov/ http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~binnov/]
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| − | <u>Description</u>: We're an undergraduate human-centered design group at the UC Berkeley. Our members come from a wide range of disciplines, but share a love of design thinking and innovation.
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| − | *One Soap Per Child
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| − | <u>Design & Innovation Strategy Club (DISC)</u>
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| − | <u>Website URL</u>: [http://haas.campusgroups.com/disc/about/ http://haas.campusgroups.com/disc/about/]
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| − | *DISC is a student run organization that provides opportunities for students to explore how design-thinking skills fit into the larger business context and how business skills fit into the design world. Our goal is to build a collaborative community that will enable students to develop relevant skill-sets and leadership approaches to solve today’s increasingly complex problems.
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| − | *DISC strives to engage individuals from across the spectrum of the design and innovation community, including students, faculty, Haas alumni, industry professionals, consultants and non-profit groups. This diversity of perspectives and experiences is the foundation for a vibrant network of people passionate about the design thinking discipline and its many applications.
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| − | *Through a wide range of experiential opportunities, club members meet with, learn from, and work alongside breakthrough design thinkers. These activities typically include company visits, guest lectures, workshops, and ongoing education. Every event is focused on reinforcing fundamental design thinking tools and concepts that can in turn be applied to any industry, community, and/or career.
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| − | <u>Website URL</u>: [http://designforamerica.com/ http://designforamerica.com/]
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| − | Design for America (DFA) is an award-winning nationwide network of interdisciplinary student teams and community members using design to create local and social impact. We teach human centered design to young adults and collaborating community partners through extra-curricular, university based, student led design studios tackling national challenges in Education, Health, Economy and Environment. Founded at Northwestern University in 2009 they now have studios all over the country within universities such as Stanford, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Yale and more with over 2,000 students in our network and 350 core team members. DFA is a pipeline of innovators, change makers, and social entrepreneurs. This year, two of their start-ups SwipeSense and Jerry the Bear have gone on to raise nearly $1.5 million in start-up capital, with more projects in the pipeline ready to make an impact. DFA, their students, and projects have been featured in publications such as the cover of Fast Company, Oprah Magazine, Inc Magazine, Forbes, the Chicago Tribune, Harvard Business Review and more.
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| − | <u>Description</u>: The Berkeley Group uses innovative ideas, academic training, and passion to enable nonprofit organizations to achieve their missions and create a better world - one nonprofit at a time. Our values include passion - a shared dedication to our client and social change, professionalism - displayed through quality projects with high professional standards, and initiative - taking individual action and collaborating as an organization.
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| − | <u>Innovative Design</u> [graphic design]
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| − | <u>Description</u>: Innovative Design is a family of graphic designers and photographers at the University of California, Berkeley. We are creative individuals who are continuously evolving by collaborating, inspiring and educating one another. It is through our different artistic tools and talents that we are able to create novel photography and designs for our peers and professional clients.
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| − | *ReUSE makes donated reusable items available on campus through mini ReUSE stations. These stations are either bookshelves, cabinets, or old phone booths located in various buildings, and are stocked with office supplies and other materials. The campus community can take anything for free, and can donate materials that are in good condition and are reusable. See “Procedures” on website for details.
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| − | *<u>Launch</u>: The lab promotes turning concepts and ideas into new ventures by offering work space for the Foundry business incubator
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| − | **Mila MacBain
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| − | **[mailto:mmacbain@eecs.berkeley.edu mmacbain@eecs.berkeley.edu]
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| − | **510-642-6239
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| − | *Research, Sponsorship, & Membership
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| − | **Ken Lutz
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| − | ''Mechanical Engineering Department''
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| − | *We identify new ways to serve and support people by uncovering latent needs, behaviors, and desires.
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| − | *We envision new companies and brands, and we design the products, services, spaces, and interactive experiences that bring them to life.
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| − | *We help organizations build creative culture and the internal systems required to sustain innovation and launch new ventures.
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Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship
The University of California, Berkeley is leading the forefront in student innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) in higher education. Students have the options to pursue I&E classes through the Saturdja Center, or develop their own ventures with the support of The House, Skydeck and various startup competitions led by the Haas School of Business. These various resources have encouraged collaboration between cross-disciplines from students and faculty.
Since 2005, the Saturdja Center for Entrepreneurship & Tech (SCET) has pioneered the the practice of technology-focused innovation and entrepreneurship. Every year, students from diverse backgrounds participate in application-based classes offered by the SCET. These classes first start with awareness through the Newton Lecture Series and the Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship Bootcamp (BMOE). Top executives from small startups to big companies share their entrepreneurial journey in the Lecture Series, and the BMOE provides students the opportunity to pitch and create their own in startup in one-week! That awarness is then chanelled to theory and practice through semester collider projects, challenges labs, & skills development courses. The goal of the SCET is to guide students to develop an entrepreneurial mindset to launch their startup in or after college.
If a student decides to launch their startup while in college, they can reach out to The House and Skydeck for initial seed funding. The House also provides a workspace for aspiring entrepreneurs to collaborate and innovate together. Similar to The House, Skydeck is UC Berkeley's primary startup accelerator. Skydeck was founded on a partnership between the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, the College of Engineering and the Haas School of Business, with the goal of bringing students from multidisciplinary backgrounds transform their discoveries into startup ventures.
UC Berkeley is ranked as the "#2 university worldwide for producing venture-backed entrepreneurs" (Skydeck). This is possible because of the campus's commitment to bringing diverse students together in the classroom and spaces of collaboration, creating their own curriculum for entrepreneurship & tech through the Saturdja Center, and funding student ideas into scaleable businesses.
Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Faculty innovation and entrepreneurship is seen both inside and outside the classroom. The faculty in the College of Letters & Science (L&S) collaborated with the Berkeley-Haas Entrepreneurship Program to guide students to turn their ideas into scaleable ventures. This is seen through interactive courses like the L&S 5 and L&S 105, where entrepreneurs share their experiences on what it means to be an "entrepreneur". By connecting humanities with business, students and faculty from non-traditional entrepreneurial backgrounds are gaining the opportunity to understand what it means to start a venture.
Outside of the classroom, the campus partners with various industries to ideate, inspire and invent new forms of technologies. For example, Berkeley launched RISElab (Real-time Intelligence with Secure Execution), sponsored by IBM, Intel, GE Digital, and more, to bring together faculty and students to explore and innovate Big Data analytics. The Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) fosters collaboration between the computer science, statistics and applied math departments between faculty and students to lead the data science revolution. Both RISElab and BIDS are just two of the many industry alliance programs that connect faculty, students and companies to cultivate faculty innovation and entrepreneurship.
Actively supporting the university technology transfer function
Berkeley is a hub of entrepreneur and innovator opportunities for its students. Numerous resources connect aspiring students to professors, companies, and investors in the area. These resources include 'the House', AMPLab, Berkeley IP and Technology Transfer, Signature Innovation Fellow, Berkeley Angel Network, SkyDeck, Citirus Foundry, and many more. All these programs are connected with faculties in specific schools like SkyDeck is with the Haas School of Business. They are connected to huge companies like AMPLab is with companies such as Google, Amazon, Facebook, IBM, etc. They are also connected with everything ranging from angel investors, venture capitalist, professors, and startups. Berkeley has plenty of resources available to its students. Citirus Foundry for example, is an accelerator for founders building transformative technology companies. They invest and help found tech startups and startup idea from a select group of University of California students.
Facilitating university-industry collaboration
University research and innovation is the pinnacle of change and development that is constantly occuring on campus. These developments are doing more than just reaching the sphere of of the university itself: it connects students and professors with businesses and industries outside of campus, opening up the sphere of change and opportunities to a wider network of people. Research and innovation are currently a huge benefit for businesses and industries all throughout the nations. As technology expands and new research emerges, universities are forced to keep up with current trends and therefore, are constantly searching for opportunities in which they are able to connect new emerging concepts and ideas with their own research as well as student education. In order to accomplish this, universities are starting to open up new spaces for students as well as new startups and are trying to make their faculty more reachable and accessible. They also have implemented different programs in order to partner with students and different companies in order to offer students internships and other opportunities to expand their learning while staying in touch with university research.
The University of California, Berkeley is a prime example of a university that has been facilitating university-industry collaboration through their programs and facilities made available to students. The university has created a multitude of spaces for students and other aspiring startups to utilize including technology, industrial park, manufacturing, and wet lab space. One such example of a program on campus is the QB3 incubator network, which offers up 2 incubator spaces for biotech startup companies looking to jumpstart their new technologies by laying down the groundwork for their upcoming companies. The university also has opportunities for students to connect with alumni and faculty in order to promote entrepreneurship and innovation throughout the campus. One example of this the Berkeley Angel network, which connects students with alumni and former faculty in order to acquire angel investors for student startup ideas. This is an incredible way to create a community of people aspiring to be entrepreneurs in their communities as well as creating a network for them to assist them in their journey. Lastly, the university also offers many mentoring, advisory or business networks for their students to create a supportive environment that fosters the growth of their students. One program is VC connect which involves students, network entrepreneurs, and the VC/angel investor community. This VC connect program connects student innovations with Bay Area VCs in order to establish and form connections between students and investor communities. Another such community that provides a business network on campus is Computer Science Graduate Entrepreneurs. This group is focused on creating a space for graduate students, alumni, and faculty of the Computer Science department to connect with one another and share ideas and common interests and therefore work together towards a common goal. The goal of this group is to create influential startups and companies with the aid of fellow graduates. They accomplish this by communication of goals, transferring of information about ideas, experiences, and connections with each new generation of people that are accepted into this group. Lastly, another program that provides advisory opportunities for students is the Haas Venture Fellows. This group aims to connect students with a wide alumni network within the Haas school of business that has contacts in the entrepreneurial world that would help students establish themselves after graduating from the university. It also provides an opportunity for students to learn hands-on what being a Venture Capitalist entitles and the responsibilities that come with it. It also gives VCs a way to keep in touch with the innovation and new ideas that are constantly being put-forth by the creative students that come from the university.
Because the University is hands-on with student learning in innovation and research by creating multiple programs for students, faculty, and alumni, we have concluded that it does its part to facilitate university and industry innovation.
Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts
Various programs on campus are participating in regional and local economic development efforts to grow the culture of entrepreneurship and innovation on campus. The Berkeley Angel Network brings together angel investors, UC Berkeley faculty and alumni to help scale startups started by students. These students are connected to a huge network of mentors to guide them in their business model canvas, team synergy and execution of their strategies. Similar to the Berkeley Angel Network, there are numerous accelerators on campus that transform startups into fundable businesses. Launch brings in UC Berkeley faculty and serial-entrepreneur mentors to connect student entrepreneurs to working professionals, develop their MVPs, and gain initial funding. If students are looking for biotech accelerators, the QB3-CLSA Accelerator helps their members with research and commercializing their products. These Accelerator programs are opportunities for students to gain the support and space to scale their startups.
Outside of network and mentorship, Berkeley provides numerous opportunities for seed funding including the Berkeley-Haas Dean's Startup Seed Fund and the House fund. The House Fund was started by a Berkeley student because he realized that there are limited programs on campus that invest in student discoveries. Not only do they provide initial funding, but they also provide a collaborative environment for student-entrepreneurs to work with their teams. From networking to seed funding, UC Berkeley is transforming the way students develop their startups into successful ventures.
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