Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Infobox_University
name = The Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
established = 1991
city = Berkeley
state = California
country = USA
website = [http://entrepreneurship.berkeley.edu/ http://entrepreneurship.berkeley.edu] The Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is the primary locus at the University of California, Berkeley, for the study and promotion of entrepreneurship and innovation in management and new enterprise development. [cite web |url=http://entrepreneurship.berkeley.edu |title=Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation |publisher=University of California, Berkeley, Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation |accessdate=2008-06-06]

The Lester Center supports a broad array of experiential learning and extra curricular activities for Berkeley students interested in entrepreneurship and innovation. The Center also provides support for academic research and entrepreneurial curriculum development across the University. It is also a major focal point for entrepreneurial activities in the greater San Francisco Bay area.

The Lester Center is located in the Faculty Building of the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.

Programs

Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum

UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition

Global Social Venture Competition

The Intel + Berkeley Technology Entrepreneurship Challenge

Venture Capital Investment Competition

Entrepreneurs Association

= History [cite web |url=http://entrepreneurship.berkeley.edu/about.asp |title=About Us |publisher=University of California, Berkeley, Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation |accessdate=2008-06-06] =

The Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation was founded in 1991 through a gift from W. Howard Lester, Chairman of Williams-Sonoma, Inc., and is the primary focus for the study and promotion of entrepreneurship and innovation in management and new enterprise development at UC Berkeley.

The Lester Center
* fosters teaching of successful entrepreneurship and innovation,
* encourages Berkeley students in the creation of new businesses,
* creates and disseminates knowledge on entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial finance to the business and university communities,
* facilitates interaction between the entrepreneurial community and the university.

The center's constituency beyond the university consists of the founders, owners, and managers of innovative and high-growth companies, their investors and advisers, and young entrepreneurs. Within the university, it is an interdisciplinary, campuswide research center with public programs designed to be a resource to the campus and beyond. Over the years, students and faculty, especially those in business, engineering, computer science, law, and the biosciences, have led in developing the center's programs.

= Faculty [cite web |url=http://entrepreneurship.berkeley.edu/faculty.asp |title=Faculty |publisher=University of California, Berkeley, Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation |accessdate=2008-06-06] =

MBA Faculty and Courses Taught

* Wendy Adams: Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology

* John Altman: Entrepreneurship & Innovation

* Steve Blank: Entrepreneurship & Innovation

* David Charron
** Entrepreneurship & Innovation
** Entrepreneurship Workshop for Start-Ups
** Life as an Entrepreneur
** Business Model Innovation for New Ventures

* Henry Chesbrough: Managing Innovation & Change

* Mark Coopersmith: Entrepreneurship & Innovation

* John Danner
** Entrepreneurship & Innovation
** Entrepreneurship Workshop for Start-Ups
** Business Model Innovation for New Ventures

* Jerome Engel
** Entrepreneurship & Innovation
** Venture Capital & Private Equity

* Sean Foote
** Venture Capital & Private Equity
** Microfinance Speaker Series

* Jack Fuchs: Entrepreneurship & Innovation

* Steve Gertz: Entrepreneurship & Innovation

* Randy Haykin: New Venture Finance

* Russell Holdstein: Case Studies in Entrepreneurship

* Andrew Isaacs
** Marketing for High Tech Entrepreneurs
** Opportunity Recognition: Technology & Entrepreneruship in Silicon Valley

* Larry Lasky: Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology

* Kellie McElhaney: Social Entrepreneurship Speakers Series

* Rob Majteles
** Entrepreneurship & Innovation
** Entrepreneurial Investing in Later Stage Tech Companies

* Todd Morrill
** Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology
** Entrepreneurship & Innovation

* Noel Nellis:Top Down Law

* Maura O’Neill
** Entrepreneurship & Innovation
** New Venture Finance

* Terry Opdendyk: Venture Capital & Private Equity

* Mario Rosati: New Venture Finance

* Will Rosenzweig: Social Venture Development

* Ronald Star: Entrepreneurship & Innovation

* Naeem Zafar: Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Undergraduate Faculty and Courses Taught

* John Danner: Entrepreneurship to Address Global Poverty

* Peter Molloy: Perspectives on Entrepreneurship

* Godwin Wong: Entrepreneurship

Affiliated Faculty

* Alice Agogino

* Chris Ansell: Kauffman Award Recipient

* Pino Audia: Kauffman Award Recipient

* Sara Beckman

* Jennifer Chatman: Kauffman Award Recipient

* Lauren Edelman: Kauffman Award Recipient

* Jesse Fried: Kauffman Award Recipient

* Bronwyn Hall: Kauffman Award Recipient

* Michael Hout: Kauffman Award Recipient

* Chang-Tai Hsieh: Kauffman Award Recipient

* James Lincoln: Kauffman Award Recipient

* Robert Merges: Kauffman Award Recipient

* David Mowery: Kauffman Award Recipient

* Thomas Rundall: Kauffman Award Recipient

* AnnaLee Saxenian: Kauffman Award Recipient

* Susanne Scotchmer: Kauffman Award Recipient

* David Teece: Kauffman Award Recipient

* Philip Tetlock: Kauffman Award Recipient

* John Zysman: Kauffman Award Recipient

References