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Entrepreneurship
The San Francisco Bay Area has long been a hotbed for new business creation, and Berkeley/Haas remains one of the world’s leading centers for the study and practice of entrepreneurship. An emphasis in entrepreneurship prepares you to launch fast-growth, high-potential enterprises or to build a career in the venture capital industry. A variety of courses, programs and events are offered by the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship, a program which emphasizes the integration of academic and experiential learning by bringing entrepreneurs and venture capitalists into the classroom.
Recommended electives:
MBA 295A Entrepreneurship
MBA 295B Venture Capital & Private Equity
MBA 295C Opportunity Recognition: Technology and Entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley
MBA 295D New Venture Finance
MBA 295E Case Studies in Entrepreneurship
MBA 295I Entrepreneurship Workshop for Start-Ups
MBA 295J Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology
MBA 295M Business Model Innovation and Entrepreneurial Strategy
MBA 295T Lean Launchpad
MBA 292N Social Entrepreneurship
MBA 292T Start-up Lab (BILD Course)
Speaker series:
MBA 294 Life as an Entrepreneur
MBA 294 Private Equity Speaker Series
MBA 294 Venture Capital Speaker Series
MBA 294 Social Impact Speaker Series
Additional electives likely to be helpful:
MBA 210 Strategy, Structure, and Incentives
MBA 222 Financial Information Analysis
MBA 224A Managerial Accounting
MBA 231 Corporate Finance
MBA 236G Designing Financial Models that Work
MBA 248 Supply Chain Management
MBA 252 Negotiations and Conflict Resolution
MBA 254 Power and Politics in Organizations
MBA 257 Leadership
MBA 262 Strategic Brand Management
MBA 269 Pricing
MBA 270 Business and Public Policy
MBA 277 Managing the Legal Environment of Business
MBA 290E Marketing for High-Tech Entrepreneurs
MBA 290I Managing Innovation and Change
MBA 290N Managing the New Product Development Process (BILD COURSE)
(Please note that the elective courses listed above are not necessarily offered every semester or every year).
Active involvement in the following:
Entrepreneurs Association
Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum
Entrepreneurial Best Practices Series
Haas Venture Fellows
The UC Berkeley Startup Competition (bplan)
Global Social Venture Competition
Intel Global Challenge at UC Berkeley
Venture Capital Investment Competition
UC Berkeley Startup Accelerator@Skydeck
Berkeley Solutions Group
Additional programs and events of the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship
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