Berkeley Haas Entrepreneurship

Hey, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business - UC Berkeley undergrad & grad students...are you ready for VCIC?? Get your team together and let's do this...check out the brand new site, thanks to the always amazing Rajavi Mishra!! www.vcicberkeley.org

Wisdom from our Launch: The University of California's Startup Accelerator 18 co-chair who went on to found company of his own. So many founders (student & otherwise) need to hear this...total respect & gratitude to CK for sharing! As you'll learn from his story, letting go and moving on can open you up to new heights...or in his case, satellites.

How could $5K power your startup idea? Tell us & submit your Berkeley Haas Seed Fund grant application by 12/4. Teams require at least one Haasie...from any degree program. Applications consist of a short application & a one-page executive summary--see the link below for the required fields. https://entrepreneurship.berkeley.edu/seed-funding... We'll post the full application link in November, but for now you can line up your team & get started on the ES.

Congrats to Amy Fan, Haas School of Business - UC Berkeley MBA/MPH 19! Great Poets&Quants piece detailing how she used UC Berkeley & Haas resources, including a Seed Fund grant to get her venture off the ground. Twentyeight Health enables affordable, accessible birth control for all. They recently raised $5.1M and although they're located in Brooklyn, Amy is a frequent panelist/judge for Haas & BEA events.

Feel like giving back this weekend?? Sign up for a 3 hr slot as a Mentor for UC Startup Weekend! Saturday 10-1: topics include MVP/prototypes, customer discovery, business model, etc.... Saturday 3-6: above topics but further along, including product management, design thinking Sunday 11-2: putting together pitch deck Our UC Berkeley & Haas School of Business - UC Berkeley students will be working with students from across the other 9 UC schools and need your wisdom. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/launchpad-startup-weekend-cali

Go, Oishii! Thrilling feature from Eater on founder Hiroki Kogo, Haas School of Business - UC Berkeley MBA 17. Hiroki & his co-founder, Brendan Somerville (UCLA Anderson MBA 17) won Launch: The University of California's Startup Accelerator in 2017. Now, they've raised $22.75M & have an incredible facility for their indoor vertical farming solution in NJ. Watch and get ready to crave the delicious omakase berries lighting up Michelin starred tables in NYC! ... PS--they're hiring!! All functions from business (PM, Marketing, HR, etc) to engineering and plant science.

Our new Haas School of Business - UC Berkeley MBA students are already making an impact! Thanks to mentors like Mike Vladimer, MBA 13, incoming students connect immediately with the right experts at the right time. Learn more about how investing 2-4 hours/yr as a mentor can yield huge returns: https://cutt.ly/VgxbyMq

Amazing weekend of learning with teams from across 7 UCs! From batteries that recharge in 6 minutes (& don't explode!) to a team with "Superhuman for contact management", this cohort is poised to be one of the best, yet! Thanks to the volunteer student LAUNCH: The University of California's Startup Accelerator team + all of the startups & speakers for keeping up the energy.

Congrats to Amy Fan, Haas School of Business - UC Berkeley MBA/MPH 19 & Twentyeight Health on their $5.1M raise! Thanks for making vital women's healthcare accessible to all! Read more in TechCrunch.

3 Founders from 3 Haas School of Business - UC Berkeley programs + UC Berkeley teammates = Read more & tune in tomorrow @ noon to cheer on Aila Health & two other Haas teams for B-School Disrupt. Tix here: https://cutt.ly/Ogdfata

The best entrepreneurs solve problems close to their hearts. We're thrilled to have Sophia in National Science Foundation (NSF) #ICorps this month for her mental health-focused startup NeuroX. Read more about her journey below. Find out how our 3-evening NSF I-Corps can power your #STEM venture--apps due 10/15. https://cutt.ly/ZgaM0Fs

Congrats to the newly announced UC Berkeley LaunchPad Fellows! Cyrell Roberson, PhD student, School of Education The Jubily mobile application and website make the process of finding culturally competent clinicians and online communities of support easier by leveraging technology using our research-based algorithm. We also provide an online community of healthcare professionals where clinicians can easily connect with other clinicians across specialties for advice and ref...errals. Website: For more information & mental health tips, visit www.jubily.co Olayinka Omolere, MBA 21 Seren recreates serendipity remotely, by nudging /matching people into instant, and personalized water cooler calls using AI, to preserve relationships and collaboration in remote contexts. We are launching our MVP -a Slackbot - in UC Berkeley and looking for people to test our pilot, and join our team! Vision: Give everyone freedom to be present and valued, from wherever they want to be Website: https://www.seren.cc/ Charanya Venkataramani (MBA 21), Luis Miguel Alvarez (MBA 21), Maggie Lau (MBA 22) Sherpa is a platform where students can explore and experiment with careers before committing to them so they can make informed post-secondary education choices. We launched our MVP, a 6-weeks "Finance 101" pilot with students across 5 states over the summer, and received an average NPS of 9.1 and 100% of users and parents would sign up for the next Sherpa offering. Website: http://www.thesherpaclub.com/

Berkeley StEP kicked off last night with teams from across UC Berkeley! A panel of past participants shared their progress & pro-tips for making the most of the 10 week program ending on Showcase Day (December 17). Stay tuned for news about the teams as they move through curriculum on problem identification, MVP build/testing, unit economics & funding strategies. ... Special thanks to BEA & all of the students/recent alums who make StEP possible.

One week until we find out who rules the b-schools!! Bring it loud & proud for your Haas School of Business - UC Berkeley entrepreneurs...register below for the link.