On the ground in Greece, MBA students test tech to help refugees
“I think there’s a stereotype about the Bay Area that we’re solving first-world problems for the millennials, but the real issue is the next billion users, and, in some sense, that’s what Sarrah’s team is focused on.” Read more.
For Berkeley Entrepreneurs, Success Means Leaving the Classroom
Rhonda Shrader, executive director of both the Bay Area I-Corps and of the Berkeley Haas Entrepreneurship Program, says the key to creating a successful product is to get out of the office and talk to potential buyers. Read more.
Fisher Center for Business Analytics to Tackle Difficult Data Problems
Our intent is to identify the most interesting, difficult data problems today that require state-of-the-art solutions and establish Haas’s leadership in data science as it applies to business.Read more.
Henry Chesbrough Honored for Pioneering Innovation Ideas
Henry Chesbrough, faculty director of the Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation, was honored with a medal from the Industrial Research Institute (IRI) this month for his standout work in innovation management. Read more.
Berkeley-Haas Transforms India’s Poor Villages Through Open Innovation Initiatives
For the past half year, the government of Andhra Pradesh, India, has commissioned Berkeley-Haas to develop a scalable prototype for a smart village. The project is led by Solomon Darwin, executive director of the Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation at Haas.Read more.
50k Google Scholar Citations
The institute is proud to congratulate Professor Henry Chesbrough in his recent milestone of reaching 50k citations on Google Scholar! Read more.
UC Berkeley, power company Enel launch innovation hub
Prof. Henry Chesbrough, known as the “father of open innovation,” recently helped launched UC Berkeley’s Enel Innovation Hub. The initiative will foster collaboration between Berkeley-affiliated startups and Enel, a multinational energy company Read more.
Data Strategy & Data Driven Marketing Course on May 15 – 19, 2017
Prof. La Blanc will lead a 3 day course on Data Strategy for Business Leaders from May 15-17, 2017 & a 2-day course on Data Driven Marketing Course from May 18-19, 2017. These courses will equip attendees to assess and modify a company’s data strategy as well as design new business models around data collection and analytics. Read more.
$2.2 Million State Grant to Expand Campus Entrepreneurship Opportunities
Haas undergraduate and MBA students will gain expanded entrepreneurship offerings as part of a new $2.2 million grant from the State of California. The state grant money will be distributed over three years to the NSF I-Corps program. Read more.
Eleven Startups Receive New Round of Dean’s Seed Grants
Eleven early-stage student startups have been selected from a record 40 applicants to receive Dean’s Seed Fund grants this spring.This year’s teams include students in the Full-time MBA and Evening & Weekend MBA programs.
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