Jason Best, co-founder of the Program for Innovation in Entrepreneurial and Social Finance led by the Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership, gives a TEDxTalk about the Crowdfunding Model. Best investigates why crowdfunding has been so successful and suggests ways that it will transform entrepreneurial endeavors in the future, thus facilitating a new wave of startups and… Read More »
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ELPP Introduces its Class of 2013 with Orientation and Mixer with Alumni and Industry Representatives
ELPP transforms leading engineers into engineering leaders. “A critical issue for technology firms around the world is the competitiveness of their talented technical staff and leading innovators. As high performers are promoted within engineering and technical marketing roles, many require rounding out of their skill sets to function as both engineers and leaders. The symptoms… Read More »
Who are the new Fung Chairs?
Dean Shankar Sastry honored Coleman Fung on the occasion of the inaugural appointment of Professor Lee Fleming to the Coleman Fung Chair in Engineering Leadership and the appointment of Professor Xin Guo to the Coleman Fung Chair in Financial Modeling. Link to News Room
INAUGURAL APPOINTMENTS TO THE COLEMAN FUNG CHAIRS
ELPP will introduce its Class of 2013 with Orientation and mixer with alumni and industry representatives. This year’s class hails from the likes of Facebook, Yahoo, Applied Materials, Lam Research, etc.
Where is the next global center for the study of early-stage entrepreneurial finance?
(Pictured above: Jason Best, principal of Crowdfund Capital Advisors (CCA) and currently Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology in the Fung Institute, and Sherwood Neiss, principal at CCA, are co-founders of the new Berkeley program and will serve on the leadership team. ) Crowdfunding – the social web strategies that entrepreneurial individuals and… Read More »
New Innovation in Entrepreneurial and Social Finance Program Launched by UC Berkeley College of Engineering
A globally recognized leader in academic research to focus on the innovation of crowdfunding BERKELEY, CA. (NOVEMBER 13, 2012) — Crowdfunding – the social web strategies that entrepreneurial individuals and companies use to attract large pools of small investors – is driving innovation in areas ranging from high-tech to entertainment. Now, the mainstream venture… Read More »