(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 »
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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 »
How did MEng students help develop an application translating Chinese to English?
(Berkeley Engineering’s Dylan Jackson, Chun Ming Chin, Yin-Chia Yeh and Ryan Rogowski pictured above) Recent graduate Chun Ming Chin (MEng ’12 EECS) along with his business partner, Ryan Rogowski, and their team created a mobile application that makes translating Chinese characters as simple as taking a photo. Their application, Waigo, allows iPhone users to point… Read More »
How to turn engineers into business leaders?
(Paris, de L’Etraz, professor of entrepreneurship at the IE Business School and the executive director of the new program pictured above) A year ago, Berkeley’s Engineering Leadership Professional program under the Fung Institute of Engineering Leadership was launched as a leadership program for Silicon Valley engineers who wanted a deep dive in business and management… Read More »
How is Fung’s Chief Scientist bridging technology and business?
Ikhlaq Sidhu (pictured above), the Fung Institute’s Chief Scientist and the founder and director of the Fung’s Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology, has been working to address the need to develop business skills within the school’s engineering students. The 3Com Corp. engineer-turned-professor last month joined early-stage VC firm Onset Ventures as a venture adviser. The… Read More »
How is Pioneering Science being turned into Practical Results?
Fung Institute of Engineering Leadership’s faculty and staff will be working closely with researchers part of the Bakar Fellow Program, a pilot program launched by UC Berkeley to help early-career faculty commercialize innovative research discoveries and bolster ongoing campus efforts to turn pioneering science into practical results. The Bakar Fellows Program will target faculty research projects… Read More »
What is Google’s Executive Chairman’s Take on the Fung Institute’s Masters of Engineering Program?
Eric Schmidt M.S. ’79, P.h.D ’82 (pictured above), Executive Chairman of Google, was selected as the 2012 Alumnus of the Year by the Cal Alumni Association. A strong believer of providing students a Masters program for Engineering, Eric Schmidt’s suggestion came true in 2010 with the birth of the Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership. Watch this video… Read More »
WHAT WOULD JON BURGSTONE ASK PRESIDENT OBAMA?
Jon Burgstone (above with President Obama), managing director at Symbol Capital and adjunct professor of engineering at UC Berkeley: I’ve said these things directly to the president and members of the administration so I might as well say them on Inc.com. We need to offer more Americans better educational options to become great entrepreneurs. All… Read More »
