Lecture Series
A. Richard Newton Distinguished Innovator Lecture Series
in conjunction with the Haas Life As An Entrepreneur Seminar
Tuesday evenings at 5:00 pm, UC Berkeley Campus
(Bechtel Engineering Center or Arthur Andersen Auditorium)
Download the syllabus here.
| Sept. 1 | Opening Session (Students Only: Sign Up for Class Here) | |
| Sept. 8 5:00 pm Bechtel |
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Ted Hoff, Inventor of the Microprocessor Distinguished Innovator Watch the Lecture Here. |
| Sept. 15 5:00 pm Andersen |
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Matt Caspari, Co-Founder, Aurora Biofuels Life As An Entrepreneur Series Watch the Lecture Here. |
| Sept. 22 5:00 pm Bechtel |
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Maurice Gunderson, Senior Partner, CMEA Distinguished Innovator Watch the Lecture Here. |
| Sept. 29 | Class cancelled | |
| Oct. 6 5:00 pm Bechtel |
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Charles Giancarlo, Managing Director, Silver Lake Distinguished Innovator Watch the Lecture Here. |
| Oct. 13 5:00 pm Andersen |
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Mark Rotblat, VP Business Development, TubeMogul Life As An Entrepreneur Series |
| Oct. 20 5:00 pm Bechtel |
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Charles Huang, Co-Founder, RedOctane (maker of GuitarHero) Distinguished Innovator Watch the Lecture Here. |
| Oct. 27 5:00 pm Bechtel |
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Roger Sippl, Founder, Informix Distinguished Innovator Watch the Lecture Here. |
| Nov. 3 5:00 pm Bechtel |
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Ben Horowitz, Co-Founder, Andreessen Horowitz Distinguished Innovator Watch the Lecture Here. |
| Nov. 10 5:00 pm Andersen |
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Amine Haoui, CEO, Sensys Networks Life As An Entrepreneur Series |
| Nov. 17 5:00 pm Bechtel |
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Marissa Mayer, VP Search Products and User Experience, Google Distinguished Innovator |
| Dec. 1 5:00 pm Andersen |
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Nat Goldhaber, Managing Director, Claremont Creek Ventures Life As An Entrepreneur Series |
| More speakers to be announced. | ||
ARCHIVE
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Lecture
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Speaker
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Affiliation
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Video
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Semester
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| Legal Information for Entrepreneurs: IP expert Mark Albert discusses the legal aspects of starting a new company and raising funding. |
Spring 07
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| 2005: A Web Odyssey: Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen shares his views on the entrepreneurial landscape and how to stay competitive. |
Fall 05
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| Lessons from an Entrepreneur and Artist: Electronics R&D specialist Steve Beck talks about numerous projects, ranging from energy management for Safeway to electronic toys. |
Spring 07
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| Inside Venture Financing: Entrepreneur and former PeopleSoft executive Aneel Bhusri discusses the VC process via the Data Domain case study, a data backup and recovery company started at Princeton. |
Fall 05
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| Five Golden Rules for Entrepreneurs Broadvision CEO and entrepreneur Pehong Chen provides advice on succeeding globally. |
Fall 06
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| Post-Bubble Startup: Entrepreneur and co-founder of SafeWeb Jon Chun talks about lessons learned from growing a business at the beginning of the dot-com collapse. |
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Spring 06
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| Creating, Building and Sustaining a Business: Founder and CEO of Advent Software Stephanie DiMarco explains how Advent grew from an idea on paper to a billion-dollar company. |
Fall 06
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| Silicon Valley and the Global Economy: Venture capitalists Steve Domenik of Sevin Rosen and Lip-Bu Tan of Walden International discuss the challenges and opportunities currently facing Silicon Valley in the context of the global economy. |
Domenik, Steve; Tan, Lip-Bu
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Sevin Rosen Funds; Walden International
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Fall 06
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| Lessons of an Entrepreneur: Donna Dubinsky describes her 25 years in the computing industry and her efforts towards the development of the first PDA. |
Spring 06
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| The Importance of Nothing: Technologist and venture capitalist Shomit Ghose explains the importance of finding white space or markets where companies don't exist. |
Fall 06
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| Bootstrapping -- Growing a Business with Almost No Money: Serial entrepreneur and founder of RightNow Technologies Greg Gianforte discusses how to build your businesss without VC funding. |
Spring 07
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| Building a High Performance Team: Entrepreneur and Ariba co-founder Keith Krach talks about how building a great team is a key to entrepreneurial success. |
Spring 06
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| Thoughts on Leadership: Venture partner and founder of Documentum Jeff Miller offers insight on leadership and how it can define growth and culture within a startup, illustrating his thoery via his own mistakes. |
Spring 06
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| Crossing the Chasm: Author Geoffrey Moore discusses the technology sector and his take on investment areas such as alternative energy, Web 2.0, the broken drug development model, and personalized medicine. |
Fall 05
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| Infosys: CEO and Managing Director Stephen Pratt discusses innovation within the corporation, within the consulting industry, within a global context, and within your own career path. |
Spring 06
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| Tale of Two Start-Ups: Opsware and Kiva co-founder In Sik Rhee talks as an engineer about personal decisions that lead him to find and grow companies. |
Fall 06
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| Tropos Networks Disrupting the Last Broadband Mile: Vice President of Business Development Chris Rittler offers his recipe for growth, from focusing on “feeding the fish” to ensuring your profitability is proportional to your partners’ profitability. |
Fall 06
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| Slaying Goliaths: Sugar CRM (Open Source): Entrepreneur and co-founder of SugarCRM John Roberts discusses open-source computing versus the proprietary software model. |
Fall 05
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| Mining the Mind for Riches: CEO of Cistera Networks Katrina Roche discusses the role of engineers and scientists in the age of the brain. |
Fall 05
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| From Sandia Labs to a Venture Startup: Venture capitalist John Steuart explains how an idea (technology to detect water pathogens) went from the lab to venture-backed startup. |
Spring 07
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| US Venture Capital in Asia: Venture capitalist Lip-Bu Tan, a pioneer in U.S. investment in China, discusses building and funding businesses in China and India. |
Spring 07
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| Creating Brands through Public Relations: PR professional Burghardt Tenderich explains the difference between public relations and advertising, and how entrepreneurs can use both. |
Spring 07
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| Rome Is Burning: Software-industry entrepreneur, technology leader, and venture capitalist Ann Winblad discusses the importance of timing in the context of technology waves. |
Spring 07
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| Investing in Innovation & Entrepreneurship: VC Peter Wolken discusses what venture capitalists look for and current investment areas. |
STUDENT COMMENTS
“I'd have to say it was eye opening. My original thoughts of industry and how the business world works were significantly changed after going through the courses.”
"I'm starting a company as we speak. I always thought I would lead a company. CET opened my eyes that I could do it from an early age."
“(Without CET), I would have never started my own company. And never would have gotten a job at Google."
“ From the readings, to the team building exercises in class, to our consulting projects -- it was a tough class but I learned a whole lot that I have already put to use and that I will use in my future job."
“The most practical, hands-on course I've taken... Amazing."