About the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship at UC Berkeley
by Andre Marquis, Executive Director for the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship at UC Berkeley The Lester Center for Entrepreneurship was founded in 1991 through a gift from W. Howard Lester, Chairman...
View ArticleThe Berkeley Way: Reinventing Entrepreneurship Education in a Global Context
by Andre Marquis, Executive Director of the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship at UC Berkeley UC Berkeley is an incredible place to study and teach entrepreneurship for three reasons: It is one of the...
View ArticleEntrepreneurship Myths
by Ashish Sinha, founder of NextBigWhat Entrepreneurship is slightly overrated—and I say this because a lot of people tend to believe that starting a business is for the brave hearted. In this post,...
View ArticleImprove Success by Sharing Control
by Mason Myers, general partner of Greybull Stewardship business investment fund Silicon Valley veterans ask entrepreneurs the question: Would you rather be rich or be king? The question is a little...
View ArticleDo You Embrace The Values Of An Entrepreneur?
by Andre Marquis, Executive Director of the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship at UC Berkeley We all have a lot to do. If you’re an entrepreneur in particular, you have to make a lot of decisions...
View ArticleEarly Revenue and Profits (Even Small) are Important
by Mason Myers, general partner of Greybull Stewardship business investment fund Big winners in technology often seemed to ignore revenue for a long time. Just focus on the product and the rest will...
View ArticleThe Importance of Sustained Passion
By Alexander Haislip, marketing executive with ScaleXtreme and the author of Essentials of Venture Capital Business school students come out of their programs with a banquet of career options. You...
View ArticleThe Modern Millionaire Mentality
By Alexander Haislip, marketing executive with ScaleXtreme and the author of Essentials of Venture Capital What does it take to strike it rich in Silicon Valley? I’ve had the opportunity to work...
View ArticleTravel Your Way to Startup Success
by Adii Pienaar, Founder of WooThemes I’m a firm believer in being able to live & work wherever you want, especially when you’re working in an online startup of any kind. Various technologies and...
View ArticleHow difficult is it to build hardware for a startup?
Reblogged from Entrepreneurship Talk: My gosh... I've always been a software guy but since I'm young I like to build things. It start with lego, even "Mecano" (ok I'm not that young anymore and I have...
View ArticleChoosing the Right Cofounder
by Ameet Ranadive, Group Product Manager at Twitter I was fortunate enough to choose two amazing co-founders for my startup Dasient, Neil Daswani and Shariq Rizvi. When people ask me what the most...
View ArticleStartup Lessons Learned at Haas
by Aaron Schwartz, Founder and CEO of Modify Watches Vijesh Unnikrishnan and I had dinner during the fall of our first year at Haas. Over an inexpensive and delicious meal at Biryani House in Downtown...
View ArticleThe Confidence Coefficient
by Nicole Glaros, Managing Director at Techstars I’ve worked with countless startups now, and I’m starting to notice a trend in the ones that succeed. My hypothesis is that entrepreneurs who have an...
View ArticleFive Things to Consider When Selecting Advisors for Your Startup
by Evangelos Simoudis, Ph.D., Senior Managing Director at Trident Capital Board advisors can be an essential asset for any budding startup; however, there are important criteria to consider as you...
View ArticleHow to Use Structure to Become a More Effective Entrepreneur
by Jason Shen, cofounder of Ridejoy and author of Winning Isn’t Normal I’m fascinated with the idea of willpower, especially as it applies to entrepreneurship. I’ve noticed that we tend to craft...
View ArticleLike Sports, Startups Have Leagues
by Andrew Hyde, who planned Ignite Boulder and TEDxBoulder & started Startup Weekend Let’s just admit that, like sports, startups have leagues. Not many people can watch Lebron James dunk a...
View ArticleSelecting the Right Independent Board Members for Your Startup
by Evangelos Simoudis, Ph.D., Senior Managing Director at Trident Capital One of the hardest and most critical decisions every entrepreneur has to make concerns the selection of independent members for...
View ArticleLearning Confidence
by Nicole Glaros, Managing Director at Techstars In a previous post, I mentioned that a trend I’ve noticed among successful entrepreneurs is the belief they will be successful, as opposed to the...
View ArticleFor Overwhelmed Founders, Less Is More
by Jason Shen, cofounder of Ridejoy and author of Winning Isn’t Normal This is the first in a 6-part series on developing the habits that will make you a better startup founder. You may want to start...
View ArticleWhy Most Startups Fail
by Andrew Hyde, who planned Ignite Boulder and TEDxBoulder & started Startup Weekend Most startups fail. I’ve seen numbers as high as 98%. The number is so outlandishly high that the bright people...
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