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Entrepreneurship

As an ever-changing business climate reveals new opportunities for savvy entrepreneurs, the Evening & Weekend MBA Program offers you the skills and knowledge to create and launch your own high-potential enterprises.

Haas was one of the first business schools in the nation to offer courses in entrepreneurship and business creation. Among the faculty are real-world authorities such as lecturer David Charron, a serial entrepreneur and founder of several companies, including publicly traded Scientific Learning Corporation.

At the center of these activities is the highly ranked Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, which emphasizes the integration of academic and experiential learning by bringing entrepreneurs and venture capitalists into the classroom. Among its many activities:

• The UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition is among the top university competitions in the nation for quantity of prize money and participation by Silicon Valley venture capitalists.
• The Global Social Venture Competition is aimed at aspiring entrepreneurs who can offer solutions to social and environmental problems while demonstrating a healthy business model.
• The monthly Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum provides the opportunity to meet with venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and business leaders

Just off campus is the Haas-affiliated Berkeley Entrepreneurship Laboratory, a business incubator which has room for up to eight startups launched by Haas students and alumni. The Lester Center's classes, events, programs, and other activities are part of the UC Berkeley Venture Launchpad, a coordinated array of resources and experiences to help students interested in exploring entrepreneurship and innovation get the most out of their time on the Berkeley campus.

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