Spring Electives
Bidding starts Monday, November 17!
Time to ask your questions at the Discussion Forum and to help your peers figure out the pros and cons of next semester’s electives.
http://haasewmbaa.freeforums.org
Special NetImpact membership rates for EWMBAS!
NetImpact is the club at Haas committed to social impact. Membership gets you special weekly newsletters, access to NetImpact events (BOSS Happy Hours, Career Fairs, Speakers, Capitalism Next, etc.), opportunity for leadership positions in the club, and much much more.
For more information about Net Impact: http://groups.haas.berkeley.edu/netimpact/
If you have any questions, please email Melanie_Lieberman@haas.berkeley.edu or Heejung_Kim@haas.berkeley.edu.
Bidding starts Monday, November 17!
Time to ask your questions at the Discussion Forum and to help your peers figure out the pros and cons of next semester’s electives.
http://haasewmbaa.freeforums.org
Special NetImpact membership rates for EWMBAS!
NetImpact is the club at Haas committed to social impact. Membership gets you special weekly newsletters, access to NetImpact events (BOSS Happy Hours, Career Fairs, Speakers, Capitalism Next, etc.), opportunity for leadership positions in the club, and much much more.
For more information about Net Impact: http://groups.haas.berkeley.edu/netimpact/
If you have any questions, please email Melanie_Lieberman@haas.berkeley.edu or Heejung_Kim@haas.berkeley.edu.
EVENTS
>play conference 2008
Date: Saturday, November 15Time: All day; event starts at 8 AMLocation: Bank of America ForumWebsite: www.playconference.orgInterested in learning more about the impact that technology and digital media innovation is making in a variety of markets and industries?Organized entirely by student members of the Digital Media and Entertainment Club at Haas, >play brings together creative professionals, industry leaders, and academics to discuss the trends and challenges that face technology and digital media industries. Now in its fourth year, the conference continues to provide networking opportunities, engaging discussions, and sneak peeks at the latest technology.Please e-mail Monica Khan (monica_khan@mba.berkeley.edu) if you have any questions.
CEO Spotlight Event – Steve Rendle, North Face presented by the GM&S Club
Date: Monday, November 17Time: 6:00 – 9:00 pm**Location: Wells Fargo Room
How: Signup information and costs http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=170133
Steve Rendle’s secrets to leading The North FaceEver wonder what it takes to become a successful business leader? The 2nd annual CEO Spotlight event gives you the opportunity to learn from those who have taken risks, made difficult decisions, balanced work and family, and become successful leaders along the way.
Agenda6-7pm: ** For GM&S Club Members only – see below for membership information ** - Reception with Steve Rendle and Haas alums in General Management, Corporate Strategy, and Business Development roles - Complementary appetizers and wine, Raffle for 2 North Face Fleeces
7-9pm: Keynote with Steve Rendle
Membership Registration: http://groups.haas.berkeley.edu/sgm/join.html
For more information, please contact the Haas General Management & Strategy Club at gms@haas.berkeley.edu.
Entrepreneurial Best Practices Series- Internet Marketing and Business Strategies
Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Location: Stanley Hall, Room 105
The Entrepreneurial Best Practices Series brings to UC Berkeley and the Haas School of Business the best practitioners from the Berkeley and Silicon Valley community to speak about the practical aspects of entrepreneurial activity.
The now-famous RIP Good Times Sequoia slide deck calls for "Survival of the Quickest" and "Preserve Capital" with a must-have product, established revenue model, market uptake and profitability. What does this mean for today's entrepreneurs starting up a business in the aftermath of the financial meltdown with credit tight and venture capitalists exhorting their portfolio companies to hoard cash and make cuts?
In this session, you will:
-Find out why Web 2.0 startups are typically 30x cheaper to bootstrap to profitability and 10x faster to cash positive than their Web 1.0 predecessors. This is why Web 2.0 startups often don't need to take venture funding to get to cash-flow positive and get profitable and/or acquired.
-Figure out how to:
a. monetize, multiply and leverage existing customer and partner networks with non-advertising-based revenue streams
b. effectively use open, multi-device, cross-network and collective user cost structures
c. revenue-share rather than disrupt large industry players with distribution platforms.
-See what's different about the ROI, milestones, financials and sections of a Web 2.0 business plan.
-Adapt your own company plan and situation analysis to becoming cash flow positive and validating customer and market uptake as soon as possible.
Benefit from the insights and consulting best practices of best-selling author and former Haas professor, Amy Shuen, excerpted from Web 2.0: A Strategy Guide.
The program will start with food and networking at 6:30. The presentation will open at 7:00pm. There is no pre-registration for this event. For more information about the Entrepreneurial Best Practices Series, call 510-642-4255 or email lester@haas.berkeley.edu.
Schwab Charitable Philanthropy Speakers
Date: Wednesday, November 19
Time: 7pm to 8:30pmLocation: Wells Fargo Room
Inaugural Speaker: Matthew Bishop
Mr.Bishop is the co-author of the new book PhilanthroCapitalism: How the Rich Can Save the World and New York bureau chief of The Economist magazine.
RSVP at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=znIXcplXz6OSRIkhgCPIEQ_3d_3d
Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum: 4th Annual UC Berkeley+Intel Technology Entrepreneurship Challenge
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008
Time: 6:00-8:30pm
Location: Andersen Auditorium
In conjunction with Global Entrepreneurship Week, we invite you to join us at the Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum as more than 20 of the best technology-based international teams compete for prizes in the final round of the 4th Annual Intel+UC Berkeley Entrepreneurship Challenge. The Lester Center has partnered with Intel Corporation to create the premier global, technology-focused, business plan competition. The teams represent universities in Russia, Mexico, China, Brazil, Singapore, Israel, India, Germany, Chile, Poland, Turkey, Japan and the US. This diverse group of student teams will bring with them some of the brightest new ideas in the world! Don't miss this exciting event where the eight finalists will present their plans -- and the winners will be announced. This competition is made possible by a generous grant from Intel Foundation under the sponsorship of the Intel® Higher Education Program - a worldwide collaboration between Intel and 150 universities in 34 countries - providing students with access to world class research leadership, direct technology support and technology entrepreneurship skills to help move the resulting technology expertise and knowledge to the local economies. For more information about the Forum, please visit our website at: http://entrepreneurship.berkeley.edu/bef/nov08forum.html
The Forum is FREE to students!
To pre-register, please email lester@haas.berkeley.edu and include the following information:
Your Name
Year Major and Year in School
Your Phone Number
All pre-registrants will receive one FREE drink (alcohol for 21 and over only). Additional drinks are $5 each.
Pre-registration closes at 5pm on Tuesday, November 18th. All registrations after that time must be completed on-site.
2nd Annual Berkeley Finance Conference
Date: Friday, November 21
Time: 8:30 am – 6:30 pm
Location: Haas School of Business
Registration: www.berkeleyfinanceconference.org
Contact: piyush_jamkhandi@mba.berkeley.edu
“Navigating Through Financial Turbulence”
With the current historic and turbulent times, the Berkeley Finance Conference offers a unique opportunity to listen to the leading experts in the industry outlining the effects and opportunities presented by the current financial turmoil. Please partake in the networking and the discussions held by the leaders of the finance industry.
Keynote Speaker:
• Rohit Bhagat, Chief Operating Officer, Barclays Global Investors
Featured Speakers
• Mark Zanoli, Managing Director, J P Morgan
• Aneta Marcheva Key, Associate Principal, McKinsey & Co.
Panels:
• Investment Management
• Venture Capital
• Corporate Finance
• Investment Banking
• Private Equity
• Real Estate
Free admission for volunteering on the day of the event. If interested, please contact: jenny_herbert@mba.berkeley.edu or felipe_gomez@mba.berkerley.edu
Haas Big Game BBQ 2008
Date: Saturday, November 22, 2008
Time: 10:00 am - 12:30 pm: BBQ in the Haas Courtyard
12:30 pm: Cal vs Stanford football game
Registration: http://haas.berkeley.edu/alumni/biggame
All Haas alumni, students and guests are invited to the Haas 2008 Big Game BBQ on Saturday, November 22nd. Join us in the Haas Courtyard for our traditional pre-game barbeque.
The Big Game is back on campus this year and the football team is on a roll! Come celebrate at Haas before heading over to Memorial Stadium to watch Cal take back the Axe. Note: Football tickets are not available through the Haas School.
The Haas Courtyard is the perfect location to gather with Haas alumni, friends, faculty, staff and students before the game with an all you can eat BBQ (Compadres caterers!), refreshments and live music.
$25 Alumni and friends
$15 Faculty/Staff/Students
$10 Children (5-17 years old)
***Pre-registration is required. This event will sell out!***
***Deadline is Nov 14th! ***
For questions, please contact the Alumni Relations Office at 510-642-7790.
NOTE: Prices listed above DO NOT include football tickets. To purchase football tickets call 1-800-GO-BEARS.
Berkeley Business Plan Competition and GSVC Mixer
Date: Monday, November 24Time: 6:00 – 8:00 pmLocation: Wells Fargo Room
Want to be an entrepreneur? Want an opportunity to showcase your next billion dollar idea? The UC Berkeley Business Plan and Global Social Venture Competition are the right place for you! Come join us at our annual mixer to hear more about what the competitions are all about and meet like-minded entrepreneurs, discuss your business ideas, and form teams.
>play conference 2008
Date: Saturday, November 15Time: All day; event starts at 8 AMLocation: Bank of America ForumWebsite: www.playconference.orgInterested in learning more about the impact that technology and digital media innovation is making in a variety of markets and industries?Organized entirely by student members of the Digital Media and Entertainment Club at Haas, >play brings together creative professionals, industry leaders, and academics to discuss the trends and challenges that face technology and digital media industries. Now in its fourth year, the conference continues to provide networking opportunities, engaging discussions, and sneak peeks at the latest technology.Please e-mail Monica Khan (monica_khan@mba.berkeley.edu) if you have any questions.
CEO Spotlight Event – Steve Rendle, North Face presented by the GM&S Club
Date: Monday, November 17Time: 6:00 – 9:00 pm**Location: Wells Fargo Room
How: Signup information and costs http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=170133
Steve Rendle’s secrets to leading The North FaceEver wonder what it takes to become a successful business leader? The 2nd annual CEO Spotlight event gives you the opportunity to learn from those who have taken risks, made difficult decisions, balanced work and family, and become successful leaders along the way.
Agenda6-7pm: ** For GM&S Club Members only – see below for membership information ** - Reception with Steve Rendle and Haas alums in General Management, Corporate Strategy, and Business Development roles - Complementary appetizers and wine, Raffle for 2 North Face Fleeces
7-9pm: Keynote with Steve Rendle
Membership Registration: http://groups.haas.berkeley.edu/sgm/join.html
For more information, please contact the Haas General Management & Strategy Club at gms@haas.berkeley.edu.
Entrepreneurial Best Practices Series- Internet Marketing and Business Strategies
Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Location: Stanley Hall, Room 105
The Entrepreneurial Best Practices Series brings to UC Berkeley and the Haas School of Business the best practitioners from the Berkeley and Silicon Valley community to speak about the practical aspects of entrepreneurial activity.
The now-famous RIP Good Times Sequoia slide deck calls for "Survival of the Quickest" and "Preserve Capital" with a must-have product, established revenue model, market uptake and profitability. What does this mean for today's entrepreneurs starting up a business in the aftermath of the financial meltdown with credit tight and venture capitalists exhorting their portfolio companies to hoard cash and make cuts?
In this session, you will:
-Find out why Web 2.0 startups are typically 30x cheaper to bootstrap to profitability and 10x faster to cash positive than their Web 1.0 predecessors. This is why Web 2.0 startups often don't need to take venture funding to get to cash-flow positive and get profitable and/or acquired.
-Figure out how to:
a. monetize, multiply and leverage existing customer and partner networks with non-advertising-based revenue streams
b. effectively use open, multi-device, cross-network and collective user cost structures
c. revenue-share rather than disrupt large industry players with distribution platforms.
-See what's different about the ROI, milestones, financials and sections of a Web 2.0 business plan.
-Adapt your own company plan and situation analysis to becoming cash flow positive and validating customer and market uptake as soon as possible.
Benefit from the insights and consulting best practices of best-selling author and former Haas professor, Amy Shuen, excerpted from Web 2.0: A Strategy Guide.
The program will start with food and networking at 6:30. The presentation will open at 7:00pm. There is no pre-registration for this event. For more information about the Entrepreneurial Best Practices Series, call 510-642-4255 or email lester@haas.berkeley.edu.
Schwab Charitable Philanthropy Speakers
Date: Wednesday, November 19
Time: 7pm to 8:30pmLocation: Wells Fargo Room
Inaugural Speaker: Matthew Bishop
Mr.Bishop is the co-author of the new book PhilanthroCapitalism: How the Rich Can Save the World and New York bureau chief of The Economist magazine.
RSVP at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=znIXcplXz6OSRIkhgCPIEQ_3d_3d
Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum: 4th Annual UC Berkeley+Intel Technology Entrepreneurship Challenge
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008
Time: 6:00-8:30pm
Location: Andersen Auditorium
In conjunction with Global Entrepreneurship Week, we invite you to join us at the Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum as more than 20 of the best technology-based international teams compete for prizes in the final round of the 4th Annual Intel+UC Berkeley Entrepreneurship Challenge. The Lester Center has partnered with Intel Corporation to create the premier global, technology-focused, business plan competition. The teams represent universities in Russia, Mexico, China, Brazil, Singapore, Israel, India, Germany, Chile, Poland, Turkey, Japan and the US. This diverse group of student teams will bring with them some of the brightest new ideas in the world! Don't miss this exciting event where the eight finalists will present their plans -- and the winners will be announced. This competition is made possible by a generous grant from Intel Foundation under the sponsorship of the Intel® Higher Education Program - a worldwide collaboration between Intel and 150 universities in 34 countries - providing students with access to world class research leadership, direct technology support and technology entrepreneurship skills to help move the resulting technology expertise and knowledge to the local economies. For more information about the Forum, please visit our website at: http://entrepreneurship.berkeley.edu/bef/nov08forum.html
The Forum is FREE to students!
To pre-register, please email lester@haas.berkeley.edu and include the following information:
Your Name
Year Major and Year in School
Your Phone Number
All pre-registrants will receive one FREE drink (alcohol for 21 and over only). Additional drinks are $5 each.
Pre-registration closes at 5pm on Tuesday, November 18th. All registrations after that time must be completed on-site.
2nd Annual Berkeley Finance Conference
Date: Friday, November 21
Time: 8:30 am – 6:30 pm
Location: Haas School of Business
Registration: www.berkeleyfinanceconference.org
Contact: piyush_jamkhandi@mba.berkeley.edu
“Navigating Through Financial Turbulence”
With the current historic and turbulent times, the Berkeley Finance Conference offers a unique opportunity to listen to the leading experts in the industry outlining the effects and opportunities presented by the current financial turmoil. Please partake in the networking and the discussions held by the leaders of the finance industry.
Keynote Speaker:
• Rohit Bhagat, Chief Operating Officer, Barclays Global Investors
Featured Speakers
• Mark Zanoli, Managing Director, J P Morgan
• Aneta Marcheva Key, Associate Principal, McKinsey & Co.
Panels:
• Investment Management
• Venture Capital
• Corporate Finance
• Investment Banking
• Private Equity
• Real Estate
Free admission for volunteering on the day of the event. If interested, please contact: jenny_herbert@mba.berkeley.edu or felipe_gomez@mba.berkerley.edu
Haas Big Game BBQ 2008
Date: Saturday, November 22, 2008
Time: 10:00 am - 12:30 pm: BBQ in the Haas Courtyard
12:30 pm: Cal vs Stanford football game
Registration: http://haas.berkeley.edu/alumni/biggame
All Haas alumni, students and guests are invited to the Haas 2008 Big Game BBQ on Saturday, November 22nd. Join us in the Haas Courtyard for our traditional pre-game barbeque.
The Big Game is back on campus this year and the football team is on a roll! Come celebrate at Haas before heading over to Memorial Stadium to watch Cal take back the Axe. Note: Football tickets are not available through the Haas School.
The Haas Courtyard is the perfect location to gather with Haas alumni, friends, faculty, staff and students before the game with an all you can eat BBQ (Compadres caterers!), refreshments and live music.
$25 Alumni and friends
$15 Faculty/Staff/Students
$10 Children (5-17 years old)
***Pre-registration is required. This event will sell out!***
***Deadline is Nov 14th! ***
For questions, please contact the Alumni Relations Office at 510-642-7790.
NOTE: Prices listed above DO NOT include football tickets. To purchase football tickets call 1-800-GO-BEARS.
Berkeley Business Plan Competition and GSVC Mixer
Date: Monday, November 24Time: 6:00 – 8:00 pmLocation: Wells Fargo Room
Want to be an entrepreneur? Want an opportunity to showcase your next billion dollar idea? The UC Berkeley Business Plan and Global Social Venture Competition are the right place for you! Come join us at our annual mixer to hear more about what the competitions are all about and meet like-minded entrepreneurs, discuss your business ideas, and form teams.
Business Plan Competition
The 11th Annual 2008 UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition is the marquee entrepreneurship event at Berkeley. This competition nurtures entrepreneurial spirit, thought, and action across the greater UC Berkeley community by offering the best resources for aspiring entrepreneurs to make ideas reality. $45,000 in prize money will be awarded to the finalists with the best business plans. For more information, please visit: http://bplan.berkeley.edu or reach us at bplan@haas.berkeley.edu
The 11th Annual 2008 UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition is the marquee entrepreneurship event at Berkeley. This competition nurtures entrepreneurial spirit, thought, and action across the greater UC Berkeley community by offering the best resources for aspiring entrepreneurs to make ideas reality. $45,000 in prize money will be awarded to the finalists with the best business plans. For more information, please visit: http://bplan.berkeley.edu or reach us at bplan@haas.berkeley.edu
Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC)
The Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC) is the largest social venture competition in the world and is open to businesses and business ideas that have positive social and environmental impacts. Each year, entrant teams from around the world compete for over $45,000 in prizes on the basis of their venture's financial sustainability and social return on investment. Nearly 25% of past GSVC entrants are now operating companies. For more information, please visit: http://socialvc.net or reach us at gsvc@haas.berkeley.edu
Haas Volunteering Event at Ronald McDonald House
Date: Thursday, November 27, 2008
Time: 10:30 am - 1 pm
Where: Ronald McDonald House
Haas Healthcare Association Fall Mixer
Date: Wednesday, December 3
Time: 7:30PM-8:15PM
Location: Wells Fargo Room
If you have experience in Healthcare or would like to learn more about the industry, please join us for the Haas Healthcare Association Fall Mixer. This will be an opportunity for EWMBA students and Full-Time MBA students who are interested in Healthcare to get to know each other better, discuss relevant topics, and have some fun. We hope to see you soon.
If you would like to RSVP or ask any questions, please contact Steve Love at steve_love@mba.berkeley.edu.
The Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC) is the largest social venture competition in the world and is open to businesses and business ideas that have positive social and environmental impacts. Each year, entrant teams from around the world compete for over $45,000 in prizes on the basis of their venture's financial sustainability and social return on investment. Nearly 25% of past GSVC entrants are now operating companies. For more information, please visit: http://socialvc.net or reach us at gsvc@haas.berkeley.edu
Haas Volunteering Event at Ronald McDonald House
Date: Thursday, November 27, 2008
Time: 10:30 am - 1 pm
Where: Ronald McDonald House
Haas Healthcare Association Fall Mixer
Date: Wednesday, December 3
Time: 7:30PM-8:15PM
Location: Wells Fargo Room
If you have experience in Healthcare or would like to learn more about the industry, please join us for the Haas Healthcare Association Fall Mixer. This will be an opportunity for EWMBA students and Full-Time MBA students who are interested in Healthcare to get to know each other better, discuss relevant topics, and have some fun. We hope to see you soon.
If you would like to RSVP or ask any questions, please contact Steve Love at steve_love@mba.berkeley.edu.
