Haas Welcomes Andreessen Horowitz Managing Partner, Scott Kupor
The Haas School of Business has welcomed Scott Kupor, managing partner and chief operating officer at Andreessen Horowitz, as an executive-in-residence. Andreessen Horowitz is a venture capital firm that has invested in social media successes such as Twitter and Facebook. In his position as an executive-in-residence, Kupor teaches the spring Entrepreneurship class with Lecturer Carl Nichols.
Kupor joined Andreessen Horowitz at its founding in 2009 after serving two years as a vice president and general manager in HP’s software division. In his position at the firm, he manages investing activities, operations and post-investment services.
Booth MBAs Take Home First Place Prize at the 2015 Kellogg Biotech & Healthcare Case Competition
A team of Chicago Booth MBA students came took home a $5,000 first-place prize at the 2015 Kellogg Biotech & Healthcare Case Competition at Northwestern University. In additon to the money prize, Team Evidence– made up of Dr. Jonas de Souza, Lindsay Davis, Jason Lipes, and Barry Sandall, all of whom are Booth – also came home with a launch plan that included pricing and forecasting for Amgen’s medication Evolocumab, a newer cholesterol drug under FDA consideration. Continue reading…
Haas Raises Over $500,000
Berkeley held its first 24-hour campus-wide online fundraiser. The event, held Nov. 20, was the biggest single-day fundraiser in Haas School of Business History. During The Big Give event, Haas raised about $561,000 from 651 donors. Haas also won a special $1,500 prize during the competition for having the most student donors.
The total of Big Give donations across the entire university reached $5.3 million. UC Berkeley organized the Big Give to reach out to its 450,000 alumni worldwide, and bring those alumni, students, Cal parents and friends together for a day of giving.
Haas Team Wins 2nd Place at Brand Mgmt Comp.
A team of Haas School of Business MBA students received second place at the 2014 Elite Eight Brand Management Case Competition. The team created a marketing plan for a medical device aimed at adults with spinal cord injuries. The three-day, invite-only competition is hosted by the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management.
The Elite Eight Brand Management Case Competition brings together top brand management students, professionals and academics from across the country for a three-day competition highlighting the challenges facing brand managers in today’s competitive marketplace. The Challenge involves eight student teams, who are presented with a strategic brand management challenge currently faced by a partner company. The teams are given 30 hours to prepare a structured case analysis and accompanying recommendations.
Haas Re-vamps LAUNCH Competition
The Haas School of Business has revamped its LAUNCH start-up competition. The program now has new eligibility requirements, and has been developed from a startup idea competition into a four-month accelerator designed to transform early-stage startups into fundable ventures.
Top Berkeley-Haas leaders and faculty, including serial entrepreneur and Berkeley-Haas Lecturer Steve Blank, Lester Center for Entrepreneurship Executive Director André Marquis, and the newly appointed Lester Center Associate Director, Rhonda Shrader, will teach the LAUNCH accelerator.
Haas Offers EMBA in India
The Hass School of Business will launch a new executive education program for senior executives working in India. The program is offered in partnership with India-based Northwest Executive Education (NEE). The Executive Program in Management will apply core Haas and Silicon Valley principles of innovation and leadership to the world’s future home of the largest and youngest workforce ever known.
In its first year, the program aims to enroll approximately 50 director- and vice president-level executives, primarily from India, but also from neighboring countries in South and Southeast Asia, who are looking to improve their performance, advance within their organizations, and launch new initiatives.
