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Haas Entrepreneur Sells Startup Krave to Hershey
Jon Sebastiani and his team came into the 2011 Berkeley Lean LaunchPad class with several key observations, Haas Lecturer Steve Blank writes in Forbes:Snack foods were a large ~$35 billion but the...
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Tim Durbin, MBA 10: 7 Marathons, 7 Days, 7 Continents
Less than a month after arriving at Haas, Tim Durbin, MBA 10, decided to get in shape and attempt his first half-marathon.About a year later, Durbin was hooked and running full marathons.Yet no one,...
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Patrick Awuah, MBA 99, Receives Two Extraordinary Honors
Patrick Awuah, MBA 99, has received the 2015 Elise and Walter A. Haas International Award for his work as a path-bending educational leader in Ghana. The annual award, given to a UC Berkeley alumna or...
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Startup Roundup: WeFinance, California Artesian, TINE, and Honeit
This is part of an occasional series of articles spotlighting students and recent alumni who are working with Berkeley-Haas to start a new business or social enterprise.WeFinanceWilly Chu, MBA...
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Patrick Awuah, MBA 99, Named "MacArthur Genius"
Education pioneer Patrick Awuah, MBA 99, founder of Ghana’s Ashesi University, has been named a fellow of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.Awuah, 50, is one of 24 fellows to receive...
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Haas to Honor Novartis CEO Joseph Jimenez, MBA 84, at Nov. 13 Gala
Joseph Jimenez, MBA 84, the CEO of Novartis AG who has positioned the company to anticipate future health care trends and to make momentous strides against various forms of cancer, will be honored as...
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Big Give Fundraising Blitz Begins Wednesday
The Big Give 24-hour campus-wide online fundraising blitz, kicks off on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 9 p.m. PST—and Haas is aiming to beat its 2014 results.During last year's inaugural Big Give,...
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Berkeley-Haas raised just under $700,000 during the 2015 Big Give, a 24-hour campus-wide online fundraiser held Nov. 19.With a total of 561 gifts, Berkeley-Haas donors topped last year’s total of...
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An Outpouring of Thanks at Donor Appreciation Week
Students, students, faculty, and staff wrote 535 letters of appreciation last month to the thousands of donors who ensure that Berkeley-Haas carries on its tradition of excellence.Donor Appreciation...
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Startup Life360 Comes Full Circle with Alumni Team
By Charles Cooper As Chris Hulls, BS 06, watched the chaos that unfolded in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans in 2005, an idea for a new kind of business emerged.Hulls’ idea—which was...
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Classified: When the Guy in the Back Row Turns Out to Be the Man of the Moment
Photos by Jim BlockBy Krysten CrawfordProbal Banerjee had a hunch. It was Day 3 of “The Innovative Organization,” a semiannual course for executives at Berkeley-Haas, and the participants had dived...
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"Best for the World Gathering" to Celebrate Responsible Business
By Krysten CrawfordVictoria Fiore, MBA 12, was drawn to Berkeley-Haas for its track record of cultivating future business leaders who make a social impact.Today, she’s become one of those leaders.As...
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Berkeley-Haas Business Leaders of the Year: Susan & Steve Chamberlin
Married more than 50 years, Susan Chamberlin, MBA 87, and her husband, Steve, are partners in an ambitious effort to improve local schools.Though technically retired, they remain committed to doing...
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Two Berkeley MBA Alumnae Take Top University Leadership Roles
Beginning with the new year, two Berkeley MBA alumnae and senior Haas leaders are moving into new leadership posts.Haas Chief Strategy & Operating Officer Jo Mackness, MBA 04, will take the top...
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Student Startup Roundup: IDbyDNA, Lendsnap, SapphirePine
This article is part of an occasional series spotlighting students and recent alumni who are working with Berkeley-Haas to start a new business or social enterprise.IDbyDNACo-founders:Guochun Liao,...
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