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Berkeley Innovators’ Venture Capital Panel with Salesforce, Tandem Capital and Storm Ventures:

“I have so many companies coming in pitching features, not big ideas…focus on building a company that is a big opportunity,” emphasized John Somorjai, EVP of Corporate Development and Salesforce Ventures, during Berkeley Innovators’ first ever Venture Capital Panel on September 30th. Presented by the CITRIS Foundry and the Cal Startup Network, the panel also included Doug Renert, founding partner…

Fall 2015 Applications for the CITRIS Foundry

If you’re ready to jump in, CITRIS Foundry is currently accepting applications for their Fall 2015 cohort. Application Deadline is September 27th at 11:59PM! Application Deadline is September 27th at 11:59PM! Founding a Startup is Hard. We Can Help. The CITRIS Foundry is an applied tech incubator at UC Berkeley that supports early stage startups developing disruptive solutions for today’s biggest…

Social Good in Startups: A Victory of the Commons

Social Good in Startups: A Victory of the Commons When: 6 – 8 p.m., Thursday, April 23, 2015 Where: Wozniak Lounge, Soda Hall

Come join us in a panel about the social impact of local startups! We’re hosting representatives from UCB startups to get the conversation going on ethics and social implications.

The talk will consist of a formal panel of four speakers and a moderator, then a mixer for the…

Jacobs Hall Wall Panel Design Competition

Jacobs Hall Wall Panel Design Competition Deadline: Fri 2/13/2015, 5pm Submission information: http://goo.gl/1e4S6L

You have the opportunity to influence an important part of Jacobs Hall, the future home of the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation. Public areas and stairwells in Jacobs Hall will have custom wooden panels on walls and ceilings—and you could be the designer of those panels!

We…

Berkeley Innovators’ Fireside Chat with Uber VC Shervin Pishevar ’98

berkeleyByte had the honor to participate in Berkeley Innovators’ Fireside Chat with Uber VC Shervin Pishevar ’98 last December. Staff reporter Computer Science junior Akhila Raju led the conversation that delved into Pishevar’s past, ranging from his endeavors as a Cal undergrad to his accomplishments in tech.

Reblogged below is Berkeley Innovators’ writeup about the event.

Entrepreneur and…

Apply for a Spring 2015 Invention Lab Fellowship

(Photo courtesy: http://www.invent.citris-uc.org)

Apply for a Spring 2015 Invention Lab Fellowship – Deadline: Jan. 23, 5 p.m.

We are continuing our merit-based student fellowship program this semester. The fellowship covers the registration fee for the spring semester. Fellowship recipients and their projects will also be highlighted on our website and in media coverage of the lab.

We will…

Check out Web Design DeCal final presentation tomorrow!

Web Design DeCal is holding a final presentation tomorrow at 306 Soda from 7 to 9 p.m. They will be having 16 students from the class present their websites among judges from Yelp, Autodesk, Cooper, TubeMogul, and Lever.

Shawn Park, one of its facilitators, said that the DeCal has received a record number of applications this year. 900 people applied for 100 spots in the class.

Good artist…

Movers and Makers: Panel hosted by berkeleyByte and CITRIS

What: berkeleyByte introduces its second-ever event, in partnership with CITRIS. Movers and Makers presents a panel of local innovators to speak about process.

When: 6:00-8:00 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014.

Where: Banatao Auditorium (310 Sutardja Dai Hall), UC Berkeley

Pushing the boundaries of hardware, electronics, 3-D printing and more, the design community has seen an upsurge in new…

Event: CET conversation with Digital Editor Tom Standage from The Economist

The Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology is hosting Tom Standage, Digital Editor at The Economist, for a night of conversation about social media and startups on Thursday, Nov. 6, 6-7:30pm at SkyDeck. The event will start with a talk based on Standage’s most recent book, Writing on the Wall: Social Media – The First 2000 Years. Then we’ll transition into an interactive time where three V…

Eight lessons I learned at Y Combinator’s Startup School

Josh Stroud and Zahava Aroesty attended the Y Combinator’s Startup School conference on Oct. 11 in Cupertino, Calif. Here, they share what they learned.

I collected pearls of wisdom from the founders of the world’s hottest startups, so you don’t have to. Startup Schoolis a one-day conference on stories and practical advice from founders of companies, and it’s led by the Valley’s most influential…

Cal Hacks 2014: Recap

Over 1,500 students from around the world gathered this weekend at the California Memorial Stadium for UC Berkeley’s annual Cal Hacks hackathon. The hackers proceeded to code, break and build for the next 36 hours. They made hacks ranging from a 2-D Mario side scroller to a real-life interactive Street Fighter game.

Here were the 12 teams chosen to present based on all Cal Hacks judges’ top votes:

Photos: A tale of Cal Hacks – Expo Version (Oct. 5, 2014)

Cal Hacks held its demo at the California Memorial Stadium from 12:30-2 p.m. today. Many teams presented at the expo as judges came by to select the top ten.

Jieqian Zhang is a guest contributor and a first year at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. If you would like to submit a guest piece to be published on berkeleyByte, please e-mail berkeleyByte [at] gmail.com.

Photos: A tale of Cal Hacks (Oct. 4, 2014)

Jieqian Zhang captured moments of hackers at work (and sleep) during Cal Hacks at 1 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 5.

California Memorial Stadium at night

Over 1,500 hackers participate at Cal Hacks

Hack in whatever way you like!

Cell phone case in the making

Results from the Invention Lab

Gaze into the future with the Oculus Rift

There is always a line in front of the 3-D printers

Hacking with quadcopters

Photo Album: Cal Hacks Saturday night (Oct. 4, 2014)

Jieqian Zhang captured moments of hackers at work (and sleep) during Cal Hacks at 1 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 5.   Jieqian Zhang is a guest contributor and a first year at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.   If you would like to submit a guest piece to be published on berkeleyByte, please e-mail berkeleyByte [at] gmail.com.

Big Hack 2014: Recap

Guest blogger Dickson Tsai put together a recap of the Big Hack 2014, the annual 24-hour hackathon competition between UC Berkeley and Stanford University. The event took place from April 5-6. First place team: Biome (UC Berkeley)

From left to right: Allen Nguyen, Iris Wang, Michelle Hwang, Sharad Vikram (Photo Courtesy of Accel Partners)

Biome is a Google Chrome extension bio-authentication…

Video interview with Cal Hacks Directors Rick Ling and Alex Kern

As Cal Hacks, the Bay Area’s first major collegiate hackathon, approaches this weekend, berkeleyByte interviewed Cal Hacks Directors Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) junior Rick Ling and Computer Science junior Alex Kern about the coming hackathon.

Attendees at Cal Hacks will represent over 50 schools and will include people from SoCal, the East…

Interning abroad at Google Tel Aviv

I stepped off the plane into Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv and looked around.  My vision fogged from the kind of empty sleep that you get (or don’t get) on a ten-hour flight. But I still wanted to take everything in. The textured tiling on the wall, the waning sunlight out the oversized window, the familiar yet unfamiliar sounds of people’s voices. This was my home for the next three months when…