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What Starts at Haas Moves the World

UC Berkeley Haas supports founders who question the status quo, solve urgent problems, and create companies that move industries forward. With the Bay Area’s vast ecosystem at our doorstep and a proven methodology that turns ideas into funded ventures, we’re training the next generation of entrepreneurs who build with purpose.

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The Human Edge of Innovation

UC Berkeley’s Entrepreneurship Ecosystem

Ranked #1 globally for undergraduate alumni founders (Pitchbook, 2026), UC Berkeley gives Haas students unmatched access to the broader university ecosystem, including more than 90 campus startup resources across campus.

A Program for Every Stage

At Haas, entrepreneurs find each other through programs designed for all startup stages—from idea to launch. Students learn a variety of tools and skills to quickly move from idea to impact.

Faculty Who've Built Companies and Funds

From founding companies to funding them, our professors are embedded in the Bay Area tech ecosystem. Whether you’re launching a startup, evaluating investments, or building products inside a company, you’ll learn frameworks from people who’ve actually used them.

A Home for Founders

The Berkeley Haas Entrepreneurship Hub (eHub) provides collaboration space for students to “begin, belong & become.” The building is home to a dedicated navigator who will chart an optimal path with programming tailored to where you are in the startup journey.

Our Innovation Ecosystem

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Berkeley Haas Entrepreneurship Program (BHEP)

Courses, mentorship, and accelerators for Haas students at every stage

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Entrepreneurship Hub (eHub)

A three-story innovation hub with workspace for campus-wide founders and a dedicated navigator who will craft your journey

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UC LAUNCH

UC's top accelerator (for both students & alumni) that's trained 300+ teams that have raised $2.4B

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Berkeley StEP

Ten-week pre-accelerator connecting builders in the UC Berkeley community

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Trione Seed Fund

Awarding $5,000 to 20 early-stage student startups each year

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Berkeley SkyDeck

UC Berkeley's flagship six-month intensive accelerator

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NSF I-Corps

Free, virtual training to commercialize your STEM innovation

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Lean Transfer

Hands-on applied innovation course for building deep technology startups

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Lean LaunchPad

Pioneering courses teaching customer discovery before product development

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Berkeley Executive Education

Comprehensive courses in venture capital, product management, and AI for strategy

Impact in Action

Explore research and news from the Haas community

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Alumni News

Undergrad team launches tash, an investment platform for trading cards

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Alumni News

Startup Teragen Energy bets on fuel cells for data centers

Student News

Proving the art of the possible: AWS prototyping engineer Patrick O’Connor

Alumni News

Former NVIDIA exec Amulya Vishwanath, EMBA 25, launches Techable Ventures

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Alumni News

From “ultimate cheating machine” to classroom ally: Startup Edvisor rethinks AI in higher ed

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Featured Thought Leaders

Meet a few of our entrepreneurship and innovation faculty members.

Professor Toby Stuart, Management of Organizations

Toby Stuart

Faculty Director, Entrepreneurship Initiative | Professor | Leo Helzel Chair in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Management of Organizations

Examines how social networks, organizational dynamics, and the hidden architectures of innovation determine which entrepreneurs and ventures succeed.

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Rhonda Shrader

Executive Director, Entrepreneurship Initiative | Professional Faculty
Entrepreneurship & Innovation Berkeley | Haas Entrepreneurship Program

Helps founders turn breakthrough ideas into market-ready ventures through the Berkeley Haas Entrepreneurship Program and NSF I-Corps

Jonathan Heyne of the Continuing Professional Faculty, Entrepreneurship & Innovation and Management of Organizations

Jonathan Heyne

Continuing Professional Faculty
Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Management of Organizations

Serial entrepreneur who brings operator experience to teaching founders how to build and scale ventures in the age of AI

Professor Adair Morse, William A. and Betty H. Hasler Chair in New Enterprise Development

Adair Morse

Professor | William A. and Betty H. Hasler Chair in New Enterprise Development
Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Finance | Sustainability

Founding director of Haas's Sustainable and Impact Finance program; Equips students to structure the complex public-private deals powering impact ventures—from climate finance to the new frontiers of space, air, and the Arctic.

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Sean Foote

Continuing Professional Faculty
Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Venture capitalist investing in early-stage companies for 15 years, most recently as co-founder and Managing Director of Co=Creation=Capital

Headshot of Homa Bahrami, continuing professional faculty, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Management of Organizations

Homa Bahrami

Continuing Professional Faculty
Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Management of Organizations

Teaches and studies how to organize, lead, and build flexibility into knowledge enterprises

Alex Zekoff of the Professional Faculty, Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Alex Zekoff

Professional Faculty
Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Serial entrepreneur who teaches students to build and launch AI startups at the speed the market demands

Maura O'Neill, Continuing Professional Faculty, Distinguished Teaching Fellow, Entrepreneurship & Innovation and Management of Organizations

Maura O'Neill

Continuing Professional Faculty | Distinguished Teaching Fellow
Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Management of Organizations

Teaches founders how to source, finance, and scale ideas that matter

Headshot of David Charron, Continuing Professional Faculty, Entrepreneurship & Innovation

David Charron

Continuing Professional Faculty
Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Has taught entrepreneurship at Haas since 2003

Assistant Professor Solène Delecourt, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Management of Organizations

Solène Delecourt

Assistant Professor
Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Management of Organizations

Researcher focused on inequality in business; also studies entrepreneurial performance

Jim Hornthal, continuing professional faculty, Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Lean LaunchPad

Jim Hornthal

Continuing Professional Faculty
Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Lean LaunchPad

Serial entrepreneur who teaches Lean LaunchPad course at Haas

Pathways to Innovation

How to start, scale, and invest in the next big thing

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