A Berkeley middle school’s successful campaign to crowd-fund the creation of its first library is one for the books. Still in its infancy, REALM charter school was lacking a library, so its eighth grade class launched a Kickstarter campaign in March. In one month they raised the nearly $79,000 that will allow them to realize their […]
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Uncharted, Berkeley’s first ideas festival is 1 week away!
The finishing touches are being applied to the program, the speakers, all world experts in their fields, are tweeting about their imminent appearance on stage in Berkeley, and the final decisions on wine pairings, music sets and lighting for the sure-to-be celebratory party at the art museum have been made. This time next week the […]
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New arrival from Brooklyn joins Startup Berkeley panel
Kalimah Priforce describes himself as “a madman on a mission”. Through his startup Qeyno Labs, Priforce works with local partners and schools to bring technology-enabled career discovery into under-served classrooms, using game-like rewards and mentorship from real-life professionals. Priforce will be joining the panel at Berkeleyside’s Local Business Forum on March 5th to discuss his experience moving […]
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Autodesk signs up for ‘Startup Berkeley’ Forum
Berkeleyside is delighted to announce that Autodesk has signed on as a sponsor of the Berkeleyside Local Business Forum 2012: Startup Berkeley, which takes place on Monday March 5th in downtown Berkeley. “Autodesk is interested in encouraging innovation and entrepreneurship,” said Carl Bass, CEO of Autodesk, and a Berkeley resident. “Berkeley, as a whole, has […]
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Carl Bass, the vision thing and a Berkeley wood shop
Five things you didn’t know about Carl Bass, Berkeley resident and chief executive of software giant Autodesk. About a year after joining Autodesk, he was fired by head honcho Carol Bartz. Five months later she brought him back into the fold. He dropped out of college to build boats in Seattle for five years, then completed his […]