Ayori Selassie, organizer of PitchMixer. Photo: Nancy Rubin On Wednesday night at the Freight & Salvage, the Pitch Mixer Entrepreneur Forum will hold its first Berkeley event. In honor of Women’s History Month, the event will feature five women pitching their business ideas to an all-women panel of judges. “I started Pitch Mixer because the […]
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Startup Forum: What does it take to make it in Berkeley?
The evening’s second panel (from left to right): Qeyno Labs’ Kalimah Priforce, MOG’s David Hyman, June Taylor from The Still Room, Stupid Fun Club’s Will Wright and moderator Lance Knobel. All photos: Nancy Rubin The evening’s second panel (from left to right): Qeyno Labs’ Kalimah Priforce, MOG’s David Hyman, June Taylor from The Still Room, […]
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Startup Forum tickets: Buy now or on the door tonight
Tickets for tonight’s Startup Berkeley Forum at the Freight & Salvage can still be bought through Brown Paper Tickets until 3:00pm today, or they can be purchased on the door. Startup Berkeley, which is bringing together leading figures to talk about the business climate in Berkeley, features the following panelists: David Hyman, founder and CEO […]
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Wheelz launches on Cal campus, car owners set to profit
Startup company Wheelz makes its debut on the UC Berkeley campus today. Photo: Tracey Taylor Fittingly, on a day when Berkeleyside is holding its Startup Berkeley Forum, a startup is making its debut on the UC Berkeley campus — and students who own cars are set to benefit. Wheelz is a car sharing service that connects students with […]
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Monday 5th, 7-9pm: Startup Berkeley Forum
On Monday, Berkeleyside will bring together leading figures to talk about the strengths and weaknesses of the city for startups. Is Berkeley’s reputation as a business-hostile place merited? Are things changing for the better? How can one nurture innovation here? Startup Berkeley, which takes place at the Freight & Salvage in downtown Berkeley, is an […]
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Skydeck hopes to boost Berkeley-based tech startups
The new Skydeck incubator is on the top floor of the tallest building in downtown Berkeley at 2150 Shattuck. Photos: Tracey Taylor There’s a long-standing mismatch between the number of ventures spurred by innovations at the University of California Berkeley and Berkeley Lab and the number of those startups that locate in Berkeley. The Berkeley […]
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Greenerprinter: Growing a sustainable business
Mario Assadi, founder of Greenerprinter, next to the six-color Heidelberg press at the company's west Berkeley HQ. Photos: Lance Knobel The growth of Greenerprinter, West Berkeley’s eco-friendly printer, serves as an object lesson in the risks, twists and turns entrepreneurial businesses need to navigate. When Mario Assadi, founder and CEO of Greenerprinter, started the company […]
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Putting a focus on Berkeley, looking for improvements
What are your hopes for Berkeley? Can we improve on last year, including making it a more startup-friendly city? Photo: D.H. Parks Last night, Berkeleyside’s Lance Knobel appeared on the Soapbox Derby radio show on KALX-FM to talk about Berkeley and Berkeleyside’s March 5 Business Forum which will shine a spotlight on the city’s economic […]
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It’s marmalade season at June Taylor’s Berkeley business
June Taylor pours hot marmalade preserve into jars at The Still Room in west Berkeley. Photos: Tracey Taylor Berkeleyside recently dropped in on June Taylor at The Still Room, the artisanal jam and preserve business she started in west Berkeley. It’s citrus fruit season and Taylor and her small staff were nose to the grindstone turning Meyer […]
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Startup Berkeley: does the past guide a city’s future?
Can Berkeley be part of the business innovation party? Photo: Tracey Taylor For several decades, Berkeley — and the East Bay more generally — has looked longingly at the vibrant enterprise and job creation on the Peninsula and in the South Bay. Why can’t Silicon Valley spread its secret sauce across the Bay? After all, […]
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Head of UC Berkeley’s Lester Center joins Startup Forum
Andre Marquis, a serial entrepreneur, runs the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship Andre Marquis, Executive Director of the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship at UC Berkeley, will be joining the panel at Berkeleyside’s Local Business Forum 2012: Startup Berkeley on March 5th. “Andre brings the perspective of having been involved in a lot of startups over the years, and the perspective […]
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New arrival from Brooklyn joins Startup Berkeley panel
Kalimah Priforce moved his startup from Brooklyn to Berkeley 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 […]
