COURSE NUMBER: MBA 294.3

 

COURSE TITLE: Venture Capital Speaker Series

 

UNITS OF CREDIT: 1

 

INSTRUCTOR: Toby Stuart

 

STUDENT ORGANIZER: Kristy Kim,  Chinmay Malaviya

 

E-MAIL ADDRESSES: kristykim7@berkeley.edu, chinmay_malaviya@mba.berkeley.edu

 

CLASS FORMAT: speaker series

 

REQUIRED READINGS: (coming soon)

 

BASIS FOR FINAL GRADE: class participation, attendance, and speaker preparation

 

ABSTRACT OF COURSE'S CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES: VC speaker series (part 2) is an extension from VC speaker series held in Fall 2017.


It is for all students and not limited to those who took the VC speakers series last Fall.


The sessions will focus more on career journey of Partners at leading VCs. Few sessions will also be a panel between a VC partner with an entrepreneur from their portfolio company.


The class is not limited to those interested in getting VC jobs but for all those who are interested in a career in tech, startups, entrepreneurship and silicon valley in general.


Many of the speakers have had successful careers in various roles such as from being an entrepreneur to product management, strategy and general management in firms across sectors from tech, media to healthcare. Focus will be to draw insights from their career paths and what we can learn from that.


Fall speakers included Partners from top-tier VC firms such as Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, Accel, Bessemer, Greylock.