Fall 2013 Update October 11th, 2013

Agenda
Welcome! The BEA Team Our Mission Update on Past Successes & Future Plans How to Get Involved Guest Speaker Questions?

The BEA Team!

Presidents Events & Promotion

Kathryn Fritts

Austin Lee

Harvey Duan

Richard Higgins

Khoa Vu

Careers

Marketing & Information

Jon Flugstad

Alex Todorov

Philipp Suchan

Adam Chopko

Jenn Kimbal

Finance & Membership

Partnerships

Alumni & Sponsorship

Nick Horton

Marcelo Villanueva Ruckstuhl

Mediha Abdulhay

Bernice Wong

Slava Balter

Swapnil Dixit

Our Vision
BEA seeks to create an entrepreneurial Cal community in which members can: Easily navigate UC Berkeley resources Prepare for an entrepreneurial career Connect with innovative Cal students

Navigate UCB Resources

Berkeley has an overwhelming number of opportunities for students to learn about and practice entrepreneurship
BEA organizes and consolidates these opportunities for you: Weekly BEA Alert to stay on top of current events Landscaped Entrepreneurial Map of Berkeley (in development) Close collaboration with Lester Center and SkyDeck
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Prepare for an Entrepreneurial Career

Startups have a different hiring process than established companies that is less formal and later in the year BEA helps prepare you for your dream job:

Startup Job Board

Startup Resume Book Coding for MBAs with Career Services now a Workshop Series

VC Connect (previously VCRT)

Founders Connect (previously ERT) Life as an Entrepreneur Speaker Series
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Connect with Innovative Cal Students

UC Berkeley has the most top-ranked graduate programs

BEA spearheads and sponsors

several cross-campus events

BEA aims to increase diversity

of our club members:

for students to meet:

Rebrand to Berkeley
Entrepreneurs Association

Create VP Officer position

for Partnerships Cross-campus Officer positions
(up and coming!)

BEA Fall Social Outing

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How to Get Involved

We made incredible progress this past year and want to build on the momentum- we need your input and participation Lets work together! Submit events to BEA Alert (for speakers, conferences, etc.) Source job opportunities (from conferences, contacts, etc.) Recruit new members, especially non-Haas Share your new ideas! We are open to suggestions Lets grab coffee! Reach out to any of the officers to learn more about BEA, our events, and our positions Think about running for office! Interview process for President and VP Positions Presidents: Week of November 11th VPs: Week of November 18th 8

A Word From Our Partners

Sean Arietta,
PhD, Computer Science

When I'm not slaving away in front of a computer I enjoy playing music, playing soccer, cooking, entrepreneurship, and traveling.
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Thanks for coming! Questions?

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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Computer Scientists

(But Were Afraid to Ask)

Sean M. Arietta CS PhD Candidate

Quick Introduction

Seriously
3rd Year PhD Computer Vision / Computer Graphics President of CSGE Entrepreneur

The Problem We Must Overcome:

I went to business school event X.

I met an MBA who had this great idea about Y.

I mentioned there is research that conflicts with their approach. They didnt seem to care.

They asked if I could build an iOS app.

The Problem We Must Overcome:

I went to business school event X.

I met another MBA who had this great idea about Y.

I mentioned there is research that conflicts with their approach. They didnt seem to care.

They asked if I could build an iOS app. I went to CS graduate event X.

I tried to meet some entrepreneurial CS people. They were hard to get anything out of.

They seemed to think I was useless to them.

The Problem We Must Overcome:

This problem only exists because I met another MBA who had this great idea about Y. we each lack an understanding of I mentioned there is research that conflicts with their approach. how the They other side valuable. didnt seem to is care.
I went to business school event X.

They asked if I could build an iOS app. I went to CS graduate event X.

I tried to meet some entrepreneurial CS people. They were hard to get anything out of.

They seemed to think I was useless to them.

The Problem We Must Overcome:

This problem only exists because I met another MBA who had this great idea about Y. we each lack an understanding of I mentioned there is research that conflicts with their approach. how the They other side valuable. didnt seem to is care.
I went to business school event X.

They asked if I could build an iOS app. I went to CS graduate event X.

And its time changed that I tried to meet somewe entrepreneurial CS people.
They were hard to get anything out of.

They seemed to think I was useless to them.

CS PhD: What It Means

What We Know

Something New

We spend 5+ years showing the research community that we have made a bump

CS PhD: What We Can Do

We Are Architects

We Are Not Construction Workers

Undergraduate Degree = Construct Via Specification
We Conduct Science We Can Construct, but Not Our Focus We Think Critically, Creatively We Wont Just Build Your Website

CS PhD: How To Interact

(1) Respect Abilities (Architect)

(1) Respect Abilities (Architect)

(2) Engage in Intelligent Conversation

(1) Respect Abilities (Architect)

(2) Engage in Intelligent Conversation

(3) Articulate Value Exchange