Life Sciences Entrepreneurship Center

🤩 One of the top reasons startup founders love SkyDeck is the remarkable pool of 700+ advisors and mentors the accelerator offers. 📈 These incredible industry leaders and successful entrepreneurs span diverse sectors and are instrumental in guiding SkyDeck’s startups through Silicon Valley’s dynamic ecosystem. 🎥 Check out SkyDeck’s latest video highlighting the ways startup founders benefit from working with our advisors - hear from Darren Cooke (Chief Innovation & Entrepreneurship Officer, UC Berkeley), David Johnson (former CFO, Pinterest, Slack, and Stripe), and more! https://lnkd.in/gGeF_5z4 #BerkeleySkyDeck #SkyDeckAdvisors #StartupSuccess #Innovation #Mentorship #Networking #TechForGood #UCBerkeley #TechInnovation #Startup #Entrepreneurship #Advisors #Growth #Launchpad #Visionaries Rich Lyons, Chon Tang, Brian Bordley, Riddhi Khanna, Sanjay Velappan, Caroline Winnett, Sibyl Chen, Taylor Marcus, George Panagiotakopoulos, Jun Jiang, Ekin Günaysu, Gordon Peng, Kathy Chen, Camila Orozco Gil, Alex Marshall, Arina Bobrova, Peter W. Njenga, Linda Kreitzman, Marc Meyer, Matt Kirmayer, University of California, Berkeley

Back in 2018, I joined Berkeley SkyDeck as an advisor. It made sense at the time as I am a University of California, Berkeley alum and wanted to give back to the university by way of helping startups that come through Berkeley's accelerator. In no time, I fell in love with the ecosystem and ended up joining SkyDeck full-time as the GM. Between 2018 and today, the network of advisors has grown from 100 to over 700 people. Overseeing the advisor network, I get a front row seat to the incredible enthusiasm and expertise of the people that join SkyDeck's network. No words can encapsulate the power of the SkyDeck network. Check out SkyDeck’s latest video that highlights the ways in which startup founders benefit from working with our advisors like Darren Cooke (Chief Innovation & Entrepreneurship Officer, UC Berkeley), David Johnson (former CFO, Pinterest, Slack, and Stripe), and more. https://lnkd.in/gdTYdtir #BerkeleySkyDeck #SkyDeckAdvisors #StartupSuccess #Innovation #Mentorship #Networking #TechForGood #UCBerkeley #TechInnovation #Startup #Entrepreneurship #Advisors #Growth #Launchpad #Visionaries Chon Tang Caroline Winnett Rich Lyons Darren Cooke Alan Leong Linda K. Marc Meyer Heather Koshinsky Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli Darek DeFreece Abhishek Tripathi Michael Moreno

Congratulations Prof. Darren Cooke!! It was an absolute pleasure to take your class Changemakers in Human Health. It was definitely the highlight of my past semester and really inspired me to turn my ideas and passion into tangible change for masses. Can't wait to see your journey and success through this new role!

Congrats to Haas professional faculty member Darren Cooke on his appointment!

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The secret is the ecosystem!

🔬 Why does Berkeley have so many successful biotech startups (and we don't have a medical school)? It's the ecosystem. And there's no one path through it - check out the routes taken by CatenaBio, Axent Biosciences, and HOPO Therapeutics. 🙏 Thanks to founders Marco Lobba, Ph.D., Matthew Francis, Julian Rees, Hannah Weber, Hunter Johnson, Rocío Sampayo, Riya Muckom, David Schaffer, Rebecca Abergel, Abhay Joshi - you make Berkeley look great! 💡 Info on all of our bio-startup-supporting resources at: https://lnkd.in/gtcZqjAp #YouSeeBerkeley #lifesciences #entrepreneurship ➡ Follow me and UC Berkeley Innovation & Entrepreneurship for more like this. Laura Hassner, Susan Abrahamson, Carol Mimura, Caroline Winnett, Sibyl Chen, Rhonda Shrader, Dave Weiner, Saikat Chaudhuri, Karenna Rehorn, Chon Tang 🖼 And thanks to Erin Akins and Alice Han for researching these pathways and for the beautiful graphics!

Exciting day!

Welcome to UC Berkeley's new Chancellor, Rich Lyons! With his track record at Berkeley Haas and as its first Chief Innovation & Entrepreneurship Officer, I have no doubt he'll make Berkeley "the university of choice for faculty, staff, students, and alumni who want to have an impact." It was a genuine pleasure to work so closely with Rich (ahem, Chancellor Lyons) these last three years. A truly exceptional leader and person. #YouSeeBerkeley https://lnkd.in/giQpju2v

Go Bears!