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‘Shark Tank’ it ain’t: Women center stage at pitch event
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...
View ArticleIn case you missed it: Startup Berkeley Forum highlights
Last month, Berkeleyside held its second Local Business Forum, concentrating on “Startup Berkeley” — the strengths and weaknesses of the city for startups. If you weren’t able to attend, or if you...
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Startups value Skydeck for views, closeness to Cal
Employees of Go Overseas in the Skydeck startup incubator in Downtown Berkeley. Photo: Hannah Long Berkeley’s Skydeck, a 10,000-square foot office space in the penthouse of the city’s tallest building,...
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DeClercq stepping down as joint CEO of Berkeley Chamber
John DeClercq: stepping down as joint CEO of the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce at month-end John DeClercq will step down as joint-CEO of the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce at the end of this month after...
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NextSpace to open new co-working offices in Berkeley
NextSpace is opening a shared workspace in Berkeley in a former bank. Click the image to see more photos on the Nextspace Facebook page. A new shared workspace is set to open in downtown Berkeley later...
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In heart of Berkeley, startups disrupt, strut their stuff
The expo at Innovate@Berkeley held at the Shattuck Hotel in downtown on Thursday April 11. Photo: Shifra de Benedictis-Kessner Last night, Berkeley hosted the inaugural Innovate@Berkeley, possibly the...
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Berkeley set for $12.7m in downtown transport grants
An early conceptual rendering of the new Downtown Berkeley BART Plaza and the reconfigured two-way Shattuck Avenue. A lightweight roof canopy with photovoltaic cells provides daylight, natural...
View ArticleOp-Ed: Why we moved our startup from San Francisco to Berkeley (and why more...
We recently moved our four-person software startup from the Mission district of San Francisco to downtown Berkeley. It’s been a fantastic change and, upon further reflection, I believe there are three...
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Berkeley Chamber awards first Visionary awards
Chamber of Commerce CEO Polly Armstrong introduces the Visionary Awards at the Skydeck on Monday night. Photo: Mark Coplan/BUSD Scientist Steven Visco and developer Patrick Kennedy received the...
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Berkeley staff aims to grow city’s ‘innovation ecosystem’
Last fall, the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce presented its first Visionary Awards. The event was held at the Berkeley Skydeck, an “incubator accelerator” designed to help startups grow. The awards...
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Drone startup abuzz at Berkeley coworking space WeWork
Left to right: Queen B Robotics’ Akshay Jain, Chris Blower and Sahil Juneja at their WeWork office in downtown Berkeley. Photo: Sarah Gerber This post is the first in a series of business stories...
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In heart of Berkeley, making 3D printing accessible to all
Barbara Hanna, founder of 3D printing startup Cyant, in her WeWork Berkeley office. Photo: Sarah Gerber This post is part of a series of business stories brought to you by WeWork Berkeley. In the past...
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Old and new media collide with Berkeley app Bookselves
Some of the Bookselves team at their WeWork Berkeley office (to r): Josh Guffey (CTO), Rafa Mkrtchyan (CFO), Alma Chen, Rawan Abushaban (CEO). Photo: Sarah Gerber This post is part of a series of...
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Berkeley start-up gives away profits. It’s Truly Mad!
The Truly M.A.D. team at their WeWork office (l to r): Michelle Gonzalez, Abhi Vallabhaneni and Iyla Ollinger. Photo: Sarah Gerber This post is part of a series of business stories brought to you by...
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Berkeley startup job fair focused on diversity draws crowd
1,000+ turned out for the Berkeley Startup Job Fair at NextSpace on Jan. 28. Photo: Passion Projects Productions The hot ticket in downtown Berkeley on the evening of Thursday Jan. 28 was arguably the...
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From Berkeley startup incubator, a ‘smart’ vibrator is born
Liz Klinger is CEO and co-founder of Lioness. Photo: UC Berkeley/Anne Brice By Anne Brice / Berkeley News These days so many of our devices are smart. Our phones are smart. Our cars are smart. Our TVs...
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IdeaScale: Crowdsourcing winning ideas across the board
The White House was the first client of IdeaScale, an innovation management platform with offices at WeWork Berkeley. Photo: Sarah Gerber This post is part of a series of business stories brought to...
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Magoosh: Proof that Berkeley startups can flourish without Silicon Valley
Magoosh CEO Bhavin Parikh in the education startup’s downtown Berkeley office. Photo, taken in June 2016, by Kelly Sullivan To tour Magoosh’s Berkeley offices is to visit the unremarkable. Nestled...
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24-year-old Cal grad launches $6M start-ups fund
Jeremy Fiance. Photo: LinkedIn A 24-year old Berkeley alum who raised funds for start-ups while still in school announced Monday that he has started a $6 million fund for companies connected to UC...
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New incubator signals growth in city’s tech ecosystem
The Batchery, the first non-UC Berkeley-related incubator/accelerator to open in Berkeley, occupies a 12,000-foot space on the third floor of 2036 Bancroft Way. Photo: The Batchery Michelle Calloway is...
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