"This is an intense and inspiring week and a well-structured program that covers the long journey from idea generation to market success, embedding the many facets of innovation and entrepreneurship into a bigger picture. It provides insights into both worlds: the small startup and the large organization. A world-class faculty, supported from excellent guest speakers from the Silicon Valley scene and beyond. This course will definitely support and improve my future work."
"This program is an opportunity to share and learn from experience of senior managers from all around the globe. The program combines experienced tutors and practitioners from the Silicon Valley providing a unique mix that boosts your creativity and thinking about the implementation of the knowledge you have just learned."
"I had a wonderful, enriching experience at the Boot Camp for Experienced Managers. The training was a nice blend of theory and practical examples. It was very rewarding to connect with like-minded folks and discuss my organizational issues, and to listen to their ideas. I have already highly recommended this training to my colleagues."
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"I really enjoyed this program. Not only did I learn some great practical tips for being a more effective leader in the workplace, but I got an inside look at the workplace dynamics I've been curious about for years. I feel like in a week's time I gained a lot of confidence that will make a big difference to both me and the people I serve. Thank you so much for making this program possible!"
"I cannot recommend this program enough. I learned so much around negotiations, stereotypes, power, leadership styles, persuasion, and networking and it was all backed by studies and data! This week was a great chance to connect with other women in totally different industries from me and also invest in myself. I am so appreciative to the faculty and staff who ran this program and made it such a positive experience."
"Jerry and Sean make a terrific teaching team. Complementary to each other, they bring in extremely relevant ideas, examples, and speakers. And they're funny too! The highly intense week-long course would have been exhausting (given my 9-hour jet lag) if it had not been so exhilarating, interesting, and informative."
"The real-life example-based learning provided in this course is exceptional. This makes a student place oneself and their product in the market and think about how to manage it. This is a very good start and boost to anybody venturing into the product management space."
"Learning how the VCs operate in Silicon Valley from Jerry and Sean is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!!"
"Very well designed course with the right balance of content, reading material, assignments, live sessions with faculty & coaches & student interactions. I would recommend this for anyone who wants to quickly learn within a short time."
"It is one of the best programs to learn about product management skills. I liked the content and format - videos, material at the beginning of the week, and assignments then discussing those further in session."
"This is a great program for someone who has started or who is planning to transition into a Product Manager role. Many of the frameworks that were introduced are things that we could use in daily work."
"The highlight for me is the practice and collaboration that the program helps in providing a strong customer lens to the product delivery, thinking about testing riskiest assumptions to learn fast in the product journey and finally practical help on execution and story telling. Also the live faculty sessions, coaching sessions and peer practice sessions were very helpful to learn about different perspectives."
"I found the program to be great! Especially the diversity of talent in the room in relation to the professional background (Investor, Corporate, Entrepreneur, Domain, etc) and the international participation. This will be a milestone I reflect on in the future as I continue to advance my career in the Innovation & Tech Startup Investment Space! Thank you Berkeley & VC Executive Program for providing this opportunity!"
"One of the most valuable things about this program was actively dedicating 2-4 hours per week to focus on growing as a black leader. That meant proactively making time outside of the weekly meetings to review the content/modules and reflect on what was learned. The other most valuable thing about the program for me was meeting other black leaders that I may not have met otherwise."
"Take it, you will learn content that otherwise takes about 7-10 years to learn on your own."