"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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"Being able to step back and look at the industry from a larger perspective really helped me focus my attention once I got home. The panels verified many of my frustrations as an investor and a VC, but also gave me a few avenues to go down. While our ecosystem in my hometown is smaller, we can still provide a meaningful impact which is somewhat of a breakthrough I had during the course. I wish I had taken the course sooner."
"As an entrepreneur I was delighted to receive the "inside story" of major players within the Silicon Valley innovation ecosystem during the Venture Capital Executive Program at UC Berkeley. The educational method was quite exceptional too, by having the proper balance between case studies, lectures, class discussions and panels.”
"I truly enjoyed this course! In five days we covered the essential parts of venture capital thanks to a great faculty with relevant professional and academic background. Guest speakers from various parts of the industry provided additional insights and the diverse class from around the world offered a global perspective through discussions and group work. Overall, a great learning experience."
"If you are involved or are considering getting involved in the Venture Capital world as an investor or investee company, I would strongly recommend taking this course. The material covered is very relevant, practical and taught by an experienced Silicon Valley venture capitalist. The panel participants and guests are people who are currently involved in venture capital investing or are involved in VC funded companies. As such you are exposed to real life examples of how the material taught in the course is applied."
"The course was truly a global viewpoint from talented, interesting young professionals from around the world. I was pleased with the quality and quantity of faculty, panelists and experts that spoke during our week there. This was a very worthwhile experience, with much preparation and care put into the program and it added solid value to my professional experience."
"I would highly recommend this course to anyone with an interest in VC investing. The course tutors were incredibly engaging and were really committed to fostering every individual’s learning throughout the course. A great aspect of the course was the panel of experts who shared their vast knowledge and experiences with us. There was also plenty of opportunity to network with the other participants and working in case study groups helped us all learn together."
"The Venture Capital Executive Program is extremely informative; the instructors, guest speakers, and other participants help make the program exceptional and relevant to the current financial industry. I highly recommend it."
"Thank you for the wonderful learning opportunity that the UC Berkeley New Manager Boot Camp provided. The course exceeded my expectations and taught me valuable concepts about leadership, rapport, team building, human behavior and management skills. I thoroughly enjoyed the class and have recommended that others in my organization participate in this high quality and rewarding educational experience."
"My decision to invest time and resources in attending the Berkeley New Manager Boot Camp was absolutely worthwhile. I've never participated in such an insightful, inspiring and most importantly practical program. Being Japanese, I learned a lot about building rapport in multi-cultural environments. This experience gave me renewed passion for the next steps in my next career. Thank you for a fantastic program!"
"I personally entered the program as a skeptic, but exited as a convert."
"You first get a good overview of the topic, and then practical advice on how to apply it. It's a great program, I would definitely recommend it."
"I loved the enthusiasm of the speakers – it spilled over to the class for a very positive and thought-provoking experience."