"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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"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."
"It was a real honor to be able to participate in this absolutely excellent program. It has a good mix of breakout exercises and class time, and of lecturing and discussion. The group is a good size and the sequence of the sessions flow extremely well. I feel I'm achieving successes already through implementing and practicing some key lessons learned."
"I loved the sessions, they were incredibly useful. The lecturers were engaging and made abstract concepts concrete and applicable."
"Challenging exercises, real-world case studies and content-rich lectures helped me gain new insights and skills. A highly organized, well-presented program that fills in the gaps for new managers."
"The New Manager Boot Camp professors were extremely credible, practical, and approachable—great educators who went out of their way to listen to my questions, and give thoughtful answers that I could use back in the office. The program also did an excellent job of tapping the expertise of an impressive group of participants. I was easily able to connect with peers to trade insights on any issue that was on my mind. This is an excellent, well-organized program."
"UC Berkeley's New Manager Boot Camp is a well-structured, thought-provoking, and highly interactive program for developing your leadership capabilities. Over the course of three days, through multiple exercises, lectures, and case studies, I developed a plan to significantly increase the productivity of my team."
"The discussion about leadership styles was extremely well done. The instructors were truly world-class, and I was fully engaged the entire time. I took delivery of a tantalizing new generation iPhone on one of the days, and was so riveted by the course that I forgot about the phone."
"Top notch instructors imparted skills I will use for the rest of my life. I highly recommend the UC Berkeley New Manager Boot Camp."
"Our group from Brazil decided to attend the first edition of this course at UC Berkeley not only because of the outstanding professors Chesbrough, Steve Blank and Osterwalder, but also because of the UC Berkeley excellence. It was a great experience for all of us. We strongly recommend it."