Venture Capital Executive Program
Venture Capital Executive Program
About the Program
Guided by Berkeley Haas faculty member and former entrepreneur and venture capitalist Jerry Engel, the Venture Capital Executive Program gives participants unprecedented access to learn from the inside out. Over five days, you will get a comprehensive overview of the venture capital investing cycle and attend panel discussions from over 20+ top Venture Capital investors from the world's premier innovative cluster: Silicon Valley.
Program Topics
The Venture Capital Executive program curriculum covers the following topics:
- Creating a vibrant innovation ecosystem
- The dynamics of innovation clusters and what makes them work
- Key aspects of the Silicon Valley innovation cluster
- Bridging the gap between technology/opportunity and value
- The entrepreneurial process; major trends and the entrepreneur’s role in driving the process
- The key skills of the successful entrepreneur and venture capital collaborator
- Productive entrepreneurship strategies
- Key attributes of “true” “professional” entrepreneurs
- World views of innovation in large corporations and startups
- The stages of an entrepreneurial venture through technology/product, marketing and management
- The importance of mentorship, governance and teamwork to an entrepreneur
- The key mechanisms that make Venture Capital + Entrepreneurship work
- Exploring your own criteria for opportunity preference and ability to influence others
- Frameworks and investment/risk criteria for identifying strong opportunities
- The key elements of the ideal startup
- Methods to quickly search for new ideas, test hypotheses and reframe opportunities to establish a minimum viable product
- Capturing value from your deal flow
- Strategies and tactics for creating proprietary optionality, creating space and time for preliminary due diligence before substantial and irrevocable financial commitments are required
- Making quick decisions on imperfect information
- Basic elements of valuing and structuring VC financing
- Evaluating a deal from the perspective of the company and the investors
- Participating in venture capital financing
- The challenges and opportunities of corporate venture investors
- How closed and open innovation paradigms work
- Using the Open Innovation Toolkit to analyze opportunities in the context of a corporation
Who It's For
- Entrepreneurs considering venture funding
- Executives leading corporate M&A and business development
- Institutional asset managers
- International economic development officials
- Assets managers investing sovereign wealth
- Angel investors
- Executives of family-owned businesses
- Service providers: attorneys, accountants, consultants
Cost & Features
- Five-day in-person program at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business campus
- Presentations and panel discussions from over 20+ top Venture Capital investors
- UC Berkeley Haas and Executive Education Faculty
- Exclusive networking opportunities
- Access to the program alumni community
- Venture Capital Executive Program Certificate of Completion
A UC Berkeley Certificate of Business Excellence gives individuals the opportunity to create a personal plan of study structured by our four academic pillars. Participants will earn a mark of distinction with certification from a world-class university, and enjoy the flexibility of completing the program in up to three years.
"The program exceeded my expectations as, while it was challenging for somebody not from an investment background, it was structured in the way that enabled great learning across many relevant topics. Definitely do it - the course is brilliant and the contacts and networks are even better!"
- Investment Director of North America, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise"The VCEP at Berkeley stands alone in the area of venture capital. This course is based on real life, real companies and real people.... Insights and advice that can be put into practice today"
- PharmD, CLP, Kansas Bioscience Authority"This course has been a fantastic learning experience ... The guest speakers and panelists bring a lot of real world insight from all sides of the VC/PE sector…”
- President, New World Consulting International Ltd."The faculty has an extraordinary approach to all the aspects involved in the VC ecosystem.... It was really worth (it) and helped me be 100% in the VC practice."
- Angel Investor, Amora Participações"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.”
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Faculty
Speakers & Panelists
The Venture Capital Executive program includes several guest speaker and panel sessions on relevant and topical subjects relating to venture capital. Past speakers have included:
- Ron Cordes - Cordes Foundation
- Tim Wilson - Artiman Ventures
- Chris Groves - Centric Software
- Joe Kennedy - Pandora
- Larry Marcus - Marcy Venture Partners
- Eric Ver Ploeg - Deutsche Telecome
- Keval Desai - Interwest
- Paul Yett - Hamilton Lane
- Cabot Brown - Carabiner LLC
- Nick Giovanni - Goldman Sachs
For a full list of our esteemed past guest speakers and panelists, please click here.
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