Resources

General How-To and Business Advice

From Discovery to Entrepreneurship
A User's Guide to Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship at UC Davis
Office of the President, Office of Technology Transfer oversees policies and administers patenting and licensing of inventions and work with industry in support of the University's education, research, and public service mission.

Funding for New Ventures

The Small Business Innovation Program [SBIR]
Encyclopedia and glossary of equity and venture capital terms

Campus Entrepreneurship Centers and Courses

UC Berkeley

The Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation offers courses in new venture finance, marketing for high tech entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship in action, managing the new product development process, and managing innovation.
The Management of Technology (MOT) Program is a joint effort between the College of Engineering and the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. It is a research and teaching program that brings together faculty and students from both sides of campus to address critical technology management issues. MOT Core Courses focus on new product development processes, tools and techniques, marketing high technology products, managing R&D portfolios and development of technology alliances, and design issues and business strategies for new technology products in both established firms and new ventures.

UC Davis

UC Davis CONNECT organizes events and workshops to support the development of new business ventures in the Capital Region.

UC Davis Graduate School of Management publishes the Innovator magazine

UC Irvine

The Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI) promotes education and understanding about the development of creative new business and social ventures. Led by the Graduate School of Management, CEI provides a central resource for UC Irvine students and the community.

UC Los Angeles

The Harold Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies oversees all teaching, research, extracurricular, and community activities related to entrepreneurship at UCLA Anderson School of Management. Some entrepreneurship courses and events may be open to other graduate students on request.

UC Riverside

UC San Diego

The William J. von Liebig Center for Entrepreneurism and Technology Advancement offers courses that include Venture Mechanics, Enterprise Dynamics, Applied Innovation, and Corporate Entrepreneurship for Global Competitiveness.

UCSD Extension offers classes on Entrepreneur Development, including Best Practices in Corporate Governance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Starting and Financing Technology Companies, and What is the Company Worth: A Guide to Due Diligence.

UC San Francisco

The Center for BioEntrepreneurship collaborates closely with students, faculty, and industry leaders to develop and offer courses, symposia, workshops that train UCSF's scientists in the business of science and provide a mentor network for university scientist-inventors.

Idea to IPO...and Beyond is a 11-week course which starts in Jan 3-Mar 14 at Mission Bay Campus. The course explores the “nuts and bolts” of building a successful business through lectures by industry leaders and a team project to write a business plan. If you have an idea for a business, or would like to join a team that does, or would like to understand more about life sciences businesses, this course is for you. This popular class is a fascinating and challenging learning experience for anyone who is contemplating starting a business or joining an entrepreneurial endeavor.

Drug Discovery & Design, Tuesdays, 9am – 12 noon , starting Tuesday, 1/4/05. In a series of weekly lectures, readings, a workshop and discussions, students will gain a broad understanding of drug discovery technologies used today, and an appreciation for some of the regulatory and market forces that influence strategic choices in research planning. Students will also experience how to construct their own plan for a discovery opportunity, and present this to the class.

UC Santa Barbara

The School of Engineering ’s Technology Management Program (TMP) offers undergraduate and graduate students from the sciences, engineering and liberal arts an educational program with cutting edge curriculum and outreach programs.

UC Santa Cruz

Courses for prospective or current entrepreneurs are available at UCSC Extension include Business Opportunities in Healthcare, Sales and Marketing Fundamentals, Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Business Development, and Intellectual Property Rights in the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries.

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