Entrepreneurship For All - The Startup Guide by Silicon Valley Insiders

Overview

This is a program on entrepreneurship, by entrepreneurs, for everyone. It gives students the Silicon Valley insiders’ view of startups, as its lecturers and guest speakers share their extensive experience in launching, growing, and funding successful start ups.

The lecturer's proceeds from this course will be donated to nonprofits in the education space.

biggest Silicon Valley successes in Fintech, Edtech, Gaming, Fashion, Healthtech. Gig Economy, Sustainability, B2B and B2C SaaS, Media & Entertainment:

• Sal Khan (Khan Academy)
• Steve Chen (Co-founder, YouTube)
• Connie Chen (Andreessen Horowitz)
• Aaref Hilaly (Bain Capital)
• Patrick Lee (Co-founder, Rotten Tomatoes)
• Osman Rashid (Co-founder, Chegg)
• Holly Liu (Co-founder, Kabam)
• Hasan Rizvi (CPO, Doma – IPO 2021)
• Marla Beck (Blue Mercury- acquired by Macy’s)
• Jahanzeb Sherwani (CEO ScreenHero – acquired by Slack)
• Jasmine Crowe (CEO, Goodr)
• Umaimah Mendhro (CEO, Vida Fashions)
• Amy Coveny (Quake Capital)
• Ahmed Khaishgi (CEO, Squaretrade – acquired by AllState)
• Charles Huang (Co-founder, Guitar Hero)
• Carlos Cashman (CEO, Thras.io)

The Entrepreneurship For All - The Startup Guide by Silicon Valley Insiders programme in collaboration with University of California, Berkeley - UC BerkeleyX is a Professional Certificate. 

Job Outlook

• Enter the world of tech startups: launch or join for-profit ventures.
• Become a social entrepreneur: scale and sustain non-profit, social impact startups.
• Succeed in large organizations: bring startup thinking and values to research and academic institutions, SMEs, and large corporations (intrapreneurship).