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Rich Lyons

@richlyons

7 years

Hundreds of UC Berkeley students showed up early this morning to help clean up the campus damage. Beyond yourself.

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6 years

In California, 52% of all children are living in homes with at least one immigrant parent.

Fewer Births Than Deaths Among Whites in Majority of U.S. States (Published 2018)

The pattern first started more than a decade ago. But lagging fertility rates and rising white mortality rates have sped demographic change.

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Today was kinda a big day. I’m just digging into the lovely messages and want you to know how much I appreciate them. Go Bears.

UC Berkeley insider known for questioning the status quo is named new chancellor

Rich Lyons, former Berkeley business school dean and now chief innovation and entrepreneurship officer, will lead one of the nation's top public universities.

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6 years

Congrats to all 6 #studentsalways teams in Friday's @vcic ! VC judges called out teamwork & prep displayed by all teams, especially 2 finalists. Winner is 5 @BerkeleyHaas 1st yr MBAs & Entrepreneurs Choice is 3 @HaasEWMBA , 1 FTMBA & 1 @BerkeleyLawNews . Great job, everyone!

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Rich Lyons

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18 days

Big thanks to my former @BerkeleyHaas student and current US Head of Capital Markets at the NYSE, Bonnie Hyun, for this recognition and photo.

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It’s stunning what Berkeley is able to achieve at the scale that it achieves it.

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3 years

. @ucberkeley 's own Janet Yellen to be nominated to lead the US Treasury Dept. @ucberkeley @BerkeleyHaas @UCBChangemaker

WSJ News Exclusive | Biden Picks Janet Yellen for Treasury Secretary

The selection positions the 74-year-old labor economist to lead efforts to further the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

www.wsj.com

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Rich Lyons

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6 years

UC Berkeley educates roughly 10x as many low-income undergrads as any of the top private universities. 10x. @UCBerkeley

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8 years

Yep, that's the Golden Gate Bridge on the left. Yep, you should come to Berkeley. @UCBerkeley

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6 years

Berkeley lauded for being among the few that stick to no-legacy admissions in article on How To Level The College Playing Field. @UCBerkeley

Opinion | How to Level the College Playing Field (Published 2018)

I have spent a lifetime in education. Now I am dying. There are a few things I want to get off my chest.

www.nytimes.com

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Rich Lyons

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6 years

Berkeley hills view tonight.

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I was at an event recently where the Cal Band made a surprise appearance. I got choked up. I promise to do better.

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6 years

This year for the first time in its 150-year history, UC Berkeley has raised more than $500m. Go Bears. @BerkeleyHaas

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3 months

This image went up on the Jumbotron at the Cal-Stanford men’s basketball game @UCBerkeley last night with a 30-second PA read. Bears won.

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4 years

Nobel: @UCBerkeley ‘s Reinhard Genzel, a former postdoc and an emeritus physics professor, wins the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics

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7 years

The Univ of California does not discriminate based on national origin. Neither does the Haas School. Never will (while I'm in my seat).

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Rich Lyons

@richlyons

6 years

Photo of SF from our new-admit reception at Memorial Stadium (via Pallav Vyas). You too should be here! @BerkeleyHaas

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Rich Lyons

@richlyons

8 years

On campus today I walked by a guy, my age, apparently a visitor when he said, "If you work here, you are a lucky man." Amen. @UCBerkeley

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5 years

It won’t be long before the annual payout on @UCBerkeley ’s endowment provides more to the budget than the state of CA. We have come a long way.

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Rich Lyons

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7 years

Haas student Commencement speech going viral. @BerkeleyHaas

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Rich Lyons

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6 years

Recently won a senior-faculty retention against MIT. Go Bears.

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Rich Lyons

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6 years

My irreverent son, 18, asked me today: Are the defining principles the status quo? @BerkeleyHaas

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Rich Lyons

@richlyons

7 years

The vandals last night were almost surely *not* Berkeley students. @UCBerkeley

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Rich Lyons

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6 years

Berkeley lands at #4 in world.

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7 years

A future with 2 types of job: people who tell computers what to do, and people who are told what to do by computers. --Marc Andreesen

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Rich Lyons

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6 years

Those letters are carved in stone! @BerkeleyHaas

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Rich Lyons

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7 years

Lovely recent photo from Evening MBA class break looking out over Haas.

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Rich Lyons

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6 years

The @FinancialTimes ranks the #haasome Full-time Berkeley MBA Program #2 in the US in "Top MBAs for Women" (We're #3 globally); alumnae reported salaries 3 percent higher than male classmates three years post-graduation. @BerkeleyEquity

Berkeley MBA ranks #2 for women among US schools

Fueled by high alumnae salaries, the Full-time Berkeley MBA Program was ranked #2 among US schools and #3 in the world for women by the Financial Times.

newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu

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Rich Lyons

@richlyons

3 years

The goal of @ucberkeley 's #NobelNFTs is not just to raise funds: It is also to call attention in society to the fundamental importance of basic research, which is far too often disputed these days. @CalBlockchain @Cal @j_humenansky @medhakothari @UCBChangemaker

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Rich Lyons

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6 years

Vision 2: We will be the pre-eminent institution for the pairing of science and business. @BerkeleyHaas @UCBerkeley

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Rich Lyons

@richlyons

4 years

Hey, The Economist just ranked @BerkeleyHaas EMBA #1 . @UCBerkeley @Cal

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Rich Lyons

@richlyons

7 years

Sunset over @BerkeleyHaas tonight (thx to EWMBA students Pallav Vyas & Shray Khullar).

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Rich Lyons

@richlyons

6 years

As a business school, you win over time by doing the right thing, not by trying to win.

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Rich Lyons

@richlyons

9 months

Did you know that @UCBerkeley founders account for 65 still-private unicorns? Add C-level alums and the number is well over 100. Go Bears. @sibylchen @DarrenDCooke @UCBChangemaker @SutardjaCenter @UCBStartup

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@richlyons

5 years

If you are bored with Berkeley, you are bored with life. --Clark Kerr

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Rich Lyons

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7 years

Berkeley a close second in the most undergrad founders. @BerkeleyHaas

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@richlyons

2 months

Rainbow over Memorial Stadium.

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Rich Lyons

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10 days

Amazing 7 UC Berkeley scientists (Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, Doris Bachtrog, Uroš Seljak, Irfan Siddiqi, Mark T. D'Esposito, James Hurley, and Polly Arnold) elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences! #ucberkeleyinnovation #cal

Seven UC Berkeley scientists elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The Academy recognizes excellence and convenes leaders from every field to address issues of importance to the world.

news.berkeley.edu

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Rich Lyons

@richlyons

3 years

So many of us have a friend or family member whose life was saved by Jim Allison's work @ucberkeley that started the field of cancer immunotherapy. #nobelNFTs #GoBears

You Can Buy a Piece of a Nobel Prize-Winning Discovery (Published 2021)

Berkeley will auction NFTs of invention disclosure forms filed by the creators of CRISPR and cancer immunotherapy.

www.nytimes.com

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Rich Lyons

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5 years

I’ve been meeting incredibly interesting people for my new role as the Berkeley campus Chief Innovation & Entrepreneurship Officer. More to come soon on goals for the year.

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5 years

Nice @nytimes call-out of @BerkeleyHaas for US’s first zero-waste academic building. @KevinChou

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Rich Lyons

@richlyons

6 years

Klay Thompson: Confidence without attitude. @BerkeleyHaas

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Rich Lyons

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13 days

Few institutions anywhere in society reinforce pre-existing hierarchies more than places like ...

Go to a state school

The Ivy League and other elite private colleges are losing esteem — and they deserve it.

www.natesilver.net

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Rich Lyons

@richlyons

6 years

Vision 1: We will be the most distinguished-by-culture business school. @BerkeleyHaas

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Rich Lyons

@richlyons

7 years

New Haas Building: Courtyard view -- first day with scaffold down on this face.

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Rich Lyons

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7 years

Welcoming our new EWMBA class at the Stadium tonight. Is there a more gorgeous view on Earth?

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Rich Lyons

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4 months

Go Goff. Go Bears.

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Rich Lyons

@richlyons

7 years

Tonight is first midnight Top Dog in a long time. Feels good.

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Rich Lyons

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4 years

I get to present five emerging priorities for my new role as CIEO (Chief Innovation & Entrepreneurship Officer) to the Berkeley Council of Deans on Tuesday. Should be fun.

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Rich Lyons

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4 months

Happy New Year from the @UCBerkeley Innovation & Entrepreneurship (I&E) team.

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Rich Lyons

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6 years

Great institutions are great because they are obsessed with getting better. @BerkeleyHaas

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Rich Lyons

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7 years

Technology is not an industry anymore. It's the economy.

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Rich Lyons

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5 years

Entrepreneurship & Berkeley: 150 years of Questioning the Status Quo.

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9 days

Congrats to all of the founders who pitched their startups and innovative ideas at LAUNCH: The Demo Day of the University of California wide Startup Accelerator’s last week. Looking forward to seeing what you accomplish next. #ucberkeleyinnovation #cal

Haas School of Business

@BerkeleyHaas

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Congrats to all of the entrepreneurs who pitched their startups and innovative ideas at LAUNCH: The University of California's Startup Accelerator’s Demo Day last week, including our top teams! 1st place: Doorstep AI 2nd place: OptiGenix 3rd place: Citmit

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6 years

Pick Berkeley Haas. @BerkeleyHaas @greghp

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Rich Lyons

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7 years

Our job is not to do research & teaching. It is to produce breakthrough ideas (thru research) & to shape remarkable people (thru teaching).

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6 years

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. —George Bernard Shaw

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Rich Lyons

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3 years

Global university ranking (USNews): @ucberkeley #4 .

UC Berkeley again No.1 public, fourth best globally in U.S. News rankings

For the eighth straight year, UC Berkeley tops the list of the world’s best public universities and remains the fourth-best university overall in U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 global universities...

news.berkeley.edu

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Rich Lyons

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2 years

Shared Carry: @UCBerkeley thanks the 7 VC funds that share 50% of GP carry with campus—Berkeley SkyDeck Funds I & II, Berkeley Catalyst Funds I & II, Blue Bear Ventures Fund, Berkeley Frontier Fund, Cal Innovators Fund. Go Bears. @SkyDeck_Cal

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Rich Lyons

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6 years

Vote. Vote. Vote. Please vote.

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Rich Lyons

@richlyons

3 years

Giant news for @UCBerkeley innovation and entrepreneurship: Bakar BioEnginuity Hub.

Bakar BioEnginuity Hub: Berkeley’s bold new home for innovation, entrepreneurship

The Bakar BioEnginuity Hub will rent space to science-based startups , and provide campus programs for scholars and researchers. This rendering displays the versatility of the multi-leveled space,...

news.berkeley.edu

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Rich Lyons

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6 years

Haas lands at #1 for best culture -- scroll to table down page.

MBA Programs With The Best Cultures & Classmates

Read more news, MBA rankings, and all things related to business education in the Poets&Quants section for

poetsandquants.com

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Rich Lyons

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6 years

Beyond Yourself: "[Haas student Patrick] Laird’s aim to make himself and those around him better is part of the reason he has gone from a walk-on at Cal to its most productive offensive player"

Cal running back Patrick Laird’s summer project: getting kids to read

The Cal running backs appeared to be zipping through a drill just fine during a recent...

www.sfgate.com

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Rich Lyons

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6 years

Big campus news @UCBerkeley : New Division — Data Science and Information. Most significant structural change in my 20+ years here. @BerkeleyHaas

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11 months

The colossal @UCBerkeley AI Hackathon has begun!

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4 years

Just announced: @UCBerkeley moving to (mostly) online instruction starting tomorrow. Still no known cases on campus.

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Rich Lyons

@richlyons

7 years

From Berkeley, sun rising this AM on SF, reflected in windows.

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Rich Lyons

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6 years

In Santiago Chile visiting with our super-active alums here. Event tonight includes 6 of 8 newly committed to FTMBA 2020 class.

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7 years

Society as we most want it won't survive without great public education.

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Rich Lyons

@richlyons

7 years

The Berkeley-Haas full-time MBA program grew over 10% this year. New building means still more students will be served in future.

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At UC Berkeley, we're seeing a frenzy of activity around innovation and startups. I enjoyed sitting down with @ScottMcGrew to discuss what's next for entrepreneurs in the Bay Area. Thanks for the great conversation, Scott! #ucberkeleyinnovation

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Rich Lyons

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8 years

Walking up Bancroft just now I saw this license plate for the first time. Way to represent!

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@richlyons

2 months

Professor Etter rocks. Go Bears. @CalAthletics

Financial literacy class prepares Cal athletes for the big business of pro sports | Haas News |...

Shortly before Layshia Clarendon, BA 13 (American studies), was drafted into the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), the Cal senior attended a

newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu

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Rich Lyons

@richlyons

3 years

Another big deal for Berkeley: A Center whose whole job is knitting together the rest of campus in its area. A new category. @SkyDeck_Cal @SutardjaCenter @UCBStartup

Darren Cooke - Berkeley LSEC

@DarrenDCooke

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Excited to announce the launch of the Life Sciences Entrepreneurship Center at @UCBerkeley . The LSEC is a new type of center designed to help founders navigate the outstanding resources on campus and provides bio-tailored entrepreneurship education.

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7 years

Finally, our Fisher Steps reopen.

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5 years

My wife Jen & I are starting an improv comedy class tonight. Should be fun. #BerkeleyImprov

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4 years

Haas alum wins the PGA. Thanks Phil. @UCBerkeley @CalAthletics

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Rich Lyons

@richlyons

9 years

Philanthropy pays for more of UC Berkeley's operating budget than the State of California. @UCBerkeley

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Rich Lyons

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6 years

Why tie your life to what Berkeley Haas represents? Read about the values that define the school. Ask whether other schools would be willing to stand by those values. Ask whether you stand for those values. @BerkeleyHaas

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Rich Lyons

@richlyons

7 years

40% (9 of 23) of the @SkyDeck_Cal cohort teams have female founders. @carolinewinnett

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Rich Lyons

@richlyons

9 years

If you are bored with Berkeley, you are bored with life. --Clark Kerr

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Rich Lyons

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19 days

Next week, one of the companies newly born on campus will win the Big Ideas Prize — marking them as the most innovative social venture of the year. I wish all of them the best of luck, and if you'd like to meet them in person, you can register here. #cal

2024 Big Ideas Grand Prize Pitch Day and Awards Celebration | Get Tickets | Ticketbud

2024 Big Ideas Grand Prize Pitch Day and Awards Celebration - May 1, 2024 at B100. Find event and ticket information on Ticketbud.

ticketbud.com

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Rich Lyons

@richlyons

7 years

They are "forcing" me to play a song tonight at the Haas Gala. Should be fun.

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Rich Lyons

@richlyons

4 years

I’ll be live busking on Zoom this weekend (yes, from my home), with all proceeds to the Berkeley Free Clinic. Stay tuned for Zoom link later today.

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1 month

Today's the day thousands of students are learning they're invited to join @ucberkeley 's Class of 2028. For those who choose to become Golden Bears, welcome! To explore how we support entrepreneurs on campus, visit . #decisionday #ucberkeley #cal

Home - BEGIN

Welcome to the Berkeley Gateway to Innovation! The University of California, Berkeley is home to one of the most vibrant innovation ecosystems in the world. BEGIN features Berkeley innovation and…

begin.berkeley.edu

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Rich Lyons

@richlyons

7 years

Still in NY, starting college tour with my HS junior son. How fun! A lifetime on the higher-ed sell-side. Hello buy-side.

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1 year

100 Faculty Founders @UCBerkeley : A must-have list. @DarrenDCooke @carolinewinnett @sibylchen @UCBChangemaker @profgalloway @abhishekn @SutardjaCenter @judywadesf @CALinnovators @BioEnginuityHub @CamCritt @OlafGrothSF @ProfMMurray @kbpersonal

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8 years

Berkeley-Haas Community: Beyond Yourself means we'll be there for one another.

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@richlyons

3 years

. @UCBerkeley announces new residential first-year program: UC Berkeley Changemakers in Oakland. @UCBChangemaker

Berkeley launches one-year residential program at Mills College

Mills College will be the site of UC Berkeley’s first one-year residential program for 200 first-year students starting in fall 2021. (Mills College photo by Phil Bond) First-year students accepted...

news.berkeley.edu

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@richlyons

7 years

If you intend to use violence next week, I oppose you -- whoever you are.

Campus update on Free Speech Week: Milo talk, week ahead

Sunday, Sept. 24 Sunday’s events and what to expect the rest of this week Today’s events on campus were relatively peaceful, and the crowd that began gathering around 10 a.m. had dispersed by early...

news.berkeley.edu

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7 years

Haas generates more revenue for UC Berkeley than it receives from UC Berkeley (by over $5m annually). @BerkeleyHaas @UCBerkeley

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6 years

At some point, your decision is not really about which school is "better" -- it's about which school is a "better fit."

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7 years

In @BerkeleyHaas case series, Jenny Chatman & I just finishing new case on Haas culture/defining principles. If interest, LMK.

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7 years

Did you know the first PhD course in Behavioral Economics was taught at Berkeley in 1987 by Akerlof & Kahneman (both now Nobel winners)?

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Rich Lyons

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Thanks Naresh. I appreciate the opportunity. And thanks for all you have done to support our entrepreneurial postdocs on campus over the years.

Naresh Sunkara, Ph.D.

@naresh_sunkara

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Here's my conversation with @richlyons , the next Chancellor of @UCBerkeley , talking about the evolution of Innovation & Entrepreneurship ecosystem @Cal . . Rich is one of the best communicators I know @BerkeleyHaas @UofCalifornia

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Rich Lyons

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2 years

Berkeley on top for creating new startups. @SutardjaCenter @UCBStartup @SkyDeck_Cal @CITRISFoundry @ucberkeleymet @berkeleylsec @UCBChangemaker @UCBerkeley

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Rich Lyons

@richlyons

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Congratulations to @UCBerkeley 's Launchpad on extending its partnership with droppGroup to develop a #responsibleAI framework. We can only reach AI's full potential if we do so with guidelines in place. More from @thestreet :

UC Berkeley and droppGroup Collaborate on AI-Created Digital Media

Generative digital media firm droppGroup has just announced the expansion of its partnership with the Launchpad program at UC Berkeley. The partnership aims to develop an evaluation framework for...

www.thestreet.com

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Rich Lyons

@richlyons

7 years

Overheard someone describe @BerkeleyHaas recently as "a school with heart."

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Rich Lyons

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2 months

Campaigns like #LightTheWay are essential to maintaining UC Berkeley's reputation as the top university in the world for venture-backed startups. I'm excited to see how these gifts accelerate innovation on campus! #cal

It's golden: UC Berkeley's Light the Way campaign raises $7.37 billion

One of the largest capital campaigns launched by any public or private U.S. university â UC Berkeleyâs Light the Way: The Campaign for Berkeley â has come to an official and impressive end. Its...

news.berkeley.edu

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Rich Lyons

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7 years

Don't doubt Berkeley's commitment to Free Speech.

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