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Berkeley’s Computer Science curriculum and Business curriculum trains many graduate and undergraduate students with a high level of technical and theoretical ability. However, UC Berkeley is only ranked 4th by the number of founders who raised more than $1M based on a report from Crunchbase. Decode Silicon Valley Startup Success bridges the gap. We teach startup intelligence. Our curriculum consists of guest speakers from top entrepreneurs and investors in Bay area and also hands-on assignments and projects to help students build their portfolio. By the end of our course, students will be able to: ● Learn the fundamentals of starting a new venture ● Identify, define, and characterize problems ● Spot opportunities for innovation ● Segment and analyze opportunities ● Evaluate and choose innovation diffusion pathways ● Evaluate and choose models of new ventures ● Conduct customer and market research both qualitatively and quantitatively ● Design customer journey ● Establish foundation of product development ● Evaluate and choose market strategy ● Develop an in depth understanding of your customer ● Identify and quantify sources of value ● Map and influence customer decision making process As a result, this course will prepare students for starting up their own company or joining an early-stage start-up. However, students can enroll in the course even if they aren’t planning on starting up. Lots of concepts and skills about entrepreneurship are highly transferable to other aspects of career development. Open to all majors. No requisite requirements. More Information: Our DeCal course, ENGIN 198, is under an organization called Decode. Decode, formally known as BSCF, is a tech forum run by Berkeley and Stanford students. We renamed BSCF to Decode in order to face a larger global audience. Every year, we will organize tech & entrepreneurship forum for students and young professionals across the globe. Over the course of years, we have attracted 3,000+ audiences around the world, with speakers including Eric Yuan (Founder & CEO, Zoom), Michael Siebel (Y Combinator, former CEO), Jon McNeil (Lyft, COO), Steve Jurvetson (Tesla, Space X, Board Member), Astro Teller (Google X, CEO), Wei-Ying Ma (ByteDance, Vice President), and many others. To learn more about Decode: Website: https://www.decode.build/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/decode_sv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DECODEsv?s=20 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/decode2020/ Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrNM6V197nXEXXRBHq58CmA SP20 class website for reference: http://svstartupdecode.com/sp20/ Enrollment: Students will be required to apply to enroll in the class. Please understand we have the application process because we truly want to build a diverse community. To enroll: 1. Fill out the application form. 2. We'll get back to you to let you know if you were accepted or not. 3. If you are accepted, you will then be able to enroll on CalCentral. See the application for details. Application Link: https://forms.gle/fYyDisKZHt96Jj3a6 Class time (In-person): Weekly Wednesday 5:00-7:00 PM PDT Application Deadline: August 28th, 2022 11:59 PM PDT Application Result: August 29th, 2022 First Class: Aug. 31st, 2022 Last Class: Nov. 16th, 2022 Questions? Contact the student facilitator Gaurav Bharti <gbhartisd@berkeley.edu>

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