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Berkeley Real Estate Club (BREC) BREC Overview
• We are the oldest student club at Haas. Our members are drawn from five different UC Berkeley graduate programs: Haas, Berkeley Law, CED, Goldman and Engineering.
• Our mission is to maximize real estate learning opportunities for members and forge strong industry connections. Additionally, we strive to promote real estate as an industry to new and prospective students.
Key Activities BREC supports your career interests through the following activities:
• ACRE: Accelerating Careers in Real Estate helps students focus their career search in real estate and provides a bridge to the real estate community
• IGCRE: The Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate in Real Estate will give you explicit recognition of a specialization in real estate
• Competitions: Bank of America Low-Income Housing Challenge, the NAIOP Real Estate Challenge, the UNC Real Estate Development Challenge, the UT Austin Real Estate Finance Challenge, ULI Hines Student Competition, and more
• Conferences: Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics • Events: Property tours, speaker series, social events, alumni networking, industry mixers
Industry-Focused Electives The following are examples of our electives to help you learn about the real estate industry:
• Real Estate Investments and Market Analysis by Victor Couture (Haas) • Real Estate Finance by Nancy Wallace (Haas) • Land Development and Investment by Bill Falik (Berkeley Law) • U.S. Housing, Planning, and Policy by Carol Galante (CED)
Sample Internship & Full-Time Opportunities Below is a sampling of recent Haas internships/full-time opportunities from the real estate industry:
• MetLife Real Estate Investors Summer Internship • CBRE Global Workplace Solutions MBA Summer Associate • BRIDGE Housing Project manager (Full-Time) • Tishman Speyer Analyst (Full-Time)
For additional information, please contact BREC co-presidents:
David Eisenman: [email protected] Eric Valchuis: [email protected]
Join us on Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/groups/berkeleyrealestateclub/ Visit us @ http://haas.campusgroups.com/brec/home
About the Haas Consulting Club (HCC): The Haas Consulting Club is a student-led organization that serves as a key resource for Haas MBA students considering a career in consulting. The Haas Consulting Club’s mission is to equip full-time and part -time MBA students for success pursuing career opportunities in management consulting through high quality support in resource preparedness, networking and thought leadership. Relevant Courses: Most of the core-curriculum from your first year at Haas (i.e. Marketing, Finance and Strategy) will prepare you for consulting interviews, while experiential classes such as IBD and Haas@Work will help you practice real life consulting. To help you get familiar with the fundamentals of consulting case interviews, we organize a one credit Speaker Series Course where 2nd year students who successfully recruited/interned in consulting teach how to crack the case and master the interviews. Internship & Full-Time Career Opportunities:
• Bain & Company • McKinsey & Company • Boston Consulting Group • Deloitte Consulting • L.E.K. Consulting
• Simon Kucher & Partners • A.T. Kearney • PwC • Parthenon EY • And ma ny more
Key Club Offerings:
Student Preparedness: • Educa te students a bout the consulting industry, firm fa cts, a nd ca ree r opportunitie s
through weekly newsle tters, club resources, a nd a ccess to online tools • Prepa re students for consulting ca se inte rviews through a n Applied Fra meworks in
Consulting cla ss, “Ca se Bootca mp”, a nd othe r events Haas Community
• Crea te friendships a mong students a nd a lumni during consulting ha ppy hours • Network with ex-consulta nt cla ssma tes a nd second yea rs
Firm and Alumni Relationships • Connect students to potentia l employers through Ha a s Consulting Da ys a s we ll a s
industry-focused presenta tions, ne tworking events, a nd coffee cha ts • Lea rn a bout a nd pa rticipa te in firm ca se competitions a nd confe rences
Visit our Website: https:/ /ha a s.ca mpusgroups.com/consulting/a bout/ Connect with us: J orda n Ba xter, FTMBA Co-President (jorda n_ba xte r@mba .berkeley.edu) Sa ndra Ta mer, FTMBA Co-President (sa ndra fta mer@mba .berkeley.edu) Ankur J a in, EWMBA Co-President (a nkurja in@berke ley.edu )
Sa ra Fa rsio, VP Membership (sa ra _fa rsio@mba .berke ley.edu)
Overview: Data Science Club is focused on events that educate full-time and evening/weekend MBAs about analytics and data science. We partner with other career clubs, likemarketing, tech and healthcare, to highlight the use of analytics in a variety of industries.
BA Certificate
Earn a Certificate in Business Analytics (recently launched a few weeks ago. The certificate responds to an escalating need for leaders who can translate data into business insights, and who are literate consumers of data science techniques. It is designed for MBA students aspiring to leadership roles involving business decision making informed by data
AI Summit
Attend a full-day conference with speakers who have diverse backgrounds in AI/ML and are experts in their respective fields
Workshops
Learn python, SQL, and other technical skills and make your resume more attractive to tech companies, especially for PM and ML/AI roles
Data Management Fellowship
Work with a start-up to solve critical problems and manage a team of UC Berkeley undergrad engineers to provide data-driven solutions
Career Treks
Visit companies and learn about MBA career opportunities
Network
Take advantage of the Berkeley ecosystemWe actively host and collaborate events with other data science focused organizations on campus (e.g., I-school, Graduate-Data-Science-Organization)
Key Activities:
Industry-Focused Electives:
The following are examples of Haas electives to help you learn about the data science & analytics:
● Intro to Data Science● Marketing Analytics● Marketing Research: Tools and Techniques for Data● Collection and Analysis● Brand Manager Boot Camp● Data Visualization for Discovery and Communication● Additional classes in the School of Information
If you’re interested in learning more please contact the Co-Presidents of the Data Science Club:
Bryan Tom: [email protected] Fa’ai’uaso: [email protected]
Key Activities:● Lunch and learns with industry leaders from across the sector● Treks to education-focused companies like: KIPP, NewSchools Venture Fund, Reach Capital● Panels on topics ranging from school finance to social equity in education featuring prominent speakers
and thought leaders● Happy hours and networking opportunities to connect with Haas students and alumni working on a
range of education topics● Career guides and resources
The Haas Education Club is committed to exposing members to exciting career opportunities, fostering networking and community-building with ed-focused grad students across Berkeley, and engaging in learning and dialogue about the most important issues in education, from school design to college access.
Contact Information● Jordan Lee, Vice President - [email protected]● Sam O’Reilly, Vice President - [email protected]
Haas FinTech Club Overview
● Founded in the fall of 2016, Haas FinTech Club is the fastest-growing club on campus and now includes more than 260 members across full-time and evening weekend MBA programs.
● Our vision is to promote and support the next generation of FinTech business leaders in the Bay Area. Additionally, we strive to develop Haas’ brand in FinTech.
● We also embrace the broad applications and interdisciplinary nature of FinTech through partnerships and diverse programming.
● Socially beneficial FinTech is of particular interest, and we have a dedicated “VP of Impact” role to lead social impact programming.
Key Activities
● Annual teach-ins & research opportunities: “Blockchain: Everything you need to know before graduating” and “Haas-Ripple Blockchain Initiative”
● Career treks to top FinTech firms: We have visited NerdWallet, Earnest, SoFi, PayPal, Visa, Square, Credit Karma, and Braintree. More to come!
● On-Campus Panel and Speaker Events: Large-scale speaker events with industry leaders on subjects such as investing, blockchain, lending, and socially positive FinTech.
Industry-Focused Electives
● FinTech: This course investigates the advances in financial services owing to technology innovations. It discusses payments and new technologies such as distributed ledger systems.
● FinTech Speaker Series: Industry experts come and impart their wisdom and share experiences on what a career within FinTech looks like and how to be successful
● Blockchain and the Future of Technology, Business, and Law: This course provides an overview of the technology and code behind blockchain and explores current and potential real-world applications in technology, business, and law.
Sample Internships & Full-Time Opportunities
● Top Functions: Business Strategy, Product Management, Financial Modelling ● Recruiting Companies: SoFi, NerdWallet, Earnest, Cryptolab Capital, Credit Karma, Square,
Adyen, Visa, Ripple, Intuit, LendingClub and more!
We are happy to answer any questions you might have, and you can reach us via email:
o Co-Presidents: o Allyse McGrath [email protected] o Sam Smith [email protected] o Anna Soybel [email protected]
o VP Admissions: Louis Wang [email protected]
Food@Haas Club Overview
A club for those interested in careers in the food industry as well as those who just love food, Food@Haas is one of the largest, most encompassing clubs on campus. We offer professional, academic, and social opportunities around Food.
Food@Haas has something for everyone!
Professional: We connect you with resources for an amazing Food job
• Inaugural Food Summit (Career Week): Come hear from industry leaders on emerging topics like Plant-based Meat and Robotics in Food Service. Learn about transparency and sustainability in food supply chains. Finally, network with recent Haas alumni working in the food space!
• Company Treks: Visits to a broad array of food-related companies. Past treks have included Imperfect Produce, The Food Nest, Boba Guys, Tartine Bakery, Dandelion chocolate!
Academics: We create and support academic offerings around Food
• Food Speaker Series (Fall B): Topics range from the Future of Food to Food Waste, from Sustainable Ag to Food Investing. Come learn about the industry from a variety of perspectives!
• Food Innovation Studio (2Y Fall): A 10-week applied innovation course where student teams work on building their own food ventures, gain hands-on entrepeneurship experience, and hear from food professionals, investors, and entrepreneurs.
• Edible Ed (Spring), Plant-Based Meat Challenge (Spring), and more!
Social: We build community with frequent, fun, and subsidized events for all levels of foodies!
• Eating Together: Frequent Courtyard Bites and Best of The Bay events bring Haasies together to enjoy local treats right here at Haas or explore the buzzing Bay Area restaurant scene.
• Cooking Together: Learn a recipe from your classmates and share a meal together in our frequent “Crowdsourced Cooking Lessons” series.
Sample Internship & Full-Time Opportunities
Recent Haas internships/full-time opportunities from food-related industries:
• Clif • Starbucks • DanoneWave • General Mills • Amazon Fresh • Byte Foods
• Revolution Foods • Plenty • Farmers Business
Network • Dig Inn • Restaurant Cheetah
• Tin Shed Ventures • Rich Ventures • Ironfire Ventures
(Caviar, Locol) • Various student start-
ups, local projects
Interested in joining Food@Haas? Sign up on CampusGroups for access to unparalleled professional opportunities and a strong community around food!
Reach out to Co-Presidents Shom Gupta ([email protected]), Jose Alonso ([email protected]) or anyone else on our Leadership Team!
http://haas.campusgroups.com/hha/home/
Haas Healthcare Association (HHA)
Overview The Haas Healthcare Association is a student-run organization that brings together UC Berkeley students of all backgrounds with a shared goal to build a more connected and impactful healthcare ecosystem. Our vision is to make UC-Berkeley the premier healthcare talent pipeline by empowering the student community to tackle the world’s most difficult health problems. The Association represents a broad group of students from schools across the UC Berkeley campus, including the Haas School of Business, the School of Public Health, the Goldman School of Public Policy, the School of Information, and Berkeley Engineering. Key Activities The Haas Healthcare Association supports your career through the following activities:
• Annual Haas Healthcare Conference: Join our signature event bringing together hundreds of changemakers in the healthcare space each spring
• Annual Firm Night: Connect with top employers at the largest industry career fair at Haas
• Annual Healthcare Speaker Series: Hear from industry professionals across all corners of the healthcare ecosystem
• Career Treks: Visit major industry players and health tech startups; speak with senior decision-makers and learn about internship and full-time opportunities
• On-campus company presentations and networking events • Happy hours and casual dinners: Foster community among healthcare-focused students and alumni • Case competitions, digital health hackathons: Innovate together to tackle tough healthcare
problems
Healthcare-Focused Electives The following are examples of Haas electives to help you learn about the healthcare industry:
• Healthcare in the 21st Century: Surveys the modern healthcare system in the U.S. examining the roles of major stakeholders including Payers, Providers, Medical Device and Pharmaceutical companies.
• Healthcare Finance: Covers strategic financial management in the healthcare industry, including providers, payers and life science firms. Cases are used to apply the financial analysis and planning skills learned in the course.
• Innovations in Healthcare: Provides insights into innovations in healthcare service delivery, information technology, and medical devices. Through presentations by leading entrepreneurs, students will be challenged to make investment decisions in firms with the greatest promise and to develop an investment philosophy that supports their commitments to specific companies.
http://haas.campusgroups.com/hha/home/
• Health Economics and Policy: Equips students with
the tools and information needed to improve health care delivery since creating the necessary new products, strategies and policies requires a nuanced understanding of the complexity of incentives, regulations and context that define health care in the U.S.
• Biotech and Pharma: Provides an overview of the biotech industry, including challenges, opportunities, and trends in the industry. Students will be able to tackle a real-world challenge faced by a major pharmaceutical company centered around drug pricing and drug access strategy and have their proposals evaluated by company representatives.
• Life Science Marketing: Life science marketers face a unique challenge due to the need to appeal to a broad range of stakeholders. This course provides an overview of the leading and emerging practices in life sciences marketing, strengthens students’ ability to identify unmet customer needs and translate those into actionable insights for brand strategy, and provides experience utilizing foundational marketing methods.
• Unlocking Digital Innovation in Healthcare: In partnership with Omada Health, explores the drivers behind the surge of innovation in digital and connected health, enumerate the main value propositions being targeted for “disruption” and consider how different stakeholders are engaging (or not) with digital health solutions. Students will review issues central to digital health companies including user experience design, evidence-based results and scaling.
Sample Internship & Full-Time Opportunities Below is a sampling of recent Haas internship & full-time opportunities in healthcare:
Abbott Amgen
Augmedix BD
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Blue Shield of California
Boston Consulting Group Boston Scientific
Claritas RX CVS Health
DaVita Healthcare Partners Deloitte
Discovery Health Partners Doximity
Eli Lilly Genentech
Gilead Sciences Health Advance LLC
Health Net Healthcare Partners
Intermountain Healthcare Intuitive Surgical
IQVIA Johnson & Johnson Kaiser Permanente
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips Massimo
MCG Health, LLC McKesson
McKinsey
Neurocrine Biosciences Omada Health
Proteus Digital Health Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Rock Health Seattle Genetics
Simon-Kucher & Partners Solv Health
Sutter Health uBiome
Varian Medical Systems ZS Associates
For additional information, please contact VP of Admissions Trishla Jain at [email protected].
Website: http://haas.campusgroups.com/htc/about/
Haas Tech Club Overview
● HTC is one of the largest and most active associations at Haas and acts as a gateway for students
to the ever-evolving tech field ● Our goal is to provide members and alumni the network, access, knowledge, and practical
experience to advance careers across the technology industry Highlight of Key Activities
● Tech Summit: HTC’s flagship 1-day event early in the fall designed to provide students with an in-
depth look into careers in technology, the different sectors and roles, overview of the recruiting process, as well as recent trends and networking opportunities with the sponsoring companies.
● Haas Tech Challenge (November): 2-day case competition hosted by Haas in which MBA teams from top business programs tackle real world problems faced by a sponsoring company (the theme of 2018 was "Big Data and the City of Tomorrow", sponsored by Amazon)
● Career treks at top-recruiting companies: Organized throughout the school year and include both big tech and small-to-mid-sized companies (e.g. Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Airbnb, Slack)
● Speaker Series: industry speakers come on campus once a week to talk about a breadth of topics in technology and to network with students afterwards in a happy-hour setting
● Workshops: develop applicable skills that you will use in your internship, ranging from design thinking to data analytics Example Tech-Focused Electives
● Entrepreneurship, Toby Stuart & Rob Chandra: This course teaches how entrepreneurs identify
attractive opportunities and design and build new ventures ● Product Management, Vince Law: This course will arm students with the toolsets and mindsets to
tackle various high-impact challenges and high-leverage decisions of the Product Management role ● An Introduction to Code for MBAs, J Wadcan: This course helps MBA candidates communicate
effectively with technical colleagues. Students will get real world experience building a web application and understand the real world coding process
● Data Science and Data Strategy, Greg LaBlanc: The purpose of this course is to teach students enough basic quantitative analytics to leverage data scientists and analytics experts, and to assess and modify a company’s data strategy
● Fin Tech, Christine Parlour: The course covers all aspects of the financial system that are vulnerable to change and investigates some of the changes that have happened and those that may happen
Internship & Full-Time Opportunities
● Top Functions: Product Manager, Product Marketing Manager, Corporate Strategy/Development,
Business Development, Operations, Sales, Finance ● Top Companies: Adobe, Amazon, Apple, Cisco, Facebook, Google, Intuit, Okta and a lot more!
For additional information, please contact one of our Co-Presidents: Shan Ouyang ([email protected]) and/or Stephen Chernekoff ([email protected])
https://haas.campusgroups.com/idec/about/
International Development & Enterprise Club
IDEC Overview
• Our aim is to connect the Berkeley-Haas community with leading practitioners, researchers and
specialists in international development and international business to understand current practices
and explore future career opportunities. • We look to explore a variety of issues from bottom-of-the-pyramid oriented organizations to the role
of multinationals operating in emerging markets.
Key Activities
IDEC supports your career interests through the following activities: • Social impact speaker series: dedicated session to careers in int'l development • Career treks (examples): Kiva.org, FSG, IDEO.org, FairTrade USA, etc. • UC Berkeley mixer: opportunity to meet students from other programs
• Happy-hours and dinners with int'l development themes to spark discussion
Industry-Focused Electives The following are examples of Haas electives to help you prepare for an international career:
• International Business Development: Frank Shultz. Experiential learning course that prepares students to solve real-world business problems and emphasizes innovative leader skills in international settings.
• Technology Breakthroughs for Combating Global Poverty: Shashi Bulusware. Learn about
technology innovations that hold the key to tackle global poverty in the areas of food security, health, energy access, education, human rights and gender equity, water security, digital/financial access,
and climate change and environmental damage. • Social Impact Metrics: Colin Boyle. Through a unique partnership with Amgen/Onyx, several
nonprofit organizations working in the cancer field will receive grants of $25,000 to work with student
groups to implement improvements in their metrics systems recommended by project teams formed in the class.
• Global Leadership: Ernest Gundling. Most major decisions that current and future leaders make now have global ramifications, whether the focus is future growth strategies, marketing, supply chain,
R&D, mergers & acquisitions, innovation, finance, or human resources. Students will gain practical global leadership knowledge and skills.
Sample Internship & Full-Time Opportunities
Below is a sampling of recent Haas internships from the International Development space: ● United Nation Environmental Program - Intern - State of Penang, Malaysia ● Dalberg - Summer Consultant - Mumbai, India ● Falabella Retail S.A., Product Development Intern - Bogota, Colombia ● Jacaranda Health - Operations Intern - Nairobi, Kenya
● International Finance Corporation - Washington DC For additional information, please contact Pang Sittakaradej at [email protected]
Investment Management Club
Investment Club Overview The Haas Investment Management Club provides students with resources and support to pursue careers in investing and asset management. Key Activities Every year the IM Club organizes the following activities to support students:
• Haas stock pitch competition • Speaker series with investment professionals • Stock pitch workshops and interview practice • Support for national stock pitch competitions (e.g., at CBS, Booth, and UNC) • Career treks based on interest (e.g., to San Francisco, Los Angles, and/or Boston)
Industry-Focused Electives The following classes are available for students interested in investing:
• Hands-on: Values & Value Investing • Haas Socially Responsible Inv. Fund • Asset Management • Corporate Financial Reporting • Hedge Fund Strategies • Fixed Income
• New Venture Finance • Financial Statement Modeling • M&A: A Focus on Creating Value • Socially Responsible Investing • Private Equity: From LBO to Emerging Markets • Financial Information Analysis
Sample Internship & Full-Time Opportunities Many investment management firms come to campus or post job opportunities on careernet for both summer internship and full-time opportunities, including:
• Capital Group • Bridgewater Associates • T. Rowe Price • Franklin Templeton • American Century Investments • Dodge & Cox • Parnassus Investments
• Thornburg Investment Management • WCM Investment Management • TCW Group • Cambridge Associates • Credit Suisse Equity Research • Wisconsin State Investment Board
In addition the IM club also supports off-campus recruiting and past members have interviewed or received offers from Fidelity, MFS Investment Management, and various hedge funds. For more information, contact our Co-Presidents Patrick Hamm ([email protected]) and Jerry Singh ([email protected]) or visit our website (https://haas.campusgroups.com/investment/about/).
WhatistheHaasMarketingClub?TheHaasMarketingClubisHaas’premieremarketingorganizationoncampus.Student-runandorganized,HMCisthebestplacetolearnaboutmarketingasadiscipline,getthelatestupdatesonrecruiting,andconnectwithlike-mindedpeerswholovemarketing.WhattypeofeventsdoestheHaasMarketingClubrun?HMChostsanumberofevents.Someoftheonesfrompreviousyearsinclude:
• SuperBowl(commercials!)watchparty• SmallgroupdiscussionwithrenownedmarketingProfessorDavidAaker• Profitandloss(P&L)workshophostedbyNestle• HMC’ssignatureevent,theannualMarketingSummitduringCareerWeek
WhattypesofcareeropportunitiesexistforaspiringmarketersatHaas?TherearemanymarketingrolesHaasstudentscanapplyfor,whichcanvarysomewhatbycompany.Someofthemorecommononesinclude:
• Brandmanagement• Productmanagement• Productmarketingmanagement• Growthmarketing• Consumerinsights• Marketresearch• Marketstrategy
WhatkindofcompaniesrecruitformarketingrolesatHaas?BelowareahandfulofcompaniesthatHaasMBAsregularlylandforinternshipsandfull-timeroles:
Haas is the destination for values-driven MBAs, just ask Poets & Quants. Net Impact helps
students turn intent into action as they navigate the amazing array of social impact career
paths and campus opportunities. We serve to build a strong, connected, empowered
Net Impact community.
We host on- and off-campus events--including treks, skills workshops, networking sessions,
speaker series, social happy hours, and sponsored conference attendance--to meet members
where they are as they explore social impact careers and build personal support systems.
Net Impact is also the connective tissue of all social impact resources at Haas, including
multiple other clubs (International Development, Education, BERC, etc.), and established
institutes such as the Center for Responsible Business and the Center for Social Sector
Leadership. We strive to pull together all the moving pieces so our members don’t have to.
Here’s a sampling of the Haas electives where you can get curious about anything and
everything within social impact:
Net Impact members mean business. Here are some companies where students recently
landed internship and full-time opportunities.
Why are we here
What do we do
What do we learn
• Strategic & Sustainable Business Solutions
• Social Lean Launchpad
• Social Sector Solutions
• Haas Socially Responsible Investment Fund
Who do we know
Visit our website: haas.campusgroups.com/netimpact/about/
We create a Net Impact tribe of
students who believe in harnessing
the power of business for good.
• Networking across MBA classes
(FT, EW, EMBA)
• Happy Hours
• Net Impact Conference housing
• Social impact career starter kit
• Alumni career panels
• Career Pathway maps
• Social impact job board
• Career week workshops
• Connections to local companies
for in-year consulting projects
• Social impact focused peer
advising and CMG resources
• Company treks
What do we do How do we do it
Ensure students have the content
learning opportunities they need to
explore and succeed in social
impact roles.
• Speaker series
• Connection to faculty
• Work with Program Office to
ensure and enhance social impact
course offering
Recognizing that social impact
careers take varied shapes, we
guide students through the
amazing--but sometimes
unstructured--social impact career
search. From exploring, to
targeting, to interviewing, to
securing summer and full-time job
opportunities, we support our
members through each step of the
process!
We connect students with
opportunities on- and off-campus
to explore and deepen their social
impact toolbox.
• Conferences and competitions
• Co-sponsored events with other
Haas clubs
• Events in the Bay Area
• Alumni gatherings
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Private Equity Club Haas PE Club Overview The PE Club brings together MBA students with an interest in private markets investing, from growth equity to LBOs, and traditional industry focus to impact. We are committed to be a resource for club members for career and educational matters by providing a platform to meet and network with fellow Full-time and Evening and Weekend MBAs interested in PE, Haas alumni currently working in the Private Equity space, and leading industry professionals in the Bay Area and beyond. Our events are targeted for students with prior industry experience and those interested in exploring future opportunities in PE. Key Activities Our activities range from industry updates, job search, social and educational themes, including:
• Inaugural Berkeley Haas Private Equity Symposium, February 2019 • Monthly newsletters with industry trend updates • Job postings • Recruiting tips and educational opportunities • Fall speaker series • Company treks • Industry competitions and events
Industry-Focused Electives The following are examples of Haas electives to help you learn about the PE industry:
• Financial Information Analysis • Financial Statement Modeling • Corporate Finance • Financial Institutions and Markets • Deals • Negotiations and Conflict Resolution
• New Venture Finance • Venture Capital and Private Equity • Mergers & Acquisitions: A Focus on
Creating Value • Private Equity: From LBO to Emerging
Markets
For additional information, please contact our Co-Presidents Jiada Tu ([email protected]) or Katharine Hawthorne ([email protected]).
Sports Business Club Overview The Sports Business Club (SBC) is dedicated to those who are passionate about the intersection of sports and business. We are committed to enabling the Berkeley-Haas community to chase their passion in sports, however they define that. Key Activities The Sports Business Club supports your career interests through the following activities:
• Career and company treks • Nike • North Face • Electronic Arts
• Case competitions and conferences • MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference • UCLA Anderson Game Day Sports Case Competition
• Social events • Golden State Warriors game • Super Bowl Watch Party • March Madness Bracket Challenge • Fantasy Sports Leagues • Soccer Watch Party
Speaker Series The SBC sponsors an annual speaker series that brings in a diverse group of industry-focused experts to discuss their industries and their career paths in a classroom setting; last year speakers included(*indicates Haas alum):
• Markus Leunig* (CFO, The North Face) • David Liss (VP of Analytics and Strategy,
Bleacher Report)
• Tim Nguyen (Product Marketing, The Athletic)
• Ciaran Quinn* (Principle, VEO2) Sample Internship & Full-Time Opportunities Below is a sampling of recent Haas internships/full-time opportunities from the sports business industry:
• Nike, Strategic Planning Manager • Electronic Arts, Brand Strategy &
Operations Manager • Clif Bar, Brand Manager
• Nike, Sustainable Innovation Intern • The North Face, Customer Lifecycle
Management MBA Intern • Electronic Arts, Product Manager Intern
For additional information, please contact Co-Presidents John Bertels ( [email protected]) and Napat Buranatavonsom ([email protected]).
Haas Startup Squad is connecting ambitious Haas MBA students with the most promising Skydeck
startups for mutual learning and acceleration
• Business model definition• Commercialization strategy• Market analysis and sizing• Go-to-market strategy• Sales and partnerships• Fundraising• Financial modelling
• Intrinsic motivation• Entrepreneurial
spirit/experience• Sound business acumen• Cultural fit
Job description What it takesTypical projects
What do we do?
• Support startups directly, working on a semester long impactful project
• Connect them with experts (from your class, personal network and the Cal ecosystem)
• Help international founders navigate local entrepreneurship ecosystem
• Hands-on experience working with the Bay‘s most innovative startups• Insight into exciting industries…
• Medtech• Enterprise Software• Education• Robotics, etc.
• …and cutting-edge technology• AI• Machine Learning• Blockchain, etc.
• Grow your network in the entrepreneurship ecosystem (Founders, Investors, Accelerators, etc.)
• Unique opportunity to work with some of the top business students in the world to help define and grow your company
• Talented: Berkeley Haas is the #7 business school in the U.S. for full-time students, #1 for evening-weekend students
• Motivated: For many MBA students, this type of opportunity is why they came to Haas. Haas was named the #5 Entrepreneurship Program among business schools
Why get involved?
Students Startups
How to find out more?
Email us
Noah [email protected]
Minh [email protected]
Ross [email protected]
