Berkeley Postdoc Entrepreneur Program (BPEP) at UC Berkeley

10/19/2024

"Entrepreneurship 101: Idea Evaluation to Launching a Startup" - Ocotber 23 @ 6:00 - 8:00 pm PDT (Wednesday) REGISTER here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeuiD_JJWTpmxAt36Tu0D1IINZW92wUVliuE7ECYMLVA2h7FQ/viewform Our speakers: Shanshan Li, Jill Fuss, Jesse Kindra

04/15/2020

Excellent opportunity for postdocs Bpep Ucb UC Berkeley and LBNL BLPA Berkeley Postdocs

Join the Berkeley Science Fellows Program: Part-time on-campus internships for Postdocs at UC Berkeley startups! Application form: https://forms.gle/LK1ziro2p5gEdmqj6

The Berkeley Postdoc Entrepreneurship Program (BPEP) in partnership with the Visiting Scholars and Postdoc Affairs Program and Skydeck is recruiting postdocs for the Berkeley Science Fellows Program.
In this program, Postdocs are partnered with startups from the Skydeck over a 3-12 month period to help the startups solve specific scientific challenges. This provides postdocs with valuable real world working experience and an opportunity to discover what a startup is like. You can check out the participating startups here.

Duties/Commitment:
1. Selected postdocs will be invited to perform technical due diligence on the startups that are applying to Skydeck.
2. The Science Fellows are expected to commit four-five hours a week to assist the startup over a period of 3-6 months. We understand and respect the fact that postdocs' primary commitment is to their research in the labs at UC Berkeley. The hours are flexible (could include evenings and weekends), and may be worked out mutually. This is an unpaid (volunteer) program for the duration of the three months.

Qualifications: Must have a Ph.D. (exceptions to senior grad students)
Benefits to postdocs:
• Gain experience of working with startups.
• Potential employment opportunities
• Add work experience to the résumé
• Recommendation letter from startup
• Potential to serve as on the advisory board (eventually)
• Satisfaction of helping a startup succeed!
Process:
Interested postdocs can find the participating startups in the application form.. The program managers will reach out based on the project interest and skills indicated in the application form. If the company and the postdoc believe they are a good match during the interview, postdocs are partnered with a relevant company and an informal interview is scheduled.
Application Deadline: 5.00 pm on April 16 2020

01/31/2020

QB3 SBIR workshops
The chances of your SBIR or STTR proposal getting funded are vastly improved if your proposal is well written and packaged. First-time applicants are often daunted by the intricacies of the grant submission and review processes, and are unaware that they can improve their chances of getting funded by communicating directly with funding agency program and review staff. This workshop will help you develop a compelling, well-organized research plan, and explain your ideas in clear, engaging writing that will win over your reviewers. We will focus on NIH and NSF SBIR proposals and cover topics such as eligibility, logistics, budget and other forms, review and award process.

Workshops & Meetings Hands-on support for grantwriting and more.

09/23/2019

Next BPEP workshop: Idea Evaluation - Lab To Market. September 25th, 6.00-8.30 pm, Berkeley SkyDeck
Do you have a research idea that you would like to commercialize? How would you go about it? Have you ever considered the commercial value of a product created / inspired from your research findings? What does the industry or the consumer actually need and who will pay for the product? What do you need to productize your research and solve a problem for the end customer? How can you reach your customers efficiently and get high market pe*******on? What is a Minimum Viable Product (MVP)? Does filing a patent mean you can't publish your research? If you are unsure how to answer these questions, this BPEP workshop will help!

A Berkeley Postdoc Entrepreneur Program (BPEP), VSPA, and Skydeck Collaboration Idea Evaluation - Lab To Market Do you have a research idea that you would like to commercialize? How would you go about it? Have you ever considered the commercial value of a product created / inspired from your researc...

08/05/2019

Join the Berkeley Science Fellows Program:
Part-time on-campus internships for Postdocs at UC Berkeley startups!
The Berkeley Postdoc Entrepreneurship Program (BPEP) in partnership with the Skydeck is recruiting postdocs for the Berkeley Science Fellows Program.
In this program, Postdocs are partnered with startups from the Skydeck over a 3-12 month period to help the startups solve specific scientific challenges. This provides postdocs with valuable real world working experience and an opportunity to discover what a startup is like. You can check out the participating startups here.


Duties/Commitment:
1. Selected postdocs will be invited to perform technical due diligence on the startups that are applying to Skydeck.
2. The Science Fellows are expected to commit four-five hours a week to assist the startup over a period of 3-6 months. We understand and respect the fact that postdocs' primary commitment is to their research in the labs at UC Berkeley. The hours are flexible (could include evenings and weekends), and may be worked out mutually. This is an unpaid (volunteer) program for the duration of the three months.
Qualifications: Must have a Ph.D. (exceptions to senior grad students)
Benefits to postdocs:
Gain experience of working with startups.
Potential employment opportunities
Add work experience to the resume
Recommendation letter from startup
Potential to serve as on the advisory board (eventually)
Satisfaction of helping a startup succeed!
Process:
Interested postdocs should fill the application form below. You can find the participating startups here. The program managers will reach out based on the project interest and skills indicated in the application form. If the company and the postdoc believe they are a good match during the interview, postdocs are partnered with a relevant company and an informal interview is scheduled.
Application Deadline: 5:00 PM on August 8th, 2019

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1B-IkmvC2utbf0O5Q8L83JD7OWwAJc_eQSu7N_lrynS8/edit?c=0&w=1

12/08/2018

4 pitfalls for healthcare entrepreneurs and how to confront them: Entrepreneurs might make the mistake of thinking that certain people in the organization who are championing their project have more leverage within the organization than they actually do.

In an interview, Sheppard Mullin Partner Michael Orlando highlighted some potential pitfalls from contract negotiations to pilot study design and what startups can do to navigate them to strengthen their business.

11/09/2018

Next BPEP workshop: How to speed up your startup growth? Identifying early mentors and partners. Thu, November 15, 2018 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM PST;Stanley Hall, Room 106 Berkeley, CA 94709https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-speed-up-your-startup-growth-identifying-early-mentors-and-partners-tickets-52324783837

Interested in how to find early stage mentors and partners in your startup journey? Founders in hard tech spaces need to start thinking of strategic partnerships with big companies early on in their startup journey. These big companies could be providing corporate venture money, path to markets (sales & distribution channels) and many other things. Identifying mentors in the industry who could guide you might be one path to such partnerships. While doing everything in-house might be the best ting to do, outsourcing, might be a better way.

Interested in how to find early stage mentors and partners in your startup journey? Founders in hard tech spaces need to start thinking of strategic partnerships with big companies early on in their startup journey. These big companies could be providing corporate venture money, path to markets (sal...

10/22/2018

Resources for Aspiring Entrepreneurs: Lab Space, Equipment, and Mentorship: Did you know there are resources available right here on campus to help you?
Stanley Hall, Room 105 | Berkeley, CA 94709

Thursday, October 25, 2018 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (PDT)

Register now!

Interested in launching a startup from your Ph.D./postdoc research, but unsure where to procure lab space for proprietary purposes? Are you a researcher hoping to access a network of industry professionals in emerging industries like Cleantech, biotech, high speed computing? Or are you an aspiring e...

08/10/2018

Lab to market: transform reseach into successful startups

Do you have a research idea that you would like to commercialize? How would you go about it? Have you ever considered the commercial value of a product created / inspired from your research findings? What does the industry or the consumer actually need and who will pay for the product? What do you n...

06/25/2018

Here’s how to negotiate your salary over email:

If you have to discuss money in writing, keep it polite, professional, and direct.

05/21/2018

5/24/18 event at Berkeley SkyDeck - How to flip a skeptical VC from a ? to a YES! Straight Talk with an LP and a VC
Berkeley SkyDeck, 2150 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, Penthouse
Thursday 5/24/18, 5:30-7pm: Hear from Managing Director of Top Tier Capital Partners Lisa Edgar and 2018 Forbes 30 Under 30 on the Venture Capital List Susan Liu at this conversational Fireside Chat. Learn what sectors are HOT right now and get your questions answers honestly by the poker-faced reviewers you're presenting to...

05/14/2018

Advanced Materials Competition 2018 (September 7th-21st), a two-weeks accelerator program that we organise in Berlin together with the Innovation Network for Advanced Materials. It is dedicated to hardware startups in the field of electronics, functional materials, lighting, displays, energy efficiency, batteries, and so on. Partners of the network and also mentors are companies like Bosch, Würth electronics, SPECS, OSRAM, Sabic, Henkel and research institutes like Humboldt University. Have a look here for more infos: https://www.inam.berlin/admacom-2018/ Deadline for applications is June 8th.

AdMaCom 2018 will bring together the brightest minds in the Material and Mobility sectors and will allow you access to a broad infrastructure in Berlin to test and improve your technology. Join us and use your expertise and knowledge to help solve some of the mobility challenges of the future!