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When UC Berkeley alumna Paget Kagy started the Indiegogo campaign to crowdfund “Kat Loves LA,” she couldn’t imagine the response that would follow.
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The Bay Area is filled with successful startups created by campus alumni — TubeMogul, Caviar and Indiegogo, to name a few — but until recently, aspiring UC Berkeley entrepreneurs did not have access to funding allocated specifically for them.
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Women are more effective crowdfunders than men, according to a recent study by Haas School of Business assistant professor Andreea Gorbatai set to be submitted for peer review next week.
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The campus launched a pilot crowdfunding platform Monday, through which students, faculty and researchers can seek support for their projects under the UC Berkeley brand. The website currently includes five projects focusing on topics ranging from health and sanitation to “the science of a meaningful life,” and will be online
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“Uranium Drive-In” “Uranium Drive-In” provides an intimate look into the happenings of the small town of Naturita, Colorado, after it is announced that the corporate conglomerate Energy Fuels will open the first operational uranium mill in 30 years. The announcement’s fallout brings the town’s environmental conservation efforts and blue-collar working
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The first thoughts that came to mind were, “What if I get lost in the woods during a hike and I get eaten by wolves? Or what if they make us shower in groups and there’s no stalls or curtains?!” My fifth-grade teacher had chosen the top four students in
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What began as one former UC Berkeley postdoctoral researcher’s passion to preserve the history of her ancestors has quickly evolved into an ambitious project that aims to collect several thousand oral histories in the new year.
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Michael Bao’s friends call him Mikey, and on the weekends, they all play Mario games on the Wii. Bao, a second-year EECS major at Cal, is known for not being particularly good at Super Mario Bros. — but when it comes to making games, Bao’s friends turn to him for
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