From Berkeleyside
Five steps to make Berkeley a high-tech mecca
By Lance Knobel
Vivek Wadhwa, one of the most outspoken academics on innovation and entrepreneurship, spoke today about how Berkeley could position itself to capture a more than fair share of technology start-ups. “It’s surprisingly easy to fix Berkeley,” Wadhwa declared. “Everything is here.”
Wadhwa was speaking at the Infusion Lunch at Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, organized by Sylvia Paull. He spoke to an audience of local business owners, entrepreneurs, students and city officials, including Economic Development Manager Michael Caplan with whom he shared the stage. The lunch was hosted by the Berkeley Startup Cluster.
Wadhwa has academic appointments in the School of Information at UC Berkeley, at Duke University’s engineering school, and at Harvard Law School. He writes for both Bloomberg BusinessWeek and TechCrunch and is a prolific tweeter....