Richard Lyons, Ph.D., is the Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Innovation & Entrepreneurship Officer, at the University of California, Berkeley. Rich is an economist and the former dean of the business school. Rich will become the next chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley.

We talk about a wide variety of topics around the Evolution of innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem at Berkeley. We covered topics like paradigm shifts, cultural transformations, overcoming inertia; global impact and many others.

I hope you get some insights from this story, and walk away with appreciation and potentially actionable steps if you are trying to build startup ecosystems on your campuses.

Show Notes:

https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/faculty/rich-lyons
Report on entrepreneurship at UC Berkeley from the Faculty Entrepreneurship Committee: https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/2018-08/Entrepreneurship_at_Berkeley.pdf
UC Regents taskforce report: From Discovery to Societal Impact: A Roadmap to Unleashing UC Innovation and Entrepreneurship: https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/regmeet/may21/g1attach.pdf
Cultural transformation at UC Berkeley: https://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/berkeley-named-top-university-for-number-of-venture-backed-companies-founded/#:~:text=PitchBook%20has%20ranked%20Berkeley%20%231,public%20university%20for%20startup%20founders.
Bakar fellows program: https://bakarfellows.berkeley.edu/
Cultural transformation to embrace entrepreneurship
Mission of academic institutions is impact
Overcoming inertia at academic institutions
Ecosystem dynamics & talent pipeline
Start with "Yes, if" framework to address difficult questions
Pilot programs
Berkeley RIC
I&E Council
Inclusivity: Dual degree program
Berkeley Changemaker program
Failures and hurdles
Ethical considerations
Parts of the ecosystem that could be replicated and hard to do so by other universities
Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (SCET)