Berkeley Innovation Podcast UC Berkeley SCET

Episode #15

In this Foundercast episode a group of Berkeley students interviews Anna Lee, technical co-founder of Lioness. Her startup is a women-led sexual health startup. They are building the world's first and only smart vibrators that improve understanding of sexual pleasure and body through biofeedback data. 

Intro Music: https://www.bensound.com

Episode #14

This episode features Michael Seibel from Y-Combinator (YC) sharing about Product Market Fit when he was on campus for the "Decode Silicon Valley Startup Success" DeCal class offered by the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (SCET) at UC Berkeley.

Episode #13

In this "Tech Uncovered" episode, take a journey with a group of current Berkeley students as they explore how they should be thinking about launching a startup based on their class project. They chat with a fellow student startup founder, a venture capitalist, and a congressional aid about their AI facial recognition project. 

Episode #11
Faculty Insight
Interview with Ken Sandy. Ken is technology Product Management veteran. He's and SCET Industry Fellow and teaches the first Product Management course offered in Berkeley Engineering, with over 400 PM alumni. In the episode we learn about Ken's PM journey, teaching at Berkeley and his new book; “The Influential Product Manager – How to Lead and Launch Successful Technology Products.” It's a highly practical and approachable guide to becoming more effective and navigating the challenging collaborative aspects of the product manager’s role.
01:58 - Born in Australia
02:41 - Engineering
05:28 - San Francisco
06:16 - McKinsey & Co.
07:22 - Transition to Startup
17:41 - Empathy as a PM
21:44 - Being a Product Manager
24:14 - Teaching at Berkeley
31:26 - Book "The Influential Product Manager"
39:56 - Mindsets of a PM
45:16 - 5 Questions to Understanding Customers
52:35 - Steve Jobs the PM
56:13 - Engineering Collaboration
58:23 - Fun

Episode #12

Global Perspectives episode featuring a group of current BerkeleyGlobal entrepreneurship students chatting with Berkeley alumnae Rachel Williams. She is the head of Head of Equity, Inclusion & Diversity Talent Acquisition at X The Moonshot Factory at Google Alphabet. 

Rachel shares with the group of students her unique perspective about inclusion, culture, and leadership... she even has some fun digging into real world situations so you hear how leaders on the front line of today’s firms think.

02:41 - Background

04:05 - About X

07:10 - On Diversity

08:25 - On Inclusion

10:20 - Employees being authentic selves

12:01 - Humility

12:58 - Hiring process

16:39 - Leading your first team

19:45 - Tricky situations

33:36 - Fast & Curious

37:40 - Character

40:51 - Academic background in hiring

42:49 - On culture

48:30 - In time of crisis - People first

50:49 - Who creates culture

53:57 - Culture insights

56:20 - Final thoughts and advice

Episode #10

Foundercast episode featuring Ofek Arush and George Passantino, cofounders of Quokka Brew. Hear how George and Ofek launched their startup, from coming up with the idea, naming, to launching the business. 



00:19 - Introduction

01:45 - Childhood friends

02:15 - Their first business

02:43 - Entrepreneurial spirit

03:38 - The muffin men

06:07 - Berkeley

07:20 - How Quokka Brew was born

08:38 - Ready to drinks

11:44 - Research

14:11 - The breakthrough

18:34 - The Quokka name

21:17 - Traction

23:50 - Team of ambassadors 

27:37 - Where to get Quokka Brew

32:45 - Fun