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Tag Archives: The Hub
Bagel man Noah Alper on why doing good is good business
Noah Alper, who founded Noah’s Bagels in Berkeley in 1989 — and sold it and five other ventures six years later for $100 million — will be giving a talk this week on Thursday evening at the Berkeley Hub. The serial entrepreneur will share thoughts on his view that “doing good is good for business”.
The Hub is at the David Brower Center. Details of the talk and ticket information can be found at the Hub’s website.
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Skydeck Innovation Center receives $50k boost
The Skydeck Innovation Center, planned for the top floor of the tallest building in Berkeley, received a $50,000 grant from the Chancellor’s Community Partnership Fund this week. The Skydeck, a project of the Berkeley Startup Cluster (BSC), will be a 10,000 sq. ft. incubator for fledgling technology companies. The grant was the largest award in the $260,000 distributed by the university fund for the 2011-12 fiscal year.
“The grant will enable us to operationalize the innovation center,” said Michael Cohen, director of the university’s Innovation Ecosystem Development and chairperson of BSC. Cohen said the Skydeck should be open for startups by the end of September.
The space at the top of the former Powerbar building in downtown Berkeley is currently occupied by Intel Labs Berkeley. Cohen said that Intel is doing a lot of work to leave the space in good shape for the Skydeck, so an exact date for opening is still uncertain. … Continue reading »
Co-working space Sandbox Suites opens in Berkeley
Sandbox Suites, a co-working space which, according to founder and CEO Roman Gelfer, should appeal to those who are tired of working from home or from cafes, opens today in downtown Berkeley.
The space — a 3,600 sq ft mix of open-plan working area, private offices, meeting rooms and a cafe (pictured above) — is at 1900 Addison Street, and is the second of Sandbox’s shared office spaces. Gelfer and his wife and co-founder, Sasha Vasilyuk, have … Continue reading »
The Berkeley Wire: 11.02.09
Kiva is a remarkable story of social entrepreneurship. Celebrate its fourth birthday tomorrow with global eats and beats [The Hub]
Chronicler of Istanbul (and Nobelist) Orhan Pamuk speaks on Friday. Likely to sell out so get your ticket now [Berkeley Arts & Letters]
Dinosaur analyses may wipe out one-third of species. It’s just a taxonomy thing, not mass extinction (this time) [UCB Newscenter]
BHS students cut back and lunchtime business suffers [Berkeley High Jacket]
Photo of a Berkeley bike by Gino from Flickr
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