Berkeley Engineering Leadership Case Series

Cloudera: Chase Interesting
From the Berkeley beginnings to a large enterprise software company, this case explores the entrepreneurial journey of Mike Olson and Tom Reilly to build Cloudera.

In It for a Marathon: Jessica Mah
After graduating from Berkeley and completing Y Combinator, this case explores how Jessica Mah had to make some tough decisions to lead her startup.

From LinkedIn to Looped In: An Entrepreneurs Early Journey
This is the case of Berkeley tech entrepreneur Jerry Luk and his path from working at startup LinkedIn to founding his own tech company that embraces iterative progress.

Vyrill: Revolutionizing Video Marketing with AI
Entrepreneur Ajay Bam guides his new startup based on lessons learned as a successful entrepreneur and Professor at Berkeley.

Liza Wang: Entrepreneur, VC, and Investor
The path of entrepreneur Liza Wang takes her from P&G to IPO, and now VC and angel investor to help up and coming entrepreneurs.

Ricardo San Martin: An International Entrepreneur
Chilean born entrepreneur Ricardo San Martin’s journey from academia to startup founder, whose company created a foaming agent used in root beer and slushy type beverages, leads to numerous lessons.

David Kim: A Lifelong Leader
The case of David Kim follows his path from industry to tech-startup founder in e-commerce and education.

Mixbook: We Make Beautiful Design Easy
Founder Andrew Lafoon meets his co-founder in a Berkeley Engineering class, this case explores how they pivoted their idea into the startup they run today.

David Chan’s Dream Team
From AOL, Yahoo, and EA to a smart toy startup, the case of David Chan leads to a classic entrepreneurial inflection point between release the product or spend more time to develop it.