A question about entrepreneurship

Naturallight,

I've worked in entrepreneurship for about five years even though I have been an entrepreneur for a very short time. There are plenty of ways to become an entrepreneur and not all of them mean having the Great Idea.

First of all you must ask yourself what kind of company you want to launch, which are your goals? Do you want a small consulting firm that gives you some money but won't make you awfully rich? Do you want a internet start-up that won't make a profit in a long time? Do you want to manage a technology spin-off from the university?

In the last case, which is the one I've worked the most and which I find the most interesting, you won't need to have the idea or develop the technology, but will help to find solutions to a technology and build a growth company around it. So in the end you will be only a part of the entrepreneurial team, probably writing the Business Plan, dealing with BA&VC and doing most of the management during the early stages.

I'm pretty sure that if you're open to it, you will find some opportunities to participate in such a company at Berkeley. Probably, the Business Plan Competition, the Lester Center and Berkeley's Technology Transfer Office are great sources to meet people with the same interests.

Good luck!