Mayfield Fellows Program
The Mayfield Fellows Program is a university program that offers students in-depth training and experience in high-tech entrepreneurship.
The program, originally called the "Technology Ventures Co-op" was founded in 1996 at Stanford University and expanded in 2001 to include the University of California, Berkeley. The two programs each have a slightly different focus. At Stanford, the students are generally seniors, mostly in engineering and science, often pursuing coterminal Masters degrees. At Berkeley, the students are generally graduate students in business or engineering.
The students benefit from doing case studies in the classroom, interning at high-tech startup companies, and meeting with senior-level mentors from those companies in the industry.
Stanford University
At Stanford University, the Mayfield Fellows Program is headed by executive director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program Tina Selig. Tina Selig teaches a class with academic director Tom Byers. The work-study program is intended to teach the theory of entrepreneurship. Each year, 12 Fellows are selected across various disciplines.
The students enter a program that covers marketing, strategy, finance, ethics and leadership. The student Fellows are later introduced to various VC firms' portfolio companies for a summer internship.[1]
References
- ↑ "Best Courses 2011". Inc.com.