Onehaas

In this episode of OneHaas alumni podcast, we chat with Rhonda Shrader. She is the Executive Director of the Berkeley-Haas Entrepreneurship Program and the National Science Foundation’s I-Corps program for the Bay Area Node. Her previous experiences include founding and being an early stage member of startups in biotech, behavioral health, retail, non-profit, and AI.Rhonda shared her story from Harvard to startups and then eventually to MBA. She also narrated her consulting career in healthcare.Next, we talked about Lean Transfer, the class she teaches at Haas, her role as the Executive Director of the Berkeley-Haas Entrepreneurship Program and the I-Corps program, and how these programs can help startups.Finally, she shared her advice on how to build and work with school or business partners.Episode Quotes:On the importance of spending time with the school community - "It's important. It's not scalable, but people need to know that you care, and that's the way to build a community.""A