Post 2- Why am I taking this class?

There are many reasons this class stood out to me. First of all, although I have yet to figure out 100% what my whole-life plans are,  I could definitely see myself in the startup world collaborating with other entrepeneurs. Because of my existing interest in entrepeneurship as well as my expererience interning at Salesforce.com last summer, a class like this tought out of the Center for Entrepeneurship and Technology really stood out to me.  Secondly, as Dr. Lavian pointed out in lecture, perhaps 1% of total employees at a company have personally issued patents. I believe being in that 1% is critical to making yourself stand out as an asset to your company and I know this class will teach me a lot about the process of getting a patent.

First Post- Intro

I am Noah Handel, a junior majoring in economics, at UC Berkeley. I am also doing the concentration out of the CET in engineering for undergraduates. I was born and raised in San Francisco and I am an avid giants fan as well as food and beer enthusiast. This is the first post in my new blog for my Patent Engineering class in the Industrial Engineering and Operations Research. I look forward to having discussions and debates with my colleagues as the semester progresses.