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 More students than ever benefit from the Technology Management Program. Our courses are consistently ranked among the best in the University and this year we have over 18 from which to select. Senior UC Santa Barbara faculty and lecturers from the business community work together to design and implement over 30 undergraduate and graduate level courses presenting both theory and practice of marketing, finance, and management issues. We work hard to ensure that this program makes a difference in peoples' lives.  In addition to our curriculum, we've built outstanding extracurricular components. Proof that our efforts work -- when a student tells of a successful job interview, and further, of getting the job offer that they only dreamed of before TMP. Or when a student secures funding with an angel investor and credits his/her success to the skills learned through the Technology Management Program. Or when an applicant to UC Santa Barbara chooses this university over other schools, citing the Technology Management Program as a strong factor -- this is when we see a success for us as well.
| C2C: Emerging Energy Technologies Summit |
 The Summit, a sold-out event in its inaugural year, allows participants to join with financiers, engineers, scholars, business leaders, and policy makers to discuss the development and creation of profitable and practical energy technology solutions that meet the market's increasing energy demands. The Summit highlights the latest research and development for new energy technologies.
| Tech Management Lecture Series |
 This dynamic Lecture Series takes place on Thursday nights in the Fall and Winter quarters and offers outstanding speakers on a range of subjects related to the technology and entrepreneurial industries. A sampling of past lectures includes Ron Werft, President & CEO of Cottage Health System; Virgil Elings, Ph.D., Technology Pioneer; Dr. John Bowers, Co-Founder Technology Management Program; Fred Steck, former Managing Director of Private Wealth Management, Goldman Sachs; Franklin "Pitch" Johnson, General Partner, Asset Management Partners, and Director of Amgen; and Dan Burnham, Chairman and CEO (ret'd), Raytheon Corp.
In April the semi-finalist New Venture Competition teams hold a formal "Venture Fair" where seasoned investors and entrepreneurs have the opportunity to hear student business teams give pitches, read executive summaries, and vote for the teams most likely to make a successful enterprise. These teams advance to the final round, the New Venture Competition.
 In May the Technology Management Program holds its annual New Venture Competition. Five student entrepreneur teams, who survived rigorous preliminary rounds, make formal "pitches" to a panel of corporate leaders, investors and serial entrepreneurs. The Competition provides student entrepreneurs opportunities for teamwork, creativity, networking and authentic practical educational experiences. All that and a chance to win $10,000 in start-up funding!
Download the "Provisional Patent Application" Packet [PDF]
 Mentor events provide an opportunity for student entrepreneurs to hone their business ideas, pitching skills and to obtain essential legal, financial, and business planning expertise. Over 40 mentors from the entrepreneurial and business communities are involved. In addition, longer-term mentors are assigned to each finalist team of the New Venture Competition. These evenings give students an opportunity to measure the caliber and maturity of their business skills and to hear valuable feedback.
| Entrepreneur at the Table (EAT) |
 Entrepreneur at the Table (EAT) is a forum for executives and entrepreneurs to share ideas, lessons, management styles and insight with students associated with the Technology Management Program. 10 to 15 times each quarter students host one successful executive or entrepreneur in a conversational lunch format to create this uniquely intimate learning setting and networking opportunity.
| TMP Radio - "On the Edge" (KCSB, 91.9 FM) |
"People, ideas, entrepreneurship and innovation at the frontiers of science." On the Edge (OTE) is a weekly sixty minute dialog with science, technology and entrepreneurial leaders. The program touches upon innovation, leadership, entrepreneurship and attempts to demystify emerging technologies. To get involved, write to ontheedge@engineering.ucsb.edu.
 This TMP program, Leaders in Innovation, brings world-class researchers together with business leaders. Our first event in the Winter of 2005 was a Stem Cell presentation with Dr. Benjamin Reubinof. A group of 30 faculty, graduate students, and business leaders attended this lecture designed to bring knowledgeable professionals together to build relationships and share ideas.
The Resource Center provides UCSB faculty, staff, and students with a wide range of resources for technology business management and start-up information. Currently, the Center provides electronic resources such as "Your Questions Answered: Our E-Advice Forum" and recommended web sites. The Center also offers workshops for entrepreneurs looking to enhance their technology, business, and management skills. In the future, the TMP Resource Center plans to expand to include journals, texts, and laboratories such as a "hands-on" prototyping facility.
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