With over 30,000 gifts and 13,000 donors, UCLA Anderson is excited to announce that we have met our $300 million Into The Next Campaign goal 18 months early! However, we are not done yet. UCLA Anderson still needs to raise more than $50 million for critical fellowships and faculty support.  It’s not too late to support the school—every gift counts. 5,700 of donors were first time donors and 78% of gifts were under $1,000. Make an Impact.

Back in 2012, Mark Lim ’08 and his wife Hanna appeared on Shark Tank to pitch their then fledgling startup Lollacup. Despite previously going through the show’s tryout process, Hanna remained nervous to pitch the Shark Tank investors. As they approached the doors to the tank Mark said to Hanna, “Listen. We're here pitching to investors who are essentially our equals. We're not here for a handout; we're not here to beg. This is an investment. We're potentially handing over part of our company that we've built.”

Drawing from lessons he learned at UCLA Anderson pitching to professors and venture capitalists, Mark helped to shape Hanna’s approach to the pitch and negotiation—ultimately leading to a $100,000 deal with sharks Mark Cuban and Robert Herjavec. Lollacup, now called Lollaland, produces safer sippy cups for kids and other products for infants and toddlers. Read more.

Gain insights on a variety of business topics from cutting-edge research by UCLA Anderson’s faculty in this month’s UCLA Anderson Review.

Could Costly Housing Bring Down Superstar Cities?
Stuart Gabriel

Exploring the Relationship between Off-Label Prescriptions and Clinical Trials
Matt Schmitt

Ignorance — About One’s Investments, Anyway — Isn’t Always Bliss
Valentin Haddad

In a Global Church, Even a Widely Publicized Scandal’s Impact is Decidedly Local
Ricardo Perez-Truglia

It’s OK if the Boss Earns More, but a Problem When Co-Workers Do
Ricardo Perez-Truglia

Motivating Households in India to Reduce Energy Consumption
Magali Delmas

Not All Second Chances are Good Ones
Hengchen Dai

The Healthy Upside of Thinking about an Older You
Hal Hershfield

Why Kickstarter Funders Quickly Kick in the Last 5 Percent
Hengchen Dai

Are you looking for a way to engage further at Anderson? Would you enjoy mentoring early stage entrepreneurs? The UCLA Anderson Venture Accelerator–led by Trish Halamandaris ’92 and Janet Chung ‘18–offers two, six-month, immersive program cohorts each year, designed to leverage UCLA’s resources to enable the success of promising student-led startups within the UCLA and Anderson communities. This transformative experience is producing successful early stage companies that ideally launch by the conclusion of the program. This aggressive path to launch is only possible with alumni support. Get involved and create a win:win by providing your insights and learnings to these young entrepreneurs. Learn more about the Accelerator and connect with the team to get involved.

Worldwide Welcome Weeks (WWW) is an annual event series officially welcoming the newest class of alumni to their local UCLA Anderson Alumni Network. Supporting lifelong learning and networking, WWW events offer Anderson alumni the opportunity to go behind the scenes at organizations, engage with academic and business leaders, and participate in exclusive experiences. Kicking off in late September, confirmed events include:

9/29 | Paris | Salon Dinner with Denis Ferrebeuf ’77 & The Art of Felix

10/2 | Madrid | The Green Bundle: Pairing the Market with the Planet

10/2 | Irvine | Transforming the Consumer Experience in Healthcare

10/3 | New York City | Blockchain and Cryptocurrency 

10/10 | Webinar | Are you Ready for Video Interviews?

10/11 | Los Angeles | Mastering the Market Cycle with Oaktree Capital's Howard Marks

10/11 | Shanghai | Anderson Shanghai Happy Hour

Visit the WWW site to view more events. More event to be announced soon!

Join fellow innovators at the ChangeNOW: International Summit for Change in Paris to see Change for Good entrepreneurs paired with decision makers (e.g. cities, governments, large companies). The #1 positive impact conference in the world, ChangeNOW is organized under the patronage of President of France Emmanuel Macron.

In partnership with the summit, the France alumni chapter's leadership team (Francois Besson ’01, Minh Trinh ’05, Nicolas Occhiminuti ’11, Valérie March ’95, Amy Liu ’05, Edouard Biron ’02 and Oscar Relier ’94) have secured 20 VIP “LA Delegation" passes (€245 value) just for Anderson alumni. Each pass provides access to all VIP events and meeting opportunities with members of the other Delegations. They have also organized the following special sessions:

9/28 | The Paris-LA Innovation Bridge 
Panel of entrepreneurs and VC's from CA and France

9/29 | The Green Bundle: Pairing the Market with the Planet
Professor Magali Delmas discusses sustainability with Fortune 500 CSR officers

Learn more about registering as a member of the “LA Delegation” to get a VIP pass.