Gigi Wang
Adjunct Professor at Sunway University
Biography
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Gigi Wang is a leader in global entrepreneurship and innovation and heads up MG-Team, LLC, a consulting firm focusing on entrepreneurship and innovation programs. She is an Industry Fellow & Faculty at UC Berkeley's Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Chair Emeritus of the VLAB (formerly MIT/Stanford Venture Lab), and on the advisories board of Mobility Ventures, iGlobe Partners and others.
Gigi is a frequent conference speaker and conducts entrepreneurship/innovation workshops for start-ups, corporates, incubators, and universities around the world, along with offering biz dev services to help companies scale. Gigi’s clients have included SAP, RockStart Accelerator (Amsterdam), HongKong Cyberport Incubator, Amsterdam Center for Entrepreneurship, Shanghai GM (auto-maker in China), Lagadere (France), Samsung, Runa (acquired by Staples, Oct 2013), Happy Farm (Ukraine), IDEPA (Asturias, Spain), and more. She has mentored and advised hundreds of of start-ups from around the world.
Previously, she was SVP of Marketing for July Systems, a mobile start-up with customers like AT&T and Electronic Arts. She was CEO and co-founded AsiaQuest, providing market entry services for companies entering Asia. She started the International Carrier Marketing group and lead VOIP Product Marketing for Ascend Communications (acquired by Alcatel-Lucent).
As an Internet pioneer, she launched the TRUSTe Internet privacy program in 1996 and started up Pacific Internet in Singapore (IPO on NASDAQ in 1999), along with doing technical sales at AT&T. Gigi holds BS & MS in Mech Engineering from Stanford University where she was President of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, and she holds a MBA from the UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business.
Specialties: Start-ups, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Strategic Marketing, International Business, Start-ups, Innovation, R&D Commercialization, Wireless, Mobile, and Gourmet Cooking
Education
- BS & MS Stanford University
- MBA University of California, Berkeley - Walter A. Haas School of Business
Companies
- Adjunct Professor Sunway University (2020)
- Chair of Jury for Amsterdam Science & Innovation Award IXA Innovation Exchange Amsterdam (2019)
- Advisory Board Member Institute of European Studies, UC Berkeley (2018)
- Industry Faculty, Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology UC Berkeley (2015)
- Member Of The Board Of Advisors LUMICKS (2014)
- Senior Advisor - Entrepreneurship & Innovation Mobility Ventures (2013)
- Lead Instructor/Mentor, ACE Venture Lab Boot-Camp Amsterdam Center for Entrepreneurship (2012)
- Board Member & Chair Emeritus VLAB (2009)
- Managing Partner MG-Team, LLC (2007)
Videos
Entrepreneurship For Women - Masterclass | Gigi Wang | Innovivi COE
Gigi Wang: “Business Model Innovation” | #12minB
Gigi Wang - Startup Challenges
Gigi Wang - Getting to Entrepreneurship
Gigi Wang (MIT-Stanford Venture Labs) | SVC2Baltics 2013
WEAIM " Entrepreneurship for Women " Master class with INNOVIVI | GIGI Wang
Gigi Wang (MIT-Stanford Venture Labs) talks about Silicon Valley Comes to the Baltics
Invited by Stenden - Gigi Wang - Stenden Guest Lecture
Gigi Wang - Business Model Innovations lecture @ ACE Venture Lab Bootcamp
Digital media trends Usa-Italy: Gigi Wang, MIT/Stanford Venture Lab (VLAB)
Gigi Wang - the value of students
Gigi Wang - Silicon Valley Startup Culture
accent Inkubator | accent Bootcamp mit Gigi Wang
DLD Interview with Gigi Wang
Gigi Wang - Innovative Business Models
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