Business Elevated

Stephen Curry, Golden State Valkyries President Jess Smith, Olympic medalist Brenda Villa, and the Bay Area Women’s Sports Initiative are the first winners of the Bay Area Sports Business Awards. The Leavey School of Business and the San Francisco Chronicle will present a fifth award live at the November 9 gala.

When Ericsson takes a smartphone maker to court over its patents, the cases can run in as many as 13 countries at once. Roy Maharaj ’93, Ericsson’s chief licensing officer, explains why the deals still get made in person, and how a first-generation finance graduate of the Leavey School of Business came to lead them.

Budget concerns, supply chain delays, tariffs, and deadlines occupy the mind of anyone leading a complex business operation, including Bronco Racing’s students. Now in its second year of competition, Santa Clara University’s Formula SAE Electric team combines engineering and business smarts to take a $60k-$70k race car from concept to the racetrack.