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How Universities Can Help Students and Alumni Work in the Tech Industry

David Teten

But now, the defining movie of today’s twentysomethings is “The Social Network”. Political science, government service, and law — Yale has the #1 rated law school in the US and a long history of alumni serving in government. Incubate non-Yalies. Everyone wanted to work in finance.

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VC Victor Hwang: How To Create The Next Silicon Valley

ReadWriteStart

It’s easy to throw more money at problems, whether that means funding R&D, investing in startup incubators or accelerators, tax incentives or building campuses. Q: What role can, or should, government play in helping create the next Silicon Valley? Q: What are the biggest obstacles to replicating Silicon Valley’s success elsewhere?

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VentureGeeks Unveils Pre-Seed Investments in Five Israeli Startups

VC Cafe

We wrote about the VentureGeeks incubator on VC Cafe a few months ago, and its plans to set up a $2 million early stage fund making pre-seed investments. They plan to scale by using ecommerce aggregators as affiliates. Sleeve - a cross platform application that turns tablets and PCs into sophisticated social learning devices. .