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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”. In 2011, Yale launched Yale-NUS, a sister university based in Singapore. My former Partner John Frankel of ff Venture Capital observes that 20 years ago, the defining movie of the generation was “Wall Street”. Everyone wanted to work in finance.

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E&Y Journey: Interview with High-Tech Legend Dick Kramlich, by Yoram Tietz

VC Cafe

It is somewhat modeled to Singapore. The leadership looked to Singapore to see if China could scale their model. The Chinese government has invented a new form of social democracy. So if you think they don’t care about IP, then you are wrong. D – China holds itself close to Mao. Motto: “To be rich is beautiful.”

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