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Stanford Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Grows

Campus Entrepreneurship

Many schools teach entrepreneurship, some have research centers, business plan competitions, and clubs. The leaders have seed funds that give students a chance to explore the feasibility of their ideas. North Bridge was a key sponsor of business plan competition during Stanford’s just completed Entrepreneurship Week.

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How we changed the way the U.S. government commercializes science: Errol Arkilic β€” Part 1 of Episode 6 on Sirius XM Channel 111

Steve Blank

My guests on Bay Area Ventures on Wharton Business Radio on Sirius XM Channel 111 were: Errol Arkilic , former program director for the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (NSF I-Corps), now founder of M34 Capital. Venk Shukla , president TiE Silicon Valley and general partner, Monta Vista Capital.

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Attorney and Startup Business Advisor – Aaron Shechet

SoCal CTO

While in law school, my partner, Leigh, and I had a concept for a law firm that did more than just β€œlaw.” We both have experience in business and thinking outside the box. Sometimes we draft business plans and coach the entrepreneurs on their pitch, and sometimes we even help develop a business model.

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Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy? Think Again.

techcrunch.com

Similarly, the bulk of the companies getting funding are still California-based. After Northern California and Southern California the biggest area of investment geographically was in international companies. The businesses, it seems, vastly over-estimate their ability to raise funds. Translation?