All across the country there were demonstrations on March 4 by students (and some faculty) against cuts in higher education funding, but inevitably attention focused on California, where the modern genre originated in 1964. I joined the University of California faculty in 1966 and so have watched a good many of them, but have never seen one less impressive that this year's. In 1964 there was focu
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How the Campuses Helped Ruin California's Economy
Posted by admin 4 hours ago (http://www.mindingthecampus.com)The Next Big Thing - The top 50 Venture Backed Companies
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The rankings were calculated based on how each company scored in the following components: the track record of success for the venture-capital investors who sit on the company's board (Board Ranking); the amount of capital raised by the company over the last three years, in comparison to its peers (Total Equity Ranking); the track record of success for the company's founders and chief executive (
Teaching Entrepreneurship – By Getting Out of the Building
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One of the classes I teach in the engineering school at Stanford is E145: the Fundamentals of Technology Entrepreneurship, an introduction to building a scalable startup. While the class is open to everyone at the University, we want to teach science and engineering undergraduates how they can take a technical idea and turn it into a profitable and scalable company.
I've been reading a lot about the proposed US Startup Visa. Right now, one of the biggest things that prevents smart entrepreneurs (British or otherwise)from going to live and work in Silicon Valley, is the Visa issue. Sure, most nationalities can get 3 months worth of time in the States, but after that, they need to leave and come back again… and thus begins the dance with the immigration chaps
VCs & Starter Stock - Why & How to Ask for "F Shares"
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There are tax reasons to get Starter Stock as part of your initial stock grant. Talk with your lawyer to learn more (or, if they don't know much, ask Orrick). Any entrepreneurs or investors out there who want to comment about their experiences with starter stock? :)
I founded WePay with Bill Clerico in August 2008, with the simple goal of making it easy for groups to collect and manage money online. We were accepted in YCombinator in May 2009, and raised just under $2 million from August Capital, Max Levchin, and a few other well-know angel investors last December.I can’t say much about running a company post-financing because we have only been doing it for
Entrepreneurship and Schools
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A few days ago, I was having a conversation about entrepreneurship with someone and they suggested that schools (as in middle and high schools) should teach kids how to run a business. I couldn't resist sharing a story with him on what I learned about running a business from my school in 7th grade.Like many kids then and today, I came into 7th grade an involuntary veteran salesperson, having been
Start-up Advice
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Below are some of the lessons I learned along the way. If there’s a link on a title below I’ve written the post, if not I plan to. The summary of each posting will be here but the full article requires you to follow the links. For now it’s mostly an outline for me to follow (in no particular order). I’ve now started so be sure to look for links. If you want me to do one sooner rather than lat