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Is this because Harvard and MIT produces more scientists than Columbia and NYU? (Or more scientists who don’t go into financial services)
by mathattack 8y ago
Is this because Harvard and MIT produces more scientists than Columbia and NYU? (Or more scientists who don’t go into financial services)
- aaavl2821 8y agoI think NYC has more scientists (not just NYU and Columbia but Weill Cornell, Mt Sinai, Rockefeller etc), and may even have more NIH funding than MA (could be wrong on this though) One reason is that there are just a ton of experienced entrepreneurs in Boston and few in NYC. One VC said that in NYC you could shoot a shotgun and not hit an experienced entrepreneur but in Boston you could shoot a water pistol and hit a dozen. Not sure why that's the case tho, maybe bostons legacy as a tech hub, more early stage VC, and more entrepreneurial culture at MIT / Harvard There is a huge concentration of academics, VCs, startups and big pharma outposts within walking distance of each other in Kendall square. In NYC it's harder to get around, and even in the Bay Area you have several biotech clusters in Berkeley, mission bay, SSF, and the valley
- ljw1001 8y agoWe have Harvard, MIT, plus, the Broad institute (and others), the network of Harvard teaching hospitals (Brigham & Women's, Boston Children's, Mass General, Dana Farbar), with their surrounding cluster of commercial and non-commercial labs, plus the VC infrastructure.