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This is neat. But it also leads me to a tangential question: Where are the publicly-educated tech moguls? We continually hear about Stanford, Harvard, and pla
by benwerd 15y ago
This is neat. But it also leads me to a tangential question:
Where are the publicly-educated tech moguls?
We continually hear about Stanford, Harvard, and places like Wesleyan. There are plenty of entrepreneurs who came from state universities or other public institutions, as well as those from less wealthy backgrounds. It's time for you guys to speak up and inspire the next generation, for the good of our economy, and for the health of our entrepreneurial ecosystem.
- symbiotic 15y agoIt's great to see that there are other Wesleyan tech entrepreneurs out there. I moved to Madison, Wisconsin after graduating from Wes, so I didn't realize there was such a big Wesleyan tech scene in NY. That being said, there are a number of great start-ups coming out of University of Wisconsin, supported by a really exciting entrepreneurship community here. There was a TechCrunch article a while back about Wisconsin start-ups and Capital Entrepreneurs, a group that really supports the start-up community here in Madison (http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/24/wisconsin-land-of-beer-cheese-and-startups/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/24/wisconsin-land-of-beer-chee...). Start ups from public institutions are out there! 94 labs, a Wisconsin incubator program that I went through just graduated 14 companies, many of which had founders from UW schools.
- lsc 15y agoMeh, the whole point of going to an elite school is to have some proof of how great you are before you actually accomplish something. If you didn't go to an elite school, you have to talk about your accomplishments.
- SkyMarshal 15y agoSergey Brin: BS, University of Maryland Mark Cuban: University of Pittsburgh/Indiana University Just off the top of my head, I'm sure there are more.
- rdouble 15y agoLarry Page went to the University of Michigan.
- tikhonj 15y agoBoth Steve Wozniak and Bill Joy went to Berkeley. These are the most famous ones that come to mind, but there are a ton of other ones--we have a very strong startup culture here. As for "moguls" rather than founders, I think the current CEOs of both Intel and Qualcomm are from here, as well as Eric Schmidt.