I went to Columbia and am a startup enthusiast. I had several close friends at school that were also starting or working at startups. As much as I loved my tim

I went to Columbia and am a startup enthusiast. I had several close friends at school that were also starting or working at startups. As much as I loved my time there, I'd have to say it's a pretty bad school for startups. MIT or Stanford are probably far better in terms of providing resources, a community, student support, etc. The problem is that the administration is too busy to adopt new technologies, the engineering community is too tied into wall st, finance, consulting, etc., and the students are just sort of averse to supporting startups. Fun fact though, CU Community, an early Facebook competitor, was actually building a strong following before Facebook even existed.