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Yesterday, we had Fred Wilson (Union Square Ventures) as a guest speaker in a "How to be a CTO" course at Princeton (that I'm the preceptor for). During the lecture Fred mentioned that even though Princeton is just a train ride away from NYC, it's the first time he is speaking here; something he hopes to change. In this post, I'm going to follow up on that discussion (summarize the relevant parts of what Fred said), and discuss role of universities in local tech industry. I'll mainly talk about Princeton and NYC, but similar arguments can be applied to other areas/universities as well. I've often thought about the link between university research and startup activity e.g., the Silicon Valley started on land leased from Stanford University, maintained a close link with Stanford, and over the years not only did tech giants emerge from university research (recent examples are Google, VMWare), but the companies then came back full circle to support the university (funding research, hiring graduates). |
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