This article is more than 10 years old. ; Mining its database of 161 million members*, LinkedIn identified alumni of these schools as founders of the most companies with 10 or more employees. ; 1. Stanford University ; Richard Fairbank (B.A. ’72, M.B.A. ’81) is the founder and CEO of Capital One Financial. (2011 revenue: $18.5 billion).
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Here are the highlights of the top 20 startup colleges on our list: 1 Cooper Union · Mechanical engineering students must take Principles of Design, a hands-on course modeled after Stanford's popular Lean LaunchPad. 2 Middlebury College · The four-week immersion program MiddCore has brought in over 40 entrepreneur mentors such as Peet's Coffee and Tea CEO Dave Burwick. 3 Colorado College · The school's innovation center hosts Innovation Thursdays, weekly workshops on nitty-gritty startup skills. 4 Bennington College ...
By Corinne Jurney and Liyan Chen · The usual suspects still rule our annual Most Entrepreneurial Research Universities this year, with Stanford University on top once again. Only 3 newcomers make it on top 20: Brigham Young University, Northeastern and University of San Francisco, while San Diego State, UC Santa Barbara and Syracuse fell behind. FORBES ranked the country's most entrepreneurial schools based on the numbers of alumni and students who have identified themselves as founders and bu...
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For the second time, Stanford University out-muscled its East Coast rivals to top the FORBES 2014 most entrepreneurial universities list. Silicon Valley's reach has extended across California, as the state's schools took over half of this year's top ten spots. FORBES ranked the nation's most entrepreneurial research universities based on their entrepreneurial ratios - the number of alumni and students who have identified themselves as founders and business owners on LinkedIn against the school's...
Colleges are starting to become startup incubators by offering a variety of classes and programs in order to help students pursue their entrepreneurial ambitions. This is good news for students bec...
Entrepreneurial Leadership Programs That Get Results ; At Babson, we believe that entrepreneurship can be a powerful force within organizations of all types and sizes, in established businesses as well as new ventures. In any industry, in any position, it takes entrepreneurial leaders to solve problems and make an impact. Since Roger Babson founded the College in 1919, the curriculum has focused more on practical experience and less on lectures to better prepare students for the realities of the...
Sign up for the Smarter Faster newsletter ; Andrew Yangis the Founder and CEO of Venture for America (VFA), a non-profit fellowship program that grooms the next generation of American entrepreneurs by placing college graduates in apprentice positions at startups in emerging cities such as Detroit, New Orleans, and Providence. Yang is also the author of the book Smart People Should Build Things, which was published earlier this year by HarperBusiness. He recently visited Big Think to explain the ...