The Kept-Up Academic Librarian: Startup Success Has Higher Ed Wondering How It Can Capitalize

March 12, 2012

Startup Success Has Higher Ed Wondering How It Can Capitalize

For all their similarities - visionary student founders, explosive marketshare, tremendous valuations - there is at least one difference that their respective alma matters are likely to take note of as the Facebook IPO grows near. While Stanford netted a $336 Million dollar pay-day from Google's 2004 IPO, Facebook's looming IPO will leave the trustees of Harvard with little more than a cameo in last year's Oscar-nominated film. While university investment in startups outside of technology-transfer is fairly new, college campuses have long been a breeding ground for new businesses. Read more at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dylan-reid/facebook-ipo-universities-startups_b_1329370.html

Mar 12, 2012 5:57:09 AM | Ancillary Services, Internet Technologies

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