<p>goldenboy, Duke certainly does decently well in startups. But it is no better at it than a number of other schools, which I think was beyphy’s point. I actually think Harvard’s entrepreneurship/startup prowess is underrated by most. I too didn’t think Harvard was particularly strong in it until I looked into its efforts, which have certainly paid off. As the ‘top IPO schools’ shows, Harvard is second only to Stanford. The other items that you listed in favor of Duke are not particularly special - other schools have great entrepreneur networks and internship programs in SV as well.</p>
<p>The Research Triangle isn’t known for startups; rather, well-established tech companies will often open an office (usually in R&D) in the area in order to draw on the many strong universities there. The Boston area, however, is second only to SV for startups. As you can see from [this</a> report](<a href=“https://www.pwcmoneytree.com/MTPublic/ns/moneytree/filesource/exhibits/Q1%202010%20MoneyTree%20Report.pdf]this”>https://www.pwcmoneytree.com/MTPublic/ns/moneytree/filesource/exhibits/Q1%202010%20MoneyTree%20Report.pdf), the Research Triangle isn’t particularly strong in either total venture funding or # deals.</p>
<p>I don’t think beyphy was trying to say Duke was poor in this area - just that it isn’t particularly distinguished from a number of other universities in it.</p>