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What an absurd statement!</p>

<p>[Inspired</a> Ambition - Duke Admissions](<a href=“http://admissions.duke.edu/experience/ambition]Inspired”>http://admissions.duke.edu/experience/ambition)
On the contrary, there have been 100+ startup companies affiliated with Duke alumni and students.</p>

<p>[Duke</a> Global Entrepreneurship Network (DukeGEN)](<a href=“http://www.dukegen.com/]Duke”>http://www.dukegen.com/)
Duke has a very cohesive, well-established network of alums from undergrad and b-school that are promoting entrepreneurship on campus and are actively graduates connect with other grads who have been involved with the start up culture. There are multi-city networking organizations hosted all over the country for Duke affiliates to pitch and share ideas.</p>

<p>[An</a> Entrepreneurial Summer | Duke Today](<a href=“http://today.duke.edu/2012/07/startups]An”>An Entrepreneurial Summer | Duke Today)
There’s also an existing program on campus that allows Duke undergrads to join start ups in Silicon Valley, either through companies where Duke alumni work or through DogPatch Labs.</p>

<p>I don’t think Harvard’s undergraduate startup culture is nearly as prominent as you think it is. Here’s an article criticizing it: [Harvard</a> Gets Schooled: As Techies Flock to Stanford, MIT, Even Penn, Crimson Goes Green With Envy | Betabeat](<a href=“http://betabeat.com/2012/07/harvard-tech-boom-silicon-alley-valley-crimson-mit-stanford/]Harvard”>http://betabeat.com/2012/07/harvard-tech-boom-silicon-alley-valley-crimson-mit-stanford/)</p>

<p>[Vital</a> Signs: Top IPO Schools - WSJ.com](<a href=“http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204531404577050861182222608.html]Vital”>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204531404577050861182222608.html)
Duke also ranks in the top 10 among schools with the ighest number of graduates who are top officers in companies that recently filed for public stock offerings. Sure, UCLA and Berkeley are present but those universities are 3-4x larger than Duke so per capita, Duke wins.</p>

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<p>"Engineering was also emphasized in the OP. Duke is mediocre in engineering, whereas Berkeley’s is world class. While Harvard’s engineering program isn’t amazing, MIT is basically just up the street. No other schools in Duke’s triangle have a comparable engineering program.</p>

<p>I see nothing absurd about the above statement at all.</p>

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<p>“Almost all of Duke’s academic programs are ranked within the top 30 so it really doesn’t have any weaknesses in this area.”</p>

<p>You would think for a supposibly top ten school, Duke would have almost all of it’s programs ranked in the top ten. :-)</p>

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<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>

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<p>Fair enough phantasmagoric, I would agree with that statement. I see a bright future for the Research Triangle as a few VCs like 8 Rivers Capital are finally sprouting in the region.</p>

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<p>Yes, but i was talking about tech startups.</p>

<p>Let’s see what tech startups Stanford’s been associated with (from wikipedia):</p>

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<p>That’s not even including Facebook or Instagram, which owe their success to Stanford in one form or another.</p>

<p>What tech companies has Duke been associated with? Reading Duke’s alumni page, it has many people in top positions in many prominent businesses, but few (if any) who are the founders of tech start ups. (or at least major ones like Stanford)</p>

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<p>I’m sure there are programs that allow Stanford and Berkeley grads to work on Wall St. But that isn’t really the same thing, is it?</p>

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<p>Yeah, more or less that’s what i meant. Duke is a great university, and i’d certainly be a fool to deny otherwise. But that doesn’t mean it’s amazing in everything. Among the things that it isn’t, i’d say, is (tech) startups. But someone might argue getting top executive positions (which Duke is good at) mitigates this.</p>

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<p>UW Madison could probably be right up there, if you are alright with the large size.</p>

<p>Great engineering, sports, and there are definitely some distinct seasons. Madison is also an excellent college town. Plus Madison is now becoming a solid area for tech startups… there was an article about it on here awhile back.</p>