Are there any graduate programs in the US (MBA, grad degrees, etc.) where you’re likely to find startup partners and/or be in a very startup-friendly environment?

Doesn’t have to be an educational institution, but I’d like to find a community of people who want to start their own startups and in general be surrounded by that kind of energy.

Any ideas?

Edit: only ideas I’ve had so far is CS masters at MIT/Stanford but obviously very very unlikely I would ever get into those

  • MrSlots310@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I would suggest looking into local cohorts or search for incubators. I personally like Plug and Play in Sunnyvale, CA. I have personal experience dealing with P&P and Venture Nashville / Nashville Entrepreneurial Center for my startup Recovhub. If I can be of any help, let me know.

    • speederaser@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I tried connecting with Plug and Play AZ and they ghosted me. Too bad for them though I just finished raising a Series A.

    • limitedmark10@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Thanks for recommending Plug and Play. I actually live in the SF Bay Area, if you have any ideas regarding that area. Any pointers would be very appreciated

  • metarinka@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Yeah you’re already in mecca for startups. You could hang around the incubators or get an associate job there, there’s tons like the silicon valley robotics hub, and other social groups that are founder heavy.

    • limitedmark10@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, I get your point. I actually recently moved here after spending a long time away so I’m not too savvy about the area. Do you have any more incubators you’d recommend?

    • limitedmark10@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I thought as much…was hoping for maybe an out of the box suggestion but I’ll look into stanford/berk. TBH my grades aren’t nearly good enough to be associated with either school haha

  • rambuttaann@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Any of the usual suspects for top b-schools and engineering/science/CS departments. MIT and Stanford as you mentioned are obvious choices, but just expand the list to include CMU, Harvard, Berkeley, UPenn, Columbia, NYU, Chicago, U of Illinois, maybe to lesser degree Princeton and Caltech (no b-school of course). UCLA/USC might also merit a look as startup activity has expanded to LA from SV in past 10 years. I’m sure I’ve missed some others.