Comments on: Stanford Launches On-Campus Venture Fund, SSE Ventures

By: Stanford’s SSE Ventures Funds Diffbot

Stanford’s SSE Ventures Funds Diffbot — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:43:43 +0000

[...] new on-campus venture fund, SSE Ventures, has made its first investment. The company, Diffbot, offers a RSS reader and a tool called [...]

By: AJ

AJ — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:29:42 +0000

I think this is great and I agree that campuses throughout the country should be adopting the model. In fact, I know that Harvard already launched a very similar program a few months back. Sorry Standford peeps, we beat you to it…again…jk.

Check it out:
http://www.harv...gencies.com/i3/

It’s called the Harvard College Innovation Challenge and it was founded by Harvard Student Agencies (HSA) and the Entrepreneurship Forum. HSA is similar to SSE, but it employees more students (over 500) and operates 9 different businesses. It has large scale operations like Let’s Go Travel Guides and The Harvard Shop (www.theharvardshop.com).

I’m all for spurring business and innovation on campuses. Let’s keep on spreading this model

By: Stanford launches VC fund for students « John’s notebook…

Stanford launches VC fund for students « John’s notebook… — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:43:05 +0000

[...] April 7, 2008 · No Comments This is pretty amazing: Stanford Student Enterprises, an on-campus student organization, is starting a venture fund called SSE Ventures to fund student initiated business ideas. They will fund projects in the $50-100K range. SSE has $13 million in assets, and will be advised by some premier Silicon Valley VCs. [...]

By: Stanford announces SSE Venture, new venture fund for students « Dan’s Tech-n-Stuff Weblog

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:02:51 +0000

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By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:10:52 +0000

I guess I should also give Stanford’s women basketball team a “Congrats” for taking down UConn.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:58:25 +0000

It boils down to this. Until some other geographic region in the U.S. produces the caliber companies that Silicon Valley does, other regions will continue to take a back seat. I don’ even live or work in the valley (Louisiana man), but what I can see as an outsider is “Hey, Silicon Valley has the money, media and moguls.”

By: Sandbox » Blog Archiv » ON-CAMPUS FUNDING

Sandbox » Blog Archiv » ON-CAMPUS FUNDING — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:17:52 +0000

[...] As TechCrunch reported a few days ago, the SSE (Stanford Student Enterprises, the business outlet of Stanford’s student association) has started SSE Ventures, a venture capital fund exclusively for startups run by Stanford undergraduates and graduates. [...]

By: Louis van Proosdij Duport » Écosystèmes gagnants… universités, innovation, entrepreneuriat et Capital Risque

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:05:31 +0000

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By: Somewhat Frank

Somewhat Frank — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:02:37 +0000

What Schools Offer On-Campus Venture Funding?…

SOMEWHAT FRANK Question: Stanford University recently launched on on-campus venture fund called SSE Ventures. I think this is a great idea but I do not thing Stanford University is the only school that is doing this. So I thought I would ask SOMEWHAT F…

By: Stanford Launches On-Campus Venture Fund | Economist Blog

Stanford Launches On-Campus Venture Fund | Economist Blog — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:35:35 +0000

[...] TECH CRUNCH–Countless startups, such as Sun, Yahoo and Google (as well as newcomers like Meebo) were started at Stanford, or by Stanford graduates. Now Stanford wants to help its students by providing seed funding directly, and in the process will get a little equity in those new ideas, too. Stanford Student Enterprises, a Stanford student association with several hundred employees and $13 million in assets, has launched an early stage venture fund called SSE Ventures to invest directly in student founded startups. [...]

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:31:09 +0000

This is a VERY misleading title – SSE has little or no affiliation with Stanford University proper. It should read, “A Stanford Student Organization Launches On-Campus Venture Fund…” instead of Stanford.

By: Damien Mulley » Blog Archive » Fluffy Links - Monday 7th April 2008

Damien Mulley » Blog Archive » Fluffy Links - Monday 7th April 2008 — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:24:11 +0000

[...] thought they did this anyway? Stanford starts a venture fund. If they did this 15 years [...]

By: Mystery CEO

Mystery CEO — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:55:04 +0000

I just made a pledge recently (no where near those numbers) to start an Alumni “seed” fund at the University I graduated from as well. We’re having a kick off on April 17 – pretty exciting stuff.

Why is Stanford copying us

By: Prokofy Neva

Prokofy Neva — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:51:43 +0000

Good Lord, what about the idea of the university? The independence of academia? If you have rich people and corporations just buy the people and ideas they like for their products and tech, how can you expect any unbaised, peer-reviewed study?!

Why not just make a separate tech-comany funded college that would be in type and form like a Bible college, and be done with it.

By: Chair

Chair — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:15:18 +0000

http://www.chin...en-cabinets.com
You know who coded Doom? A University of Florida dropout.
How’s that for social media.

By: sharpshoot

sharpshoot — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:31:49 +0000

Imperial College doesn’t have its own student run fund. I created the student entrepreneurship society there, Imperial Entrepreneurs. Imperial Innovations and the SSE are as far apart as they could be. This isn’t just another tech transfer fund, its a proper seed fund west coast style.

By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » スタンフォード大が学内ベンチャー基金SSE Venturesを設立

TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » スタンフォード大が学内ベンチャー基金SSE Venturesを設立 — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:42:41 +0000

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By: Anon

Anon — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:55:52 +0000

@30:

Departing CEO of SSE, incoming CEO of SSE, co-GM of SSE Ventures, co-GM of SSE Ventures.

By: Jason Throntveit

Jason Throntveit — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:36:15 +0000

Who the hell are Matt McDonald, Matt McLaughlin, Samuel Lipsick and Brian Chavarria? Never heard of those dudes.

By: LOLATTACK

LOLATTACK — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:26:42 +0000

So @ 3:

Since the money from the funding goes back into the school, does this mean the developers will be getting a tax write off or are you using that to your benefit as well?

By: robhyndman.com » Blog Archive » “Stanford Launches On-Campus Venture Fund”

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:26:24 +0000

[...] This is the coolest new idea I’ve seen in early-stage finance in a long time. Related Posts [...]

By: Online Trivia

Online Trivia — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:46:05 +0000

Similar to drafting basketball players out of high school

By: mike

mike — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:42:28 +0000

The problem with universities especially in the UK is that they get first tibs on ownership rights on what you create whilst your at the university.

Which is pretty poor when you think that its totally down to the students own work and the student has paid for their education. Universities are leeches. No wonder very few students do much research in their spare time.

By: Michael Kenward

Michael Kenward — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:32:14 +0000

Interesting. This is a role model that has been thriving in the UK for the past couple of years.

Look no further than Imperial College.

Maybe the UK’s universities will finally wake up to the fact that they are ahead of the Yanks in some things.

By: Paly

Paly — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:27:20 +0000

@ Frank Church
Youre calling someone else out for condescension?

And I quote:
“@fernando, learn some english, then come back and make a comment, moron.”
http://www.tech...n-yet/#comments

My comment was not meant to be condescending; if someone is jaded from their own school, their feelings should not be generalized here. Stanford has a track record of helping its students, and Stanford students have a track record of giving back out of gratitude.