Are You An Entrepreneur Going Back To School? Attend Stanford. Here's Why.

http://www.marketing-startups.com/continuing-education/are-you-an-entrepreneur-going-back-to-school-attend-stanford-university-here%E2%80%99s-why/

by goose77 • 15 years ago

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faitswulff• 15 years ago

Let's be frank. I'm not getting into Stanford.

With that out of the way, how can a non-student get the benefits of the Stanford campus without actually attending?

phamilton• 15 years ago

While we are being frank, did anyone think going to Stanford wasn't a good idea?

rglover2• 15 years ago

The next best thing: http://itunes.stanford.edu/

nl2• 15 years ago

I prefer http://ecorner.stanford.edu/index.html

Cmccann7• 15 years ago

Yes you totally can. You can live by Stanford, attend the meetups/hackatons/events that all of the stanford students are going to, and help out with some of the entrepreneurial programs (SSE Labs, BASES, Think Outside, etc).

zasz• 15 years ago

If you're not a student and don't know anyone who is, don't go to a campus event, unless it's explicitly meant for the public in general. It's sketchy. Events are for the Stanford community unless they say otherwise.

steventruong• 15 years ago

Unfortunately the author seems to ignore the fact that even if many wanted to, they'd probably wouldn't be able to get accepted into Stanford. And it's unnecessary for success.

nl2• 15 years ago

If you read carefully, it turns out he's selling MBA Application prep services....

goose77• 15 years ago

Hey guys,

Thanks for reading the post. To respond to the comments:

1. I absolutely (100%) did not write the post to sell admissions services. It was more to point out the impact Stanford has on Silicon Valley (Apologies if it came off that way though).

2. Stanford/Haas/top programs do have some great events that anyone can attend (the entrepreneurship week at Stanford is top notch). I find these are great because you get to meet people who are in a unique point in their lives. I live in NYC now and the Columbia/NYU events have been great; I have never felt left out even though I do not attend either schools.

3. Stanford has some great lectures online; Yale/Berkeley does to. Search on Youtube and they are not too hard to find.

Are You An Entrepreneur Going Back To School? Attend Stanford. Here's Why.

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