"Facebook Class" at Stanford That Launched the Careers of Entrepreneurs

Submitted by Faisal Anwar on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 9:42am.
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Here's an interesting case study about a class that was used to launch the entrepreneurial careers of several folks at Stanford. It is very useful for thinking about educational entrepreneurship since it shows a strategy with very little investment, but one that can have a huge impact in terms of spurring innovation. The key looks to be making sure the right mix/type of folks are taking the class.



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Megha Agarwala Says:
Mon, 05/09/2011 - 5:39pm

Amazing numbers!

In Five weeks, five million people signing up.
75 students created apps that collectively had 16 million users in just 10 weeks.


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Hui Soo Chae Says:
Mon, 05/09/2011 - 12:47pm

Faisal, it is great to hear from you.

The Vialogues team tweeted this over the weekend too:

"Launch Pad: http://bit.ly/lwXHwd Faster Forward: http://nyti.ms/mAkHm7 #edlab #facebook #tc"

I hope all is well for you.