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Open Arms, Open Wallets: The Bay Area is an incubator for budding entrepreneurs
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Open Arms, Open Wallets: The Bay Area is an incubator for budding entrepreneurs

on June 19, 2012 at 9:55 pm × 0 comments

The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in the San Francisco Bay Area despite the national economic downturn, according to speakers at a recent GGU event. “The Bay Area is madly thriving in entrepreneurship,” says Marya Stark, co-founder of the Angel Fund. “The appetite for risk here is insanely huge.” [...]

GOING HIS OWN WAY: How one investor chose his path
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GOING HIS OWN WAY: How one investor chose his path

on June 19, 2012 at 8:59 pm × 0 comments

Venture capitalist Kevin J. McQuillan (MBA 85) knew early on that he didn’t want to be another cog in a corporate machine, but it truly hit home during a post-college interview with Ford Motor Company, where his father had worked for 25 years. “I remember walking out of the interview [...]