Hope you are staying warm!

CollegeMagazine just ranked Cornell #10 in group of “top schools for female entrepreneurs.”  See https://www.collegemagazine.com/top-10-schools-female-entrepreneurs/.

What is most interesting is that Cornell is the only Ivy in the group….and that the group does not include Stanford or Berkeley….and that 3 of the schools in the list are very small colleges (Babson #1, Mt. Holyoke #6 and Smith #2).

I am not sure of the criteria for the ranking, but like the result non-the-less.

Enjoy your weekend.

Each year Pitchbook runs an analysis of which universities/colleges have the most VC backed alumni.  In theory, this should be a measure of the entrepreneurship heft of the given school.  Here is their just published report.  Highlights:

1. Methodology:  Pitchbook tracked founders of companies that received a first round of venture funding between January 1, 2006 and August 18, 2017.  Large data base.
2. Page 4:  Cornell ranks 6^th for undergraduate programs for the number of VC backed entrepreneurs.
3. Page 7:  Cornell ranks 6^th for dollar volume of VC dollars raised.
4. Page 9:  Cornell ranks 5^th for female founders.
5. Page 10:  Cornell ranks 14^th for MBA programs.
6. Page 11:  Cornell ranks 3^rd for undergraduate founder unicorns (companies with over $1 billion in valuation)

Good reading.  Enjoy!