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NCET2: Creating and Funding University Startups

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University Startups Conference 08
A National Conference on
Creating and Funding University Startups
Washington, D.C.
October 1-3, 2008
NEW: Opening Reception
at the Embassy of Greece
October 1, 2008 and
Draft Agenda is now posted
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The National University Startups Competition '08
A Unique Opportunity to Present to the Best Ever Panel of Judges
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The University Startups List
Vol. 1 and 2 Now Available; Taking Submissions for Vol. 3
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Enabling Innovation Report
A Collaboration between NCET2 and NSF
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Do you know that:

20 year returns for Early/Seed VCs was 20.6%, compared to 13.8% for Later Stage VCs and 8.2% for the S&P 500
8 percent of all university startups go public, in comparison to a "going public rate" of only 0.07 percent for other U.S. enterprises - a 114x difference
over 400 university startups are created nationally each year based on federally funded R&D, which included Google, Netscape, Genentech, Lycos, Sun Microsystems, Silicon Graphics, and Cisco Systems
68% of university startups created between 1980 to 2000 remained in business in 2001, while regular startups experienced a 90% failure rate during that same time period

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