Wow, as a classmate said, our whirlwind tour of the valley included a Disneyworld like array of companies. It's a well known fact that over 95% of startups fail and that being an entrepreneur is inherently risky. The companies that we visited 1-5 Jan 2008 as part of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation program were all at the cutting (and sometimes bleeding) edge of their respective fields and looking like the ones that would make it big.
Some were already pretty big - the biggest (by far!) company we saw was Google. Well on their way were VMWare and Salesforce.com. Others were small and under the radar but already those in the know were talking about them - Nanosolar and Amyris to name just a couple.
Definite highlight was the MIT Reception in the Carnelian Room with amazing views over San Francisco. It was also really great to get to know my classmates a little better - all in all a pretty good way to start 2008!
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