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duke& #39;s not known as a startup factory like stanford.
but duke & #39;08-& #39;12 has produced 4 unicorns—coinbase, airtable, cameo and plaid—along with a bunch of up and comers.
here& #39;s the path their founders took from duke to $1b
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but duke & #39;08-& #39;12 has produced 4 unicorns—coinbase, airtable, cameo and plaid—along with a bunch of up and comers.
here& #39;s the path their founders took from duke to $1b
in 2005 @howietl joined @DukeU& #39;s class of & #39;09 to study mechanical engineering. he was only 16.
at 20, he started etacts, a social crm which was backed by @ycombinator and acquired within a year by @salesforce.
he launched @airtable in 2013 with fellow duke alums @aofstad and @emmettnicholas. it& #39;s now valued at $5.77b
he launched @airtable in 2013 with fellow duke alums @aofstad and @emmettnicholas. it& #39;s now valued at $5.77b
@max_hodak & #39;12 studied biomedical engineering @DukeU.
while at duke he founded and ran myfit, a higher ed analytics company later acquired by naviance, and went deep on brain-machine interfacing in prof. @MiguelNicolelis& #39;s lab
while at duke he founded and ran myfit, a higher ed analytics company later acquired by naviance, and went deep on brain-machine interfacing in prof. @MiguelNicolelis& #39;s lab
after graduating, he launched transcriptic (now @StrateosLab), a robotic cloud lab for biology.
in 2016 he co-founded @neuralink with (among others) @elonmusk to develop implantable brain-machine interfaces. he& #39;s just announced his departure from the company
in 2016 he co-founded @neuralink with (among others) @elonmusk to develop implantable brain-machine interfaces. he& #39;s just announced his departure from the company
he went the consulting route, joining bain after graduation, then co-founded @Plaid in 2012 with a fellow consultant. plaid was acquired by visa in 2020 for $5.3b
@FEhrsam & #39;10 was one of the few software entrepreneurs who actually studied computer science at @DukeU (along with econ).
before that, he was a semi-professional gamer (america& #39;s army, call of duty modern warfare and world of warcraft)
before that, he was a semi-professional gamer (america& #39;s army, call of duty modern warfare and world of warcraft)
post-graduation, he worked as a trader at goldman, then co-founded @coinbase in 2012 which brought together his cs and finance backgrounds.
@DukeU was an early investor which netted ~$500M at coinbase& #39;s ipo.
fred left cb to start crypto investment firm @paradigm
@DukeU was an early investor which netted ~$500M at coinbase& #39;s ipo.
fred left cb to start crypto investment firm @paradigm
@nealjean1 & #39;10 studied econ and math @DukeU, writing his senior thesis on guaranteed contracts in the nba
neal did another bachelor& #39;s from @GeorgiaTech and then a phd from @Stanford in electrical engineering.
in 2019 he co-founded @ycombinator-backed @beaconsai, a mobile website builder for tiktok that& #39;s growing 3x MoM.
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in 2019 he co-founded @ycombinator-backed @beaconsai, a mobile website builder for tiktok that& #39;s growing 3x MoM.
https://sacra.com/research/beacons-ai-storefront-multi-sku-creator/">https://sacra.com/research/...
@kmin thought she wanted to join the foreign service when she entered @DukeU& #39;s class of & #39;08. she studied french and political science at duke but ended up changing career directions
after stints at mckinsey and the clinton health access initiative, she launched online career platform @TheMuse in 2011 backed by @ycombinator.
the muse has raised ~$30M and has 150+ employees. in 2017 she and her co-founder wrote a bestselling guide to the modern workplace
the muse has raised ~$30M and has 150+ employees. in 2017 she and her co-founder wrote a bestselling guide to the modern workplace
while studying history @DukeU, @Mr312 & #39;10 started his first venture -- spartan entertainment, a facebook group that grew to dominate duke& #39;s nightlife scene.
he worked as a cboe options trader and @LinkedIn as an account exec, then co-founded @bookcameo in 2016. cameo is now valued at just over $1b
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