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...number of biotech papers published and cited—ahead of MIT, which is ranked 21st. However, MIT is much more successful than Harvard in “technology transfer”—converting ideas into applicable technology—and does particularly well in creating startup companies, the report found. Harvard ranks 18th in the “technology transfer” category. Part of the reason for this discrepancy comes from the different focuses of the universities, according to Erik Halvorsen, the director of business development in Harvard’s Office of Technology Development...
...Speaking of Microsoft, the MacBook gave me an excellent opportunity to try out Boot Camp - that's the installation of Windows XP as a second operating system, in case you hadn't heard. On startup, I can choose the Mac OS or Windows, and everything I tried in the latter environment worked as well as it could have. I even tested out MTV's Urge service with - Jobs forgive me - an iriver clix music player. It all worked together even more smoothly than it had done on my high-powered Dell desktop. My biggest problem was an inability to "right...
With the predictability of a metronome, Harvard’s former endowment manager has raised $6 billion for his new hedge fund. The figure is the largest startup amount ever for any hedge fund, exhibiting the confidence the market has in him—a confidence that Harvard did not. Five months ago, Jack R. Meyer resigned. He resigned partly due to financial reasons but also because he was forced out by relentless criticism and scrutiny from students and alumni. The point of contention was his salary. Meyer made $6 million in 2005 and his top bond managers were paid...
Harvard’s former endowment manager, Jack R. Meyer, has raised $6 billion for his new hedge fund, an amount unprecedented for startup hedge funds, AFX News reported Sunday. However, Convexity Capital Management, Meyer’s new fund, will start without money from Harvard...
...have a really good idea of what facebook is.” Zuckerberg said he has made similar recruiting trips to Stanford and Berkeley. He will recruit at MIT today before heading back to facebook.com’s headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif. He said working for a startup company like facebook.com should be considered a viable alternative to consulting or investment banking, two of the most popular career paths for Harvard grads. “A lot of people know facebook as a site, but not many think of it as a cool company to work...