Stanford’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design partnered with Epicenter, an initiative focused on engineering students’ entrepreneurial potential, to host a workshop that put “design thinking” to work.
The challenge? To integrate entrepreneurship and innovation into the college engineering experience.
Seven young entrepreneurs shared the issues they faced building their companies while in college or just after graduating. All began their ventures with help from StartX, a startup accelerator for Stanford students.
Palo Alto voters approved Measure E, reallocating 10 acres of Bxybee Park for the possible construction of a new composting facility.
Speaking at Redwood City’s Fox Theatre Tuesday, Caroline Kennedy explained some of her mother’s surprising 1964 comments on world leaders, feminism and other politicians. Kennedy released her mother’s interview tapes last month.
Sunnyvale-based medical robotics company Intuitive Surgical’s board chairman, Lonnie Smith, calls for legal immigration status for foreigners educated in the U.S.
Andrea Szekely, a Stanford psychology student, competes in international climbing competitions. She climbs at Sunnyvale’s Planet Granite almost every day.
Stanford, like universities across the country, now allows boys and girls to be roommates in campus housing. The school has received positive feedback and few complaints, as participants feel safer and happier.
Stanford students have big plans for startup companies, but many don’t yet have the business and fiscal knowledge to structure and fund their ventures. Tuesday’s Entrepreneurship Week event gave them guidance.
This winter, ABC’s “Private Practice” featured the da Vinci, a surgical robot made by Sunnyvale company Intuitive Surgical. Although ABC asked to use the product, companies pay more than a billion dollars each year for product placement.