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John Egan of Pinterest: Growth Hacking to Success
February 4, 2015 – Tomorrow Thursday February 5, Pinterest’s growth engineer John Egan will be speaking to Draper University’s Winter 2015 class on “Growth Hacking.” We will be streaming his talk live...
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Invest Like a Legend: Tim Draper
February 5, 2015 – Tim Draper, founder of DFJ and Draper University, is “one of the grand middle-aged men of Silicon Valley finance” and his investments have been behind successful companies like...
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Naveen Jain @ Draper University: How to Build a Billion Dollar Company
February 6, 2015 – “It’s not about the innovation, it’s about flawless implementation.” There are some people who think that if you have a good idea you are going to “own” the market. Naveen Jain has a...
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Jennifer Tyler Lee of Crunch a Color: Making Healthy Eating Fun
February 10, 2015 – We all know what happens when kids hear “Eat your veggies.” It’s all pouting and head shaking and pursed lips refusing to open. Jennifer Tyler Lee, creator of Crunch A Color (2011)...
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New Scholarships Available for Aspiring Entrepreneurs
February 12, 2015 – Four new scholarships are available to incoming students applying for Draper University’s Spring 2015 class that runs from April 13 to May 29. All aspiring entrepreneurs are welcome...
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My Draper University Experience and Why You Should Apply
Student Post – February 17, 2015 – Goodbyes have always been easy for me. I remember being shipped off to military boarding school when I was 9. The other rugrats — innocent, skinny, petite — just...
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My Draper University Experience: The Startup School that Changed My Life
Student Post – February 20, 2015 – Three weeks ago, I landed at the San Francisco International airport. I was zipping around the airport in an unusual way for someone who just got off a five-hour...
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My Draper University Experience: The Secret Behind This Summer Startup Progam
“I will do everything in my power to drive, build and pursue progress and change.” Student Post – February 23, 2015 – When you hear a sentence like this out of context, it is difficult to extract its...
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Reblog: 5 Surprising Mistakes Found in Seed-Stage Startup Pitch Decks
I Stared at Startup Pitch Decks for 3 Straight Weeks – Here’s What I Learned Reblog from NextView Ventures’ Blog – February 25, 2015 – A few weeks ago, we launched two startup pitch deck templates for...
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Welcome to Hero City, land of opportunity — and heroic levels of hype
March 5, 2015 – Located directly across from Draper University on 3rd Avenue in downtown San Mateo is Hero City – a large co-working space that is home to roughly 50 startups. Membership to Hero City...
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Draper University Celebrates International Women’s Day
March 8, 2015 – Draper University is proud to celebrate the amazing women in our network of students, alumni, guest speakers, mentors, judges, staff, and board of directors. To recognize the impressive...
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Tech Guru Overwhelmed By Draper University Opportunity
March 12, 2015 – Dwayne Samuels, the first Jamaican entrepreneur accepted to Draper University, graduated today as part of DU’s Winter 2015 class. If you’d asked him a few years ago whether he would be...
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From Latin American Oil Rigs to Silicon Valley
Student Post – March 18, 2015 – Can you imagine a young Pakistani lady working on oil rigs in the middle of nowhere in amazon jungles in Latin America? It’s hard, but it’s even harder to imagine her...
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DU Alum’s Rideshare Service “Scooterino” Takes off in Rome
May 11, 2015 — Draper University alum, Oliver Page, has created a unique ride-sharing service in Rome with mounting success. In a city where scooters are one of the most popular forms of...
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Draper University Alum and Ex-Skyper Launches Virtual Whiteboard Tool Deekit
May 12, 2015 — Kaili Kleemeier, member of the Draper University Fall 2014 online class, just launched Deekit: a virtual whiteboard to aid remote teams with research and development. Kaili is a former...
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How Unconventional, Experiential Learning is Reshaping Higher Education
May 18, 2015 — Draper University was featured in Forbes to demonstrate the shift from an academic business education model towards an increasingly experiential one. Author Jason Ma cites a growing...
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DU Alum Co-Authors the World Economic Forum Report on Emerging Technologies
May 18, 2015 — The 2015 World Economic Forum Report on Emerging Technologies, released in March of this year, is the most read World Economic Forum report to date. The report introduces ten rising...
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DU Alum Plans to Shake Up the NYC Housing Market with HomeSwipe
May 26, 2015 — Michael Lisovetsky, member of our 2014 summer class, was featured in Business Insider and ED News Daily this week for a startup idea that’s set to rock the NYC housing market. Michael is...
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From Chandigarh to Silicon Valley: DU Welcomes Co-Founder of FuturEd to the...
May 27, 2015 — The Times of India featured a profile on Sahil Dewan this week, an entrepreneur who will join the Draper University Summer 2015 class. Sahil works in edu-tech. He co-founded FuturEd in...
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Alumni Profile: Brian Friedman of Loopd
Brian Friedman was part of our Summer 2013 class. He has since founded Loopd, a relational analytics company that uses wearable technology to collect data at events. Read our exclusive profile below....
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