Creating Entrepreneurial Buzz in Silicon Valley – SSE Labs

SSE Labs http://sselabs.stanford.edu/ is different in a notable way, besides not taking any equity in the start-ups like Y Combinator does. Operating as a nonprofit division of the student government’s financial arm, it requires that at least one founder have been enrolled as a Stanford student within the last three quarters of the application period, and this founder must own a significant percentage of the equity.

For that reason, SSE Labs is able to take full advantage of Stanford’s rich alumni community of entrepreneurs, investors and executives, ready to help out with not just money, but advice.

By SCOTT AUSTIN

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