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Today we are proud to be hosting some very special guests at ETL as we discuss the

entrepreneurial environment of Stanford and the results of the recent Stanford Innovation

Survey which sought to assess the university's economic impact based on entrepreneurial activity

by alumni, faculty, and staff.

And of course, we want to acknowledge and thank Sequoia Capital

for generously funding the Stanford Innovation Survey.

To tee up this discussion, I would now like to welcome up the authors

of the Stanford Innovation Project, Stanford Innovation Report,

MS&E, Assistant Professor Chuck Easley, and Professor

Emeritus from the Graduate School of Business, Bill Miller, to share some of the central findings

and historical context of the results from the survey.

Gentlemen.

Well, Heidi, thank you very much for the introduction and getting us all started here.

I just want to say one thing. You know, here at Stanford we're talking about teaching young

entrepreneurs to be young people to be entrepreneurs. You know, you can be an old entrepreneur. It's okay, you know,

I'm an old entrepreneur, and if you miss that chance when you're young, you still have a chance

when you're old, so don't forget that. But I want to put some context into this report.

You know, we talk a lot about entrepreneurship, it's very big and you'll hear some results

from Chuck that are very impressive. But Stanford is about a lot more than just entrepreneurship.

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