Stanford and startups
Stanford, in particular, has a reputation as a startup factory, graduating more billion-dollar founders than any other university—thirty-eight during the time period of my study, compared to twenty-six from Harvard and twenty from MIT. (Among these top three schools, Stanford produces an equal number of founding CEOs and CxOs, while MIT churns out many more CTOs.)
This is one of the many passages and charts Alessandro finds in books and articles on a daily basis. They span many disciplines, including:
Alessandro occasionally adds a personal note to them.
The whole collection is available here.