Newton.ai plans to shake up the hiring industry
Newton is using artificial intelligence to match job seekers with job openings, and improving the way hiring works for everyone.
Can you hack your way out of death?
Since the birth of humankind, people have found innovative ways to cope with their fear of death. Some civilizations have Heaven and Hell. Some believe in karma and cycles of rebirth. Silicon Valley, of course, has technology. For a culture that places such a high premium on youth, Silicon Valley has had a long history…
Disaster Mesh: Freshman juggles being student, startup CEO, woman in tech
Margaux Giles ’19 might be the CEO of an up-and-coming startup with the potential to vastly improve natural disaster relief efforts, but she and her co-founders are used to not being taken seriously.
Students find unique ways to market apps
Social apps are not uncommon on a campus like as Stanford. Amidst this saturated market, app developers realize they need to use inventive marketing techniques to differentiate their product from its battalion of competitors. These strategies can range from signing a NBA player to adopting a viral catchphrase.
BASES hosts Women in Entrepreneurship Summit
Over the weekend, BASES hosted its inaugural Women in Entrepreneurship Summit which gave participants the opportunity to interact with successful female entrepreneurs. The event took place on Saturday, April 4, in the Obendorf Event Center at the Graduate School of Business.
Dreaming for Others
We’ve all heard the numbers: 42,167 applications; 2,138 accepted; 5.07 percent admission rate. The Class of 2018 is just the latest group of eager high school students ready to come to Stanford and explore the California sun, Internet wealth and Silicon Valley’s other opportunities. Indeed, in 2013, the Princeton Review reported that in a survey…
The rise of Stanford’s startup culture
The image of Stanford as a place for technological innovation and student-led ventures only recently grew to be pervasive on and off campus.
Stanford-StartX Fund offers support to student startups
A new venture fund jointly established by StartX, the Stanford-affiliated startup incubator, Stanford University and Stanford Hospitals & Clinics, enables Stanford to directly invest in student-founded companies.
