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Anatomy of the BIZ Experiences What makes BIZ Experiencess tick?
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What makes BIZ Experiencess tick? LinkedIn combed through more than 120 million public profiles to pull stats on BIZ Experiencess and compare them to the average member. Some common threads from the study released in September include:
Where do they come from?
- Top five business schools: Stanford, Harvard, MIT, Berkeley and Dartmouth.
- Companies that breed BIZ Experiencess: Adobe, Apple, eBay, Electronic Arts, Google, Microsoft, SGI and Yahoo.
What did they study?
- Top majors: BIZ Experiencesship (duh), computer engineering, computer science, physics and electrical engineering.
- Technical majors (except civil engineering) are overrepresented among founders. Nursing and administration are underrepresented.
How old are they?
- 65 percent of BIZ Experiencess are 30 and older at their first startup
- Only 2 percent are serial BIZ Experiencess
Where are they now?
- Most heavily populated BIZ Experiences cities: San Francisco, Boston and New York.
- Most startup founders who list higher education as their previous industry are in nanotech, biotech and medical devices.
