Comments on: New England Innovation Economy Needs To Improve Collaboration With Academia http://www.jeffbennett.com/2008/11/new-england-innovation-economy-needs-to-improve-collaboration-with-academia/ Sharing experiences as an entrepreneur, social media man, e-commerce pioneer, and student of life Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:57:41 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: JeffBennett.Org November ‘08 Posts « JeffBennett.Org http://www.jeffbennett.com/2008/11/new-england-innovation-economy-needs-to-improve-collaboration-with-academia/comment-page-1/#comment-37 JeffBennett.Org November ‘08 Posts « JeffBennett.Org Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:31:10 +0000 http://dealsbennett.wordpress.com/?p=557#comment-37 [...] 19. New England Innovation Economy Needs To Improve Collaboration With Academia [...] [...] 19. New England Innovation Economy Needs To Improve Collaboration With Academia [...]

]]> By: Dan Pflock http://www.jeffbennett.com/2008/11/new-england-innovation-economy-needs-to-improve-collaboration-with-academia/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Dan Pflock Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:38:19 +0000 http://dealsbennett.wordpress.com/?p=557#comment-36 Great post Jeff. As a recent Bentley alum myself, ('05) I can say the experiences I had working on projects with corporate partners in several courses were valuable learning and networking experiences. I certainly think both companies and students have much to gain from increased collaboration. Tying into one of your earlier posts about differences in east coast and west coast corporate mentalities it appears to me west coast companies are far more open and welcoming to students with the many corporate sponsored meetups and get-togethers they have. A friend of mine from CT who is just a freshman at USF has already attended events at local companies like Twitter, Mozilla and Google. Granted he is in the biggest technology hub in the US, but opportunities like that just don't seem as prevalent or accessible in New England and that's part of the reason he chose to go to school on the west coast. I think it would be a great experience for local companies to open their doors for relaxed gatherings to network for future hires and at the same time get product feedback. Great post Jeff. As a recent Bentley alum myself, (’05) I can say the experiences I had working on projects with corporate partners in several courses were valuable learning and networking experiences. I certainly think both companies and students have much to gain from increased collaboration.

Tying into one of your earlier posts about differences in east coast and west coast corporate mentalities it appears to me west coast companies are far more open and welcoming to students with the many corporate sponsored meetups and get-togethers they have. A friend of mine from CT who is just a freshman at USF has already attended events at local companies like Twitter, Mozilla and Google.

Granted he is in the biggest technology hub in the US, but opportunities like that just don’t seem as prevalent or accessible in New England and that’s part of the reason he chose to go to school on the west coast.

I think it would be a great experience for local companies to open their doors for relaxed gatherings to network for future hires and at the same time get product feedback.

]]> By: Scott Kirsner http://www.jeffbennett.com/2008/11/new-england-innovation-economy-needs-to-improve-collaboration-with-academia/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Scott Kirsner Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:57:00 +0000 http://dealsbennett.wordpress.com/?p=557#comment-35 Jeff - thanks for the thoughtful response! Jeff – thanks for the thoughtful response!

]]> By: Stacey Derbinshire http://www.jeffbennett.com/2008/11/new-england-innovation-economy-needs-to-improve-collaboration-with-academia/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Stacey Derbinshire Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:00:41 +0000 http://dealsbennett.wordpress.com/?p=557#comment-34 Nice site. There’s some good information on here. I’ll be checking back regularly. Nice site. There’s some good information on here. I’ll be checking back regularly.

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