Alumnus Jawed Karim was profiled recently by the LA Times for his Youniversity Ventures project

5/13/2009

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From the article:

"Despite netting $65 million in Google Inc. stock when the search giant bought YouTube, Karim, 28, lives in a dorm at Stanford University, where he's working toward a doctorate in computer science with the goal of becoming a professor.

He also is schooling start-ups through Youniversity Ventures, a twist on the traditional tech investment firm. Instead of opening their wallets and doors in shiny offices on Sand Hill Road, Silicon Valley's famed venture capital strip, Karim and his two partners hold office hours at Stanford every quarter. They hear start-up pitches from current and former students at the birthplace of such Internet greats as Google and Yahoo Inc.

His collaborators are two successful 38-year-old entrepreneurs from his PayPal days. Keith Rabois is vice president of strategy and business development at Slide Inc., which makes fun features for social networking sites, and Kevin Hartz is chief executive of online event service EventBrite."

To read the complete article, visit: http://articles.latimes.com/2008/may/26/business/fi-startup26.


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This story was published May 13, 2009.