Discuss “Cultivating companies: 14 start-ups sprout from CMU research”

Google. Microsoft. The mere mention of these names conjures up images of ticker tape, office space, and 40-something executives with salaries rivaling the gross domestic product of Spain.

But aside from being the economic and technological powerhouses that they are today, these companies share one distinct and fundamental trait: They both began as start-ups.

In the 2006 fiscal year alone, Carnegie Mellon University gave rise to no less than 14 start-up companies born from university technology, according to an August 21 press release.

The focus of these companies runs the gamut from hard sciences to entertainment technology and highlights the research taking place right under the nose of Carnegie Mellon’s campus.

The science behind start-ups

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