As I put together that list I thought about the unemployment figures associated with it. I wonder if any .COM companies were linked to Stanford? Somehow I think not – at least not the Business School – however they might have been connected with the technology branch! With 193,000 lost jobs (according to state of California figures) anything is possible. :)

>So, it's Stanford University responsible for high unemployment in the Silicon Valley? :)
>
>>Stanford University for decades has had a great relationship between the academic and business worlds.
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>>The following is a list of Top Silicon Valley Companies founded or co-founded by those with a current or former affiliation with Stanford University, as an alumnus/alumna or faculty/staff.
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>>These companies account for 42% of the income of the Silicon Valley top 150 high tech companies.
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>>Hewlett-Packard
>>Cisco Systems
>>Sun Microsystems
>>Agilent
>>SGI
>>Electronic Arts
>>Atmel
>>Cadence Design
>>Intuit
>>Nvidia
>>Adobe Systems
>>Maxim Integrated
>>Symantec
>>BEA Systems
>>Network Appliance
>>Cypress Semiconductor
>>Varian Medical Systems
>>Rational Software
>>Varian
>>eBay
>>Yahoo
>>Read-Rite
>>Aspect Communications
>>Extreme Networks
>>Silicon Storage
>>Ariba
>>Mattson Technology
>>Affymetrix
>>Incyte Genomics
>>ONI Systems
>>Dionex
>>Actel
>>E.piphany
>>SonicWall
>>Zoran
>>Rambus
>>Net.com
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>>Now for the U.C. Berkeley types, I am sure someone can come up with the other 58%! :)