Is there a bias against hackers from 'name-brand' colleges?
grinich: It's no coincidence that startups start around universities, because that's where smart people meet. It's not what people learn in classes at MIT and Stanford that has made technology companies spring up around them. They could sing campfire songs in the classes so long as admissions worked the same.
        -Paul Graham. "How to Start a Startup," March 2005.