Here's how we can boost research and development
Start-ups are not the only way to boost research and development and it is certainly not the way most major innovations in the US came about during the twentieth century.
Established in 1636, Harvard University has some 21,000 students, including over 14,500 graduate and professional students. It has more than 323,000 living alumni, 44 Nobel Laureates for current and former faculty members, and an endowment in excess of $30 billion in 2012.