[drallison]

I think it takes more than a series of inspirational speakers to have an impact. Evangelism is only part of what's needed. You also need informative talks about the details of starting a venture, funding, intellectual property, risks and rewards, and so forth if you want to enable people to move forward.

[noverloop]

yes, but these aspects are 'post-idea' Most don't have ideas yet, although there is an active effort from the university to match CS students without ideas with academics from non-CS departments (legal, economics,...) that have ideas.

It takes some effort to make startups a viable 'career'-choice.