# Professor Deepak Hegde comments on high-tech entrepreneurship in New York City; Stern's Creative Destruction Lab-New York City is highlighted

1 Faculty News October 16, 2017 ![BusinessBecause logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/BusinessBecause_logo.jpg?itok=HoBjU3u5)>

Excerpt from [BusinessBecause](http://www.businessbecause.com/news/mba-entrepreneurs/4843/6-best-startup-cities-mba-entrepreneurs-silicon-valley) -- "The CDL-NYC focuses on maximizing the value for science and technology startups by pinpointing VC funding for the MBA curriculum. CDL Toronto, where the model has pioneered, has generated more than $1 billion of equity value in the five years since its founding. 'For successful high-tech entrepreneurship in a region, two things are essential,' says professor of management at NYU Stern, Deepak Hegde."

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