This Is What It's Like At Stanford University, Tech's Most Fertile Startup Generator

Some of the tech industry's most famous tech entrepreneurs got their start at Stanford University. 

And that's not by accident. 

Whether it's through programs like StartX, an accelerator that offers students the help of different mentors and experts in the industry, or through the classes they take, it's almost a sure bet that if you're reading about a successful tech startup, its founders got their start at Stanford University. 

Stanford University's gorgeous campus is in Palo Alto, California, which is about an hour south of San Francisco. It's on what Bay Area folks call "the Peninsula."

The road leading to the university is called Palm Drive.

And there's a mall nearby, almost on the campus itself, called the Stanford Shopping Center.