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- Be raised rich and or be surrounded by the rich/powerful(Elizabeth Holmes, Evan Speigel, etc...) - Have rich & powerful friends directly or indirectly - Imp
by paul7986 8y ago
- Be raised rich and or be surrounded by the rich/powerful(Elizabeth Holmes, Evan Speigel, etc...)
- Have rich & powerful friends directly or indirectly
- Impress & become friendly with the rich & powerful either through clear data that shows your worth an investment(your startup data shows traction) or lie your butt off; aka fake it before you make it. I always strive(d) for the former as darn my parents and the morality they instilled.
- sidlls 8y agoThe tone of your comment is off, but the underlying point has at least some merit.
- paul7986 8y agoPardon if it comes off jaded, but what I note is very true. I’m in no way trying to impress Sam Altman like i gather some others may be. No idea his background... yet did he not go to an Ivy League school?
- ameister14 8y agoNo, he didn't go to an Ivy League school.
- dpeterson 8y agoFrom wikipedia: "studied computer science at Stanford University". Stanford isn't Ivy league? Or is wikipedia wrong?
- ameister14 8y agoStanford is not Ivy League.
- dpeterson 8y agoSemantics aside, I think it serves nearly the same purpose to immediately exclude 99.999999% of the population.
- ant6n 8y agoThat leaves only 80 ppl on earth.
- paul7986 8y agoUmm in 2015/2016 Stanford's tuition was $46k while Harvard was $45k. If it's not Ivy League why am I paying more to go there then the hallmark ivy league school?
- fosco 8y agoIvy League is a specific name for north eastern universities in a 'sports league' I would consider stanford a top tier school... but ivy league appears to have a specific definition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_League#Members https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_League#Members
- swizzbeats 8y agohe went to Stanford