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If you get accepted at Stanford or Harvard, then go! Even if you later drop out to start a Facebook or Google, or play pro golf, you'll still be considered an a
by stacy123 16y ago
If you get accepted at Stanford or Harvard, then go! Even if you later drop out to start a Facebook or Google, or play pro golf, you'll still be considered an alumni for LIFE. The $10M will come and go faster than you think. And selling a biz for such a low amount is really nothing to brag about.
- a5seo 16y agoActually, the point about selling a bootstrapped venture was that you'd presumably do it early in your career (hence the low price) so it's an accomplishment for the resume, the same way Stanford and HBS are. My argument was that Stanford and HBS acceptance in a lot of cases indicates a good test score, whereas selling a company shows you can execute... you've actually DONE something. I've met too many MBA's ("idea guys") who can't execute, or at best they can create 10% more value working from a base of hundreds of millions. But in general, I haven't seen too many create value from nothing. So that's what's different about exiting a bootstrapped venture.