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We're reluctant to fund people who are still in college. Especially freshmen. Even if you can start a startup successfully at that age, it's not necessarily a
by pg 15y ago
We're reluctant to fund people who are still in college. Especially freshmen. Even if you can start a startup successfully at that age, it's not necessarily a good thing for you.
Sam had just finished his sophomore year. That's different from having only 1 semester of college.
Startups take over your life. For most people it would be a mistake to jump into one thing so completely before you even know what all the options are.
- grizzlylazer 15y agoWe knew this is what was going to be ahead of us when we started building our service. I totally agree that it would be naive to drop out of college to start a startup, but what is your opinion on dropping out of college to grow one?
- pg 15y agoIf it's Facebook, maybe.
- OpenAlgorithm 15y agoWhat about a high school student willing to take the 18 months off to work on their start-up and dependant on success leave school for good. In Ireland its free high school and college education and if it was a failure its very easy to re-enter the education system. I know you guys founded Collison, what do you think?