How many are profitable companies? Roping in endless investment when backed by Thiel seems vs building a going concern. Thiel is bashing college, some of thes

How many are profitable companies? Roping in endless investment when backed by Thiel seems vs building a going concern. Thiel is bashing college, some of these kids have prestige academics to begin with. Luminar‘S founder attended one of the top California schools (a private school in Newport Beach), was mentored in high school by a laser entrepreneur, and attended the UC Irvije Laser institute, while in high school. And elite private school education probably gets you to junior year of a state university academically and he was essentially in “college” at Irvine while a high school student. Coupled with wealthy real estate developer parents, sure skipping college to start a business is a viable path. What’s interesting to me is how many people end up in careers unrelated to their college major — yet basically Thiels path more or less doubles down on their career choice at 18 and locks them in.