3 ms·
> Gates, Jobs, and Zuck Harvard, Reed, Harvard. Any drop out from any of those has hurdled more than 98% of the general college corps. Or at least that would
by hindsightbias 3y ago
> Gates, Jobs, and Zuck
Harvard, Reed, Harvard.
Any drop out from any of those has hurdled more than 98% of the general college corps. Or at least that would be a rational assumption by the VC cadre that is probably in the top 0.1% and an Ivy League grad.
- carabiner 3y ago[flagged]
- Rapzid 3y agoPeople are commenting on this but failing to stake out a real point. Is the point that just having been accepted to those schools is a strong signal? I would concede that it could be, sure. But a lot of people drop out of Ivy league schools and simply flame out. Many would consider dropping out of those schools after a few semesters as failure. And many companies still require degrees; a few semesters at Harvard won't cut it. I guess my point is that college dropouts are also successful at creating startups. Two have started the two most valuable companies in the world.
- brandall10 3y agoI'd argue getting accepted is almost the entire signal. These people dropped out to chase extremely lucrative business opportunities - that they created as a student, likely aided by structural/networking support inside that institution - due to timing risk. One could argue they not only got into a highly prestigious institution, but they quickly leapfrogged everyone there. That's the opposite of flaming out.