Sounds like your parents are supporting you, so let's put this in TechCrunch terms. They're your majority equity holders, and they're calling the shots. The eas

Sounds like your parents are supporting you, so let's put this in TechCrunch terms. They're your majority equity holders, and they're calling the shots. The easiest way to get 100% equity in your life is to finish college and be able to support yourself. It's truly liberating to be financially independent, and you'll never have these arguments again (and if you do it's purely to humor them). To me it sounds like you can do college but you care about other things more. Maybe you should compromise and try to get a freelancing career off the ground. In that sense, you're an independent business owner, you have freedom, you can support yourself, and you can easily work part time and do side projects. But getting going as a freelancer is a lot of work. If you must, ask your parents' support for this for a few years until you're self-supporting.