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I'm still a freshman at university. Is taking time off to pursue a startup a good idea? If somebody has a certain amount of dedication, it's possible to leave s
by omarish 20y ago
I'm still a freshman at university. Is taking time off to pursue a startup a good idea? If somebody has a certain amount of dedication, it's possible to leave school, succeed in a startup, come back to school and graduate. What's holding us back?
- Sam_Odio 20y agoI regretted not taking a year off from school. I think the timing depends more on the stage of your business, rather than when you're graduating.
- zaidf 20y agoI am a sophomore at the moment. Over the course of my freshman year I launched three sites that tanked - along with my GPA. But I guess I was lucky that high GPA and good job was never really an option for me so I kept trying new stuff hoping something would get enough traction to sideline college totally. With the launch of my start-up couple months ago I hit that partial success I was looking at. I am just in a helpless state of doing my own thing and not caring much about college. I still haven't dropped out or taken a year off but I plan my day around my venture rather than classes. Sticking with the minimum 12hrs is helpful. Being in college in and of itself isn't a bad thing. You can work tirelessly on your venture across the desk from someone else working tirelessly on a school paper.