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He dropped out of college to build a start-up taking on Myspace and Friendster, two well-funded incumbents. Furthermore, Zuckerberg didn't have the wealth or fa
by capz 12y ago
He dropped out of college to build a start-up taking on Myspace and Friendster, two well-funded incumbents. Furthermore, Zuckerberg didn't have the wealth or family connections of say, the Winklevii. I don't really like Zuckerberg, but to minimize the risk facing him and his investors is kind of ridiculous.
- henrymercer 12y agoAt the time he took leave from Harvard (which was not dropping out), the company already had offers for $500k in seed money at a $10 million valuation. The chance that going full-time on Facebook would end up worse than staying at Harvard was remote. Even if failed, the experience and connections would have been far more valuable than two more years at Harvard.