> As a Catholic, I find that objectionable. Object to all the straw men you care to erect. > But what happens when all your startups have failed and you're 40

> As a Catholic, I find that objectionable. Object to all the straw men you care to erect. > But what happens when all your startups have failed and you're 40? What happens when you're 40 and all the companies you've worked for have gone under and you can't get hired because of age discrimination? We can play the "What-If" game all day long. College doesn't matter in the sense that I know people who went early, got A's, and then it's like, "now what?" The people who care tend to be those who are interested in pigeonholing you. And eventually nobody cares whether you went, let alone what your GPA was. The great majority of your post-college life is like this. Learning what you need is useful; college tends to have some overlap with this but they aren't equivalent. Looking back, I'd say the best time to do a start-up is when you have the most energy and enthusiasm, which tends to be somewhere in the teens to around 21ish. High school and college dampen enthusiasm and people are given to rallying their jaded spirits through frivolous amusements, as RWE put it. Jumping through other people's hoops is a major diversion of time and energy.