You will meet others and learn from your peers by surrounding yourself by smart interesting people, but this doesn't have to be at a university.
Create that community. I fear that is harder done than said, given that none really exists.
No one used Facebook because they knew the developer was Harvard educated.
I don't know if Mark can do Facebook at Harvard and get traction w/o being a Harvard student. At the very least Facebook probably doesn't exist w/o a Harvard -- a collection of young exclusives who are technically saavvy. No Harvard means no Facebook, one way or another.
A better question is whether drop outs who start businesses are more or less likely to succeed.
A better question, IMO, do we need more startups than are currently being created? Imagine if college enrollment is cut in half. And we increase the number of startup companies by a factor of 20x. Is that net good? Will innovation and goodness increase as a result? I'm not sure it will.
It's almost as if the self-selection of having to choose to leave Stanford/Harvard is a good funnel for founders.
Create that community. I fear that is harder done than said, given that none really exists.
No one used Facebook because they knew the developer was Harvard educated.
I don't know if Mark can do Facebook at Harvard and get traction w/o being a Harvard student. At the very least Facebook probably doesn't exist w/o a Harvard -- a collection of young exclusives who are technically saavvy. No Harvard means no Facebook, one way or another.
A better question is whether drop outs who start businesses are more or less likely to succeed.
A better question, IMO, do we need more startups than are currently being created? Imagine if college enrollment is cut in half. And we increase the number of startup companies by a factor of 20x. Is that net good? Will innovation and goodness increase as a result? I'm not sure it will.
It's almost as if the self-selection of having to choose to leave Stanford/Harvard is a good funnel for founders.