The New York Times' "You're The Boss" blog had an inspiring
post about two former undergrads who dropped out to pursue their start-up website,
MyFit.com, a service which—ironically—helps high school students find the perfect college for them. The site uses criteria that goes beyond such standards as the SATS, like looking at students' long-term goals and passions.
To be fair, the two students-turned-businessmen already had a promising website on their hands when they made the decision to drop. The service was a runner-up in two start-up competitions at Duke and North Carolina State, which won its creators about $60,000 in investments.
And it looks like the gamble paid off. MyFit.com announced on Wednesday that it received $1 million from New Enterprise Associates, a Silicon Valley venture fund. (One of the creators, a would-be senior in business at NC State, said he plans to go back to school when he has the time.)
The article also mentioned a couple college dropouts that were successful in the world of business, like Bill Gates and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg. Then again, I'm sure for every Bill Gates, there's at least a thousand false-starters that wound up crawling back to the land of higher education—or, worse, waiting tables.
Would you drop out of college if you had a promising project/business in the works? Would it have to be a sure thing, or just an interesting lead?
Comments (4)
i'm not much of a business person. and even if presented with an excellet opportunity, i still wouldn't drop out. my parents would kill me. :x
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Only if it was a sure thing. I wouldn't want to completely drop out though. At least take one or two classes a semester.
Only if it was a sure thing I would drop out...I'd have to check every angle but even then I would still take a couple classes in college anyway
But since I'm planning on taking business {don't know what it's called in college, economy?}
my logic might seem bad