Aug 11, 2010
There was a reason why Vivek Wadhwa advised all of us to finish our degrees. As worthless as a degree might seem while you’re going through it, I believe there are things you learn from a college/university experience that nothing else can teach you.  soupsoup: Who Gets Funded? (Click for larger) via Alexander Hotz at Mashable When many of us think of an Internet company we might think of a Michael Cera type character holed away in his parents’ basement but the stats from the report show some interesting trends. Entrepreneurs in 2010 are a relatively homogeneous lot: Most are older than you think and yet only a fraction are black (1%) or female (8%). Still there is some hope that good-old smarts wins the day; 98% have an undergrad degree or higher.

There was a reason why Vivek Wadhwa advised all of us to finish our degrees.

As worthless as a degree might seem while you’re going through it, I believe there are things you learn from a college/university experience that nothing else can teach you. 

soupsoup:

Who Gets Funded? (Click for larger) via Alexander Hotz at Mashable

When many of us think of an Internet company we might think of a Michael Cera type character holed away in his parents’ basement but the stats from the report show some interesting trends. Entrepreneurs in 2010 are a relatively homogeneous lot: Most are older than you think and yet only a fraction are black (1%) or female (8%). Still there is some hope that good-old smarts wins the day; 98% have an undergrad degree or higher.

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