Founders Who Dropped Out of Education

‘Why would you be studying it if you would be doing it?’ heard a computer science student at his job interview. The interviewer was Mark Zuckerberg. We know he is not the only one. Below is a list of people who fit in the Indian Startup Ecosystem.

Learning without school is somewhat a theme among entrepreneurs. The list of dropouts is long and is ever increasing. Not everyone who drops out has a great company the next day. Some don’t even have a plan.

It is quite expensive to get a college degree today. Added to that are the direct and indirect costs over lifetime. If the decision to drop out or not boils down to economics, all you need to do is to compare those numbers with what you could be doing with that money in hand right now.

According to The Facebook Effect, Zuckerberg took five minutes to decide that he would drop out of Harvard. He was almost half way through!