Are
the
most
successful
entrepreneurs
college
dropouts
?
There
is
an
old
adage
in
English
:
"
No
risk
,
no
reward
.
"
Having
known
and
worked
for
many
successful
business
people
in
my
life
,
I
have
noticed
one
major
trait
that
all
of
them
have
.
They
are
all
.
And
by
that
I
don't
mean
that
all
of
them
go
to
the
casino
or
play
poker
every
weekend
.
I
mean
that
they
take
risks
in
business
that
most
people
are
afraid
to
take
.
In
addition
to
taking
risks
,
they
also
seem
to
get
bored
easily
?
at
least
with
school
.
So
,
is
it
true
that
most
successful
entrepreneurs
and
business
people
are
college
dropouts
?
Statistics
say
no
.
There
have
been
some
articles
that
glamourized
dropping
out
of
college
to
become
a
successful
entrepreneur
,
but
the
truth
is
that
most
successful
people
in
the
United
States
come
from
elite
,
Ivy
League
colleges
.
As
far
as
test
scores
are
concerned
,
it
doesn't
matter
which
college
the
person
attends
?
higher
test
scores
typically
translate
into
more
successful
people
or
better
job
opportunities
.
While
these
people
may
not
become
overnight
millionaires
or
billionaires
,
they
still
earn
higher
than
average
incomes
or
become
successful
by
starting
their
own
companies
.
I
teach
English
to
many
students
from
Spain
who
are
learning
about
entrepreneurship
and
business
by
using
the
Finnish
method
called
Tiimiakatemia
.
In
this
method
,
the
students
are
immediately
upon
entering
the
program
by
creating
their
own
business
with
a
team
.
This
teaching
method
uses
into
business
,
rather
than
a
typical
academic
approach
to
learning
.
They
have
no
exams
in
this
school
,
their
test
is
to
create
a
business
with
their
teams
.
The
students
must
ideas
to
develop
and
manufacture
products
.
I
am
always
fascinated
when
I
listen
to
the
ideas
that
my
students
come
up
with
to
create
a
successful
business
.
One
of
my
students
told
me
about
a
project
that
he
and
his
team
started
by
creating
backpacks
from
recycled
materials
.
They
use
materials
from
old
signs
to
create
them
,
making
a
profit
but
also
helping
the
environment
.
It's
a
-
for
everyone
!
By
comparison
,
Boyan
Slat
,
a
Dutch
college
dropout
,
recently
launched
his
ocean
cleanup
device
in
order
to
clean
up
the
plastics
from
the
Great
Pacific
Garbage
Patch
in
the
Pacific
Ocean
.
The
material
is
brought
back
to
shore
on
small
boats
every
few
weeks
after
collection
.
Arguably
,
the
most
successful
college
dropout
of
our
time
is
Bill
Gates
,
who
left
Harvard
in
1975
to
found
Microsoft
with
Paul
Allen
?
recently
deceased
.
Gates
received
an
honorary
degree
from
Harvard
in
2007
and
has
publicly
said
,
"
Although
I
dropped
out
of
college
and
got
lucky
pursuing
a
career
in
software
,
getting
a
degree
is
a
much
surer
path
to
success
.
"
Sometimes
,
taking
risks
pays
off
,
but
the
more
stable
path
to
success
is
through
taking
calculated
risks
.
Let's
check
what
you
remember
!