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Re:Peter Thiel Gives Whiz Kids $100K To Quit College, Start ... by thedaveoflife on Wednesday May 25, 2011 @11:07AM (#2584201)
Great minds will go on to do great things no matter if they go to college or not, but you should start a business because you are passionate about a product or service, not because a billionaire entrepreneur is bribing you to do so.

This program could very well be successful, but I would argue the participants would have gone on to do great things regardless of thiel’s invovlement.

Re:Peter Thiel Gives Whiz Kids $100K To Quit College, Start ... by rowaway1 on Wednesday May 25, 2011 @11:27PM (#2586483)
but now they'll start doing great things earlier, and won't be hampered by debt after graduation, which also postpones doing great things.