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Re:Market is the most important factor in a startup's succes... by nostrademons on Saturday May 01, 2021 @02:15PM (#27008480)
Steve Jobs of Apple (machinist and accountant parents, neither of whom had a college degree. Dropped out of Reed College).

Jan Koum of Whatsapp (Ukrainian immigrant, came to U.S. with nothing, was on food stamps as a teenager).

Brian Chesky of AirBnB (child of social workers, attended RISD).

Sergey Brin of Google (parents were professors, but emigrated from the Soviet Union with nothing. Attended University of Maryland).

Marc Andreesen of Netscape, Loudcloud, Ning, and a16z (parents worked for Land's End and a seed company, grew up in cornfields of Iowa, attended UIUC).

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Re:Market is the most important factor in a startup's succes... by Hydraulix989 on Saturday May 01, 2021 @03:31PM (#27009105)
RISD is a very prestigious art school though?

Also, add Chad Hurley co-founder of YouTube to the list:

(Public school in rural red county Pennsylvania, Indiana University of Pennsylvania for college)

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Re:Market is the most important factor in a startup's succes... by nytesky on Saturday May 01, 2021 @05:14PM (#27009885)
$10k on recreational electronics is not something most middle class parents would entertain.
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