Re:Ask HN: Successful startups that didn't come from top-tie...
by ahsanhilal on Wednesday September 28, 2011 @06:07PM
(#3050107)
Youtube: Chad Hurley went to Indiana Uni. of Pennsylvania. Steve Chen and Jawed Karim went to University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Yelp: Jeremy Stoppelman went to University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Slide: Max Levchin went to University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Foursquare: Naveen went to Worcester Inst. and Kings College. Dennis Crowley went to Syracuse and Tisch School at NYU
Tumblr: David Karp never went to college.
Actually, I would say that there would very little correlation between going to an Ivy League/ top 10 school and building a company. Most people at such schools are more are interested in getting into Investment Banking, Consulting, Pvt Equity jobs than building companies. Going to a good college would a weak variable, if relevant at all, when deciding on the probability of future success for a startup.
Yelp: Jeremy Stoppelman went to University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Slide: Max Levchin went to University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Foursquare: Naveen went to Worcester Inst. and Kings College. Dennis Crowley went to Syracuse and Tisch School at NYU
Tumblr: David Karp never went to college.
Actually, I would say that there would very little correlation between going to an Ivy League/ top 10 school and building a company. Most people at such schools are more are interested in getting into Investment Banking, Consulting, Pvt Equity jobs than building companies. Going to a good college would a weak variable, if relevant at all, when deciding on the probability of future success for a startup.