Re:Does it matter what college you go for undergrad?
by jmtame on Friday March 30, 2007 @08:07PM
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I would try and find a college that has at least some entrepreneurial initiative. For example, at the Univ of Illinois, they have the Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership and the Technology Entrepreneur Center, plus one of the best ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) chapters around. We had Max Levchin and Jawed Karim speak at our last conference, plus companies like Google, Amazon, EA, Microsoft, etc. are showing up.
The only reason I'm really here is to find some CS students to help me startup. But it wouldn't happen without my connection to the school's CS groups.
In the end, I doubt it matters one way or another where you go. As someone mentioned, many successful founders didn't go to ivy league schools. Jobs dropped out after 6 months at Reed. You'll decide how far you go.
The only reason I'm really here is to find some CS students to help me startup. But it wouldn't happen without my connection to the school's CS groups.
In the end, I doubt it matters one way or another where you go. As someone mentioned, many successful founders didn't go to ivy league schools. Jobs dropped out after 6 months at Reed. You'll decide how far you go.