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Re:Survey shows surprise decline in US startups run by young... by tbenst on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @11:04AM (#8851259)
> Most of the VC funded startups I'm aware of are founded by graduates of top US schools (Ivy or similar), where almost no one graduates with debt.

Not true. Although not bad, students typically graduate with $15k in debt. Families with income just above the aid cutoff point or with high assets but lower income tend to get hit hard; I know some individuals that are graduating with $50-100k in debt from undergrad at Ivies.

http://www.browndailyherald.com/2014/04/07/brunonians-highes...

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Re:Survey shows surprise decline in US startups run by young... by StylusEater on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @12:51PM (#8851956)
> Most of the VC funded startups I'm aware of are founded by graduates of top US schools

I know plenty of folks that graduated with debt from top schools.

> graduating with $50-100k in debt from undergrad at Ivies.

Indeed.

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