Re:Art schools have minted more massive Unicorns than MIT
by akhilcacharya on Friday June 19, 2015 @05:15PM
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Top schools generally are competitive or cheaper for low income families.
I think this is meant to be surprising because people from lesser known instituons are more likely to fall victim to institutional elitism - Sand Hill Road VCs are generally not going to take a University of Oklahoma student as seriously as a Stanford student (at least that's my perception, may not be accurate).
Re:Art schools have minted more massive Unicorns than MIT
by replicatorblog on Friday June 19, 2015 @10:57AM
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Totally, hence we see startups from the U of Calgary and the Missouri School of Science & Technology. Thankfully we're in a world where amazing founder can come from anywhere.
Re:Art schools have minted more massive Unicorns than MIT
by akhilcacharya on Friday June 19, 2015 @12:34PM
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Who went to MSST?
Im a bit skeptical that school doesnt matter - but I'd agree with you completely if more founders came from my school, ha-ha.
Re:Art schools have minted more massive Unicorns than MIT
by replicatorblog on Friday June 19, 2015 @01:04PM
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It definitely matters, but our point was that it's not an impenetrable barrier. Stanford/Harvard are still highly represented, but so are some lesser known state schools.
Twitter/Square's Jack Dorsey is the MSST alum!
Re:Art schools have minted more massive Unicorns than MIT
by akhilcacharya on Friday June 19, 2015 @05:11PM
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Good points. However, Dorsey did transfer to NYU, which is at least marginally better known nationally.
How many unicorns are there where the founder(s) didn't go to college? Plus, it was my understanding that the people who want it more are often less well off - and can't afford to go to these higher priced schools (M.I.T., Harvard etc); perhaps that's a point worth noting too.
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