Don't start your start-up in college. And whatever you do, don't drop out [USA TODAY]
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Be like Steve Jobs and make billions on your better idea, sure. But don't drop out of college like he did. (Photo: Jeff Chiu, AP) CONNECT TWEET LINKEDIN COMMENT EMAIL MORE Question: I am about to finish my second year of college. I have an amazing idea for a business and so I want to drop out and start my start-up but my parents are against it. Could you please help me convince them that I am right and they are wrong? — Jesse Answer: Sorry, no can do. Score one for the parents. Oh sure, I get it, the allure and pull of becoming the next Mark Zuckerberg or Steve Jobs is strong. The romantic notion of the young start-up college dropout entrepreneur is part of the American DNA. But I have news for you: The odds are great that yours is not the Next Big Idea. MORE : Steve Strauss' column page This whole notion began with Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. Gates famously dropped out of Harvard to launch Microsoft, and Jobs left Reed College in Portla
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