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Startup Tips From College Dropouts: Zuckerberg, Jobs, Gates, Dell, Ellison, Branson and Disney

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The primary stipulation is that each Thiel Fellow must drop out of college, for at least two years, and pursue their “entrepreneurial ventures, research and self-education.”. Bill Gates – “The best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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asymmetry, real-time, curated RSS / link-sharing]. But AOL brought online services, email, chat and discussion boards to the masses and thus educated a generation that paved the way for others. Was it massively better software, better companies, better markets? emerge and are there any lessons to be gained about the future?