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Thiel Foundation: Silicon Valley needs to stop requiring college degrees

Everybody knows that if you’re smart and ambitious, you attend college. Why? Tradition. But if we’re ambitious about creating a better twenty-first century, should we follow traditions from the...

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Peter Thiel gives new class of students $100K to forgo college

They can’t buy a celebratory bottle of champagne, but they’re hoping to start a new business. Meet the new class of under 20 would-be college kids dropping out of college to work on their...

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Screw college! This 20-year-old Thiel Fellow just sold his first company

James Proud is only 20 and he’s already sold his first company. Proud is part of the 2011 class for the Peter Thiel Fellowship – the one that encourages college students to drop out for $100,000 and...

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For young entrepreneurs, the price of a startup could be your mental health

This is a guest post by mental health entrepreneur, Sarah Seegal  While most of her friends were deliberating about their college major, Jessica Mah was leading a company, managing finances, and...

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For young entrepreneurs, the price of a startup could be your mental health

GUEST: This is a guest post by mental health entrepreneur, Sarah Seegal  While most of her friends were deliberating about their college major, Jessica Mah was leading a company, managing finances, and...

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