3 Successful Entrepreneurs With Surprising Backgrounds - Vasant Ramachandran
- 1. 3 SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEURS WITH SURPRISING BACKGROUNDS Vasant Ramachandran V A S A N T R A M A C H A N D R A N . N E T
- 2. INTRODUCTION Many people dream of owning their own business. Many followed their dreams and succeeded. Others failed. A number of entrepreneurs offer words of advice and encouragement in an attempt to help business owners become more fruitful. V A S A N T R A M A C H A N D R A N . N E T
- 3. STEVEJOBS Perhaps the most famous of those tech gurus with a surprising background is Steve Jobs. You may know him as the genius behind Apple. As much success as Jobs had and how far he pushed the boundaries of tech, you might thing that he had earned college degree after college degree. But in fact, Jobs was a college drop-out. Although he attended Reed College for a little while, he had to leave the school when his parents were unable to pay his tuition. Jobs time at Reed College, however, did have a huge influence on him. The humanities classes that he took expanded his mind when it came to human interaction and empathy. He also took a calligraphy course, which later influence the designs he made for Apple. Jobs goes to show that a well-rounded education, even just a small one, can lead to success. V A S A N T R A M A C H A N D R A N . N E T
- 4. JACKDORSEY Like Steve Jobs, Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter and Square, never completed college or earned an undergraduate degree. Dorsey did attend Missouri University of Science and Technology and later New York University, but he dropped out of school because he thought he could put his coding talents to better use in the outside world. Dorsey has a familiar story that many in the tech world share. V A S A N T R A M A C H A N D R A N . N E T
- 5. WALTERDRIVER Walter Driver co-founded a gaming network that is called Scopeley. Unlike Jobs and Dorsey, however, Driver didnt major in a science-related field in college. Surprisingly, he has a degree in creative writing and literature from Brown University. Many people look down on humanities degrees, such as English and Literature. But Driver proves that these types of degrees foster critical thinking skills, writing skills, and imagination, all of which can lead to success in all kinds of fields. V A S A N T R A M A C H A N D R A N . N E T
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