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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Males are also risk takers. Many of the tech giants left college before completion and went onto huge success.  Other than Elizabeth Holmes (sorry truly awful example), I can't think of another woman that left college early to launch a tech company/start up. It could be that women feel the degree (or actually need it) due to inherent biases in vc and silicon valley--not sure.[/quote]

Most of these people who dropped out to start companies came from wealthy, professional families. You need some family wealth to mitigate the risk walking away from your degree at a good school. Most of these entrepreneurs did have family wealth to fall back on if their idea was a flop (eg.[b] Musk[/b], Holmes, Gates, etc.). You don't see middle class or poor (either males or females) taking that kind of risk and walking away from a year or more of tuition as often.[/quote]

The Musk myth isn't true.  He actually didn't come from any $$$s.  Holmes' dad worked at Enron and lost most of his money in the Enron collapse.

Jeff Bezos made a bunch of money at a hedge fund before starting Amazon, but didn't come from much (his mom gave birth to him in HS and eventually married a mid-level IT guy).  Zuckerberg's dad is a dentist..sure, UMC but his parents weren't thrilled when he dropped out.  Larry Ellison came from nothing...Harold Hamm came from abject poverty (not SV).

I actually don't really buy your thesis because SV has lots of kids that either drop out or don't even attempt to go to college from the start, working at many companies.  If you drop-out of college and get VC funding for a start-up, that is a badge of honor.  Nobody cares that you didn't get your degree.[/quote]

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