Comments on: College is the Best Time to Start a Business http://www.nathanlustig.com/2009/05/05/college-is-the-best-time-to-start-a-business/ Staying Out of the Cubicle: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Travel Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:48:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Entrepreneurs Come in All Shapes and Sizes http://www.nathanlustig.com/2009/05/05/college-is-the-best-time-to-start-a-business/comment-page-1/#comment-201 Entrepreneurs Come in All Shapes and Sizes Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:29:14 +0000 http://www.nathanlustig.com/?p=208#comment-201 [...] should view getting involved in a startup as a viable alternative to getting into the job market, especially during college and in this economy.  One of the most common responses to these posts have been “I’d love to start my own [...] [...] should view getting involved in a startup as a viable alternative to getting into the job market, especially during college and in this economy.  One of the most common responses to these posts have been “I’d love to start my own [...]

]]> By: laurie eggert http://www.nathanlustig.com/2009/05/05/college-is-the-best-time-to-start-a-business/comment-page-1/#comment-37 laurie eggert Sat, 09 May 2009 16:08:17 +0000 http://www.nathanlustig.com/?p=208#comment-37 interesting view of college responsibilities... go to "some" classes, get "passing grades." It sounds like you viewed college as a place to meet smart, interesting people and make useful connections, rather than the more traditional place to learn something by taking interesting classes or courses of study. This perhaps is the sign of a true entrepreneur... a person who makes his own opportunities, rather than waiting for them to be given to him. While I might believe that getting more than "passing" grades might have broadened one's educational and cultural horizons (as they say), I cannot quibble with the education which your version of college has provided you. Many roads can lead to success. An entrepreneur figures out what roads might be useful; designs and builds a bunch of them; travels the ones that work best until they dont; finds others to help in the process; writes interesting blogs along the way; and has a blast doing it. Damn fine education. interesting view of college responsibilities… go to “some” classes, get “passing grades.” It sounds like you viewed college as a place to meet smart, interesting people and make useful connections, rather than the more traditional place to learn something by taking interesting classes or courses of study. This perhaps is the sign of a true entrepreneur… a person who makes his own opportunities, rather than waiting for them to be given to him. While I might believe that getting more than “passing” grades might have broadened one’s educational and cultural horizons (as they say), I cannot quibble with the education which your version of college has provided you.

Many roads can lead to success. An entrepreneur figures out what roads might be useful; designs and builds a bunch of them; travels the ones that work best until they dont; finds others to help in the process; writes interesting blogs along the way; and has a blast doing it.

Damn fine education.

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