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Socks · 07-22-2008, 06:59 PM

I knew from before I went to highschool really that I wasn't going to go to college or university, I was always busy doing my own things.. It was just obvious to not go.

However.. In retrospect I definitely missed some of the skills that would have been gained in university, like working hard at something you don't enjoy, spending long hours reading and writing about various things, being on time to class, struggling with having to budget, these kinds of things..

Also when I see what some other more educated people do with their businesses, it puts me to shame.. Like this one dude on saw on TV, opened a smoothie store, and grew to FORTY STORES in his first year. Within 5 years he had 200 franchised stores.

I don't think I could do that. You need more that just hustle, you need lots of knowledge, preparation, studying, research, then actually to execute on it that way, pretty mind blowing.

Same with running a huge company, if you don't go to university, there's really a small chance. You just won't be prepared to handle it. That's why so many companies have founders that don't do much anymore, because they were smart enough to hand over their successful business to someone with a real MBA at some point and say you drive for a while.

07-22-2008, 06:59 PM
Socks Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2002 Location: Toronto Posts: 8,475	I knew from before I went to highschool really that I wasn't going to go to college or university, I was always busy doing my own things.. It was just obvious to not go. However.. In retrospect I definitely missed some of the skills that would have been gained in university, like working hard at something you don't enjoy, spending long hours reading and writing about various things, being on time to class, struggling with having to budget, these kinds of things.. Also when I see what some other more educated people do with their businesses, it puts me to shame.. Like this one dude on saw on TV, opened a smoothie store, and grew to FORTY STORES in his first year. Within 5 years he had 200 franchised stores. I don't think I could do that. You need more that just hustle, you need lots of knowledge, preparation, studying, research, then actually to execute on it that way, pretty mind blowing. Same with running a huge company, if you don't go to university, there's really a small chance. You just won't be prepared to handle it. That's why so many companies have founders that don't do much anymore, because they were smart enough to hand over their successful business to someone with a real MBA at some point and say you drive for a while.