If you asked most people today, they would probably agree with the notion that a college sophomore can develop technology or launch a business that can transform an entire industry and define a generation. Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg have already blazed that trail. But often, just when those student entrepreneurs are ready to take off, they… well, take off.
This is a story I know well. I was part of the team in 2004 that left Harvard and headed west to build Facebook. The site had been spreading like wildfire at Harvard and about 30 other schools when we packed our bags, rented a house in Palo Alto, and headed for Silicon Valley. At the time, it felt like an unavoidable choice: student or entrepreneur.
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