Comments on: 100 Top Entrepreneurs Who Succeeded without a College Degree

By: Nuelor

Nuelor — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:29:00 +0000

Dan Pitts. Prontocuts. Dropped out of Century College.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:28:00 +0000

What about Heidi from Heidi’s Heavenly Cookies?! They have the BEST cookie delivery program. I just went to a lawyer site and they were talking about how food gift baskets were awesome for that kind of thing. Anyways. Good idea and good entrepreneur.

By: Jms

Jms — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:04:00 +0000

Persistence and experience matter, not a piece of paper

By: Leggyladyus

Leggyladyus — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:32:00 +0000

“Statistical norm for people without degrees is that they fall in the poorest outcome categories when it comes to physical health, mental health, life fulfillment, general quality of life and, yes, financial success…”
Could this be because people are constantly told that if they don’t attain a degree they will be failures and it’s like a self-fulfilling prophesy type thing???

By: Dave Johnson

Dave Johnson — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:08:54 +0000

Being a college drop-out and a successful entrepreneur, I think it is time people stop putting so much value on a college degree. Obviously having one does not ensure success and not having one does not doom a person to failure. Education is very important, but it does not have to be limited to halls of higher learning institutions. I will put my experience of starting six businesses up against any MBA. I like to say, just because everyone says something is right, doesn’t make it so.

By: youngstown ohio marketing

youngstown ohio marketing — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:35:36 +0000

glad to see a list like this. makes me feel better about not having finished school. plus, i am much more successful than my peers of the same age who did finish.

By: t.t.

t.t. — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:46:29 +0000

Sitting here after getting a rejection letter from florida tech MBA. I have already started my own small marketing firm, adding clients but have endorsments from a pretty sizable global company. I thought I needed the MBA to tell my self I can be successful in business ( use to work in socisl serivces) hog wash! I have alway had the creative sprit with out a graduate degree. I will now go with my company and feel good about what I know and am learnig. I am creative, and perhaps getting the MBA woud have made me loose the creativity. Thanks for the list !!!!! Thank Thank you!

By: Secip

Secip — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 13:12:20 +0000

I like Ryan Wescott’s comment the most, because it cautions against false or dangerous correllations. Put plainly, if you drop out of school, have a very good reason for doing so — there’s nothing magical, in and of itself, about “dropping out.”

By: vijay

vijay — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 07:13:46 +0000

it’s real that no one need a college degree to be a successful persosn in any field.the most important thing that comes in my mind is that those who join colleges not only study but enjoy their life while those don’t join college or dropout make sacfricase of their college life.i mean they don’t enjoy walking with friends and also don’t dating with girls,insisted of that they work a lot and the experience they get is invalueable that makes them really a diffrent

By: Lakshmi - Virtual assistant

Lakshmi - Virtual assistant — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:08:31 +0000

Hi!

Very inspiring article. I too feel that i should go to collage and then drop out so that i too can become an entrepreneur myself.

Lakshmi