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Why Entrepreneurs Hate (Most) MBAs

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Thus, it is no surprise that Harvard recently reported that 25% of its 2012 graduates accepted jobs as consultants, while 52% opted for careers in financial services. Per the 2012 Global Management Education Graduate Survey, the median debt of 2012 MBA graduates was $45,000, while the debt from top schools averaged $90,000 (e.g.,

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Startup Tips From College Dropouts: Zuckerberg, Jobs, Gates, Dell, Ellison, Branson and Disney

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HIGHEST DEGREE OBTAINED BY AMERICA'S 400 RICHEST PEOPLE Source: Forbes Magazine, Jan 2012. According to a January 2012 Forbes article, nearly 16% of the 400 most affluent Americans do not have a college degree. Richard’s lack of formal education no doubt caused him to feel lost at various times during his entrepreneurial journey.

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How I Promise You One of the Most Meaningful Days of Your Life

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Defy Ventures is a program that aims to educate people in prison to become better humans upon graduation. Defy teaches them personal finance like how to keep a checking account, the difference between debt and equity, what cashflow is and so forth. She was smart (she started her career in private equity!) They wanted to learn.

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Pipeline Fellowship | Raising Women to Become Investors

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There were only 22% women who invested in 2012. Natalia Oberti Noguera: Pipeline Fellowship is a program to educate and bring more women into the investment side of business. We have three main components: education, mentoring, and practice. In education, we hold workshops on topics like portfolio strategy and evaluation.

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myLINGO | Connecting Non-English Speakers with the Movies

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OP: It was 2012 when my brother and I took our cousin who was visiting from Poland to go see the movie Hugo. It was great to relive a moment when I was in my dorm room at Harvard and watching Toy Story 3 on my laptop and seeing something that we built with no cash, just sweat equity. What problem were you trying to solve?

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