If you're looking to become an entrepreneur then don't waste your time going to university or business school - just get on and do it.
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If you're looking to become an entrepreneur then don't waste your time going to university or business school - just get on and do it.
Very few, if any, first-generation black or white or Asian kids will pursue a Ph.D. They'll pursue the professions for economic security. Many will go to law school and/or business school.
Business schools don't create successful people. They simply accept them, then take credit for their success.
To invest successfully, you need not understand beta, efficient markets, modern portfolio theory, option pricing or emerging markets. You may, in fact, be better off knowing nothing of these. That, of course, is not the prevailing view at most business schools, whose finance curriculum tends to be dominated by such subjects. In our view, though, investment students need only two well-taught courses - How to Value a Business, and How to Think About Market Prices.
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