How many times were you told to make sure you worked hard in high school so you could go to college and get a good career job?
It’s natural to wonder whether college is really necessary. A college degree, as many have found, is no guarantee of a good career.
On the flipside, there are many successful entrepreneurs who didn’t need their college education and become millionaires anyway.
- Mary Kay Ash. The founder of Mary Kay Inc. started a cosmetics business.
- Richard Branson. Richard Branson is best known for his thrill seeking spirit and outrageous business tactics.
- Coco Chanel. An orphan for many years, Chanel trained as a seamstress.
- Simon Cowell. Simon Cowell started in a mailroom for a music publishing company.
- Michael Dell. With $1,000, dedication and desire, dropped out of college at age 19 to start Dell Computers.
- Walt Disney. Having dropped out of high school at 16, his career and accomplishments are astounding.
- Debbi Fields. As a young housewife with no business experience, she started Mrs. Fields Chocolate Chippery.
- Henry Ford. At 16, Henry Ford left home to apprentice as a machinist. He later started Ford Motor Company.
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Martin Calle on November 22nd, 2007 at 9:09 am
Hey! I’m trying to move up from multicellular microorganism in the tbl eco system but have trouble finding business and marketing expert sites like yourself. Saw this post and wanted to remind you not to forget Bill Gates as Harvard drop out as well as side kick Paul Allen. Also thought you’d appreciate the humor of this Larry Ellison spoof speach to Yale grads: Diplomas are for losers at satirewire.com (http://www.satirewire.com/news/0006/satire-ellison.shtml) Would you mind trading links? Many thanks and Happy Thanksgiving!