Do you need to be academically smart to be a successful tech founder?

1 moneyhungry 0 6/19/2025, 11:57:46 PM

Hey everyone,

So many well-known tech founders come from top schools Stanford, MIT, Harvard, etc. It makes me wonder, is being academically brilliant actually a key to startup success? Or is it more about buisness acumen like in other industries ? You always hear the big names, Zuckerberg, Gates, the Google guys, and they all have elite academic backgrounds. But are there counter examples of founders who were more “street smart” than school geniuses.

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