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Giggity

Stealth • 9m

Guys do you think a college degree is required to run a startup? Or to join a startup

Alok Kumar

Stealth • 9m

Let's look at it from point of investors and employers. If you want to make your own startup there are 2 things the investors keep in mind 1. Your product or idea is something really unique or very advanced than whatever is currently in the market and you have a prototype or a team working on it then they will give you funding even without your education qualification. Eg. OYO 2. If you have a college degree let's say from iit or iim then you are going to get the funding even if your ideas lags clarity at current point because the option of pivoting is always there. Eg. Zomato Now let's look from employers point. 1. If it is a startup they tend to hire people from IIT or IIM not because of skills but because of tag as they will use it to pitch to investors or their clients that they have certain type of employees. 2. If it is a company that do not care about degree then they need highly skilled person. 3. You don't want to join a Lala company. But if you do they need nothing.

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Hathoda Tyagi

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So according to Blume Venture guy, 100% chances of success if founder is from IIT/IIM/BITS/ISB. They have burning passion.

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Avik Ghosh

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How can a founder who graduated from a tier 2 or tier 3 college tackle all hurdles? because in India if you not iit Or iim graduate you are a loser

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Do you think the chances to get fund is high for IIT Or IIM graduate.

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Why do we have many founders from IIT in the Indian startup space? 1. WORLD CLASS EDUCATION: Is it because the syllabus and teachings of IIT is really that superior and top notch? OR 2. IIT NETWORK: Is it because of the IIT network comprising of

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Dinesh Nabkoty

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Anyone here from IIT Computer Science? Let's connect. I need a team to start off with my venture

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This is the same point which I wanted to raise 2 days ago. Btw this post is from a IITian itself From IIT KGP. I hope you read and understand this post.