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College dropouts like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg might dominate Silicon Valley folklore, but India tells a different story: Only 3 out of 211 Indian unicorn founders abandoned their degrees early. You're actually far more likely to find advanced degrees among India's most successful founders than incomplete ones. The media loves exceptional stories, but data reveals a different reality: in India's startup ecosystem, education typically precedes innovation, not the other way around.

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