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Is it highly unlikely for you to get funding if you didn’t go to Harvard or Stanford?

• posted by: D J Sims on 2016-03-04
• tagged: venture-capital
• score: 0

What it says on the tin. Who are some successful founders who didnt go to one of these schools?

Answer 8683

• posted by: user19556 on 2016-03-08
• score: 2

I have never met, heard, or even ran into a situation where the schooling of the “pitcher”, business owner, or whoever is seeking investors loses the deal or even leverage due to inferior schooling, or lack of it, for that matter.

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