Early Entrepreneurship !!

What does Oyo & Figma have in common?
This can be a Billion Dollar worth info for you!
There is a crazy fellowship program that helps you drop out of college.
Founders of Oyo, Figma, Ethereum, Workflow started their journey after winning this fellowship.
I'm talking about Peter Thiel fellowship!

They have helped founders build companies worth a total $400 Billion. These founders have
made a remarkable difference in the entrepreneurship world.
It was started by Peter Thiel who co-founded Paypal and was the first big investor of Facebook.
They helped students to get out of the trap of debt and college degrees to start their entrepreneurship journey.
Their chief reason to build this fellowship has been to help ingenious students aged under 22
to drop out of college and just focus on building their startup.
They provide everything you need to start-
- Grant of $100,000
- Network of founders/ investors
- Guidance and mentorship from noted CEOs
and entrepreneurs
- All other resources

Ritesh Agarwal won Theil fellowship when he was 19 yrs old in 2013 and launched Oyo the same year.
Oyo is worth $9.6 Billion now.
Dylan Field joined in 2012 and launched Figma in the same year.
Figma got acquired by Adobe just 10 years down the line at $20 Billion. Ethereum founder was 20 years old when he dropped out and took help from Thiel membership to take his project forward.
There are many such wonderful companies!
These fellows have proved that you don't need fancy college degrees to be successful.
Just determination, intellectual curiosity, and the spirit to learn is all that you need!
If you're an aspiring builder or founder, you should check this out today!

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