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Balancing startup dreams with being a full-time student?

In about two months I will be starting my freshman year at MIT. I've been programming since I was a little kid, and my dream career for as long as I can remember has been to found my own startup. I'm currently brimming with ideas, and I think a few of them are legitimately commercially viable. At MIT, it seems like I'll have access to free money and nearly endless resources to pursue these ideas. Part of me wants to jump right in the moment I get to campus and start building. But on the other hand, I'm concerned about the feasibility of actually starting a company while I'm a student. I have no intention of dropping out since I'll be playing a sport that I love for 4 years, so I fear that the amount of effort I'd be able to put into any venture would be significantly constrained. I see a lot of posts on LinkedIn and such by student founders talking about their products but a lot of them seem to be worthless GPT wrappers that can be made in about two hours, so I'm not sure how much stock to put in their experiences.

Any advice would be appreciated!

3 points savagew 2 years ago 2 comments

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