> On the contrary, getting a PhD is an astoundingly poor strategy for raising > $$ for a startup. If you have a talent for biz sufficient to raise $$ for a > startup, you can always get some prof to join your team to lend you academic > credibility. > > It is also useful in terms of lending you more credibility when you talk > about your own wacky research ideas. This may be part of YKY's motivation, > and it's a genuinely meaningful one. But having credibility when talking > about research ideas is not particularly well correlated with being able to > raise business funding.
Getting business funding may be an inherently hard thing to do. So, other things being equal, spending some time + money on a PhD degree may still be better than all other options. That's my current reasoning... ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=123753653-47f84b Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
