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Studying Cards Over Chemistry: An Alternative Approach To Higher Education

Comments (0) | entrepreneurship, gambling, justice department, Los Angeles and Region, Matt Plecki, online poker, Peter Thiel, Startup, TechCrunch, USC

Unsatisfied with college life, Matt Plecki took a different route to find his current success. (Submitted photo)

Kunal Bambawale
Contributor

How online poker led Matt Plecki to startup success.

San Francisco Conference Writes Overnight Startup Success Stories

Comments (0) | California, Disrupt, entrepreneurship, GroupMe, invention, Pop Culture, San Francisco, science, Science+Tech, Startup, tech jobs, TechCrunch, Technology, Technology

Rosalie Murphy
Staff Writer

Disrupt challenges inventive programmers to design tech's next sensation on the spot.

Fellowship Encourages Young Tech Entrepreneurs To Leave School, Pursue Startups

Comments (0) | college, Education, Fellowship, green tech, PayPal, Peter Thiel, Science+Tech, silicon valley, Startup, students, Technology, Technology

The Thiel Foundation offers students a chance to invest in their futures today.

Rosalie Murphy
Staff Writer

Twenty-four under-20 entrepreneurs just received two-year fellowships to pursue tech dreams, but should they be required to pause higher education?

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