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Patrick sees college dropout as reversible with minimal cost.
Patrick sees college dropout as reversible with minimal cost.
Patrick shares that he dropped out of college twice to start companies, believes dropping out is not irreversible, and thinks the cost of doing so has been minimal.
- Speaker
- Patrick Collison
- Source timestamp
- 5:37
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