College is the WORST place to develop a startup

The last post was all of the good reasons for developing a startup in college.  I will go into further detail about those, but first I'm going to share why college is the WORST place to develop a startup.

1) Time.  I was at a college with over 30,000 students.  I was in a fraternity.  I was socializing and being involved on campus.  It's never cool to stay in every night and work on your startup.  Although this made me budget my time a lot better, I DID drastically alter my social life.  It allowed me to cut ties with a lot of people that I really didn't care to surround myself with, too.  I am who I surround myself with.  You are, too.

2) Age.  Other than your professors and other mentors, when you explain your startup to most people the response will be "Oh, that's nice." or something to that affect.  The important thing is to only listen to the target demographic of your startup's opinion and block out any other criticism.  I was lucky to have supportive parents, but I think by now they know that I was going to pursue this 100% anyways.  Always do what makes you happy.  ALWAYS.

3) It's college.  There is never just one thing going on.  It's always a million things to get done and a million places to go.  Learning to prioritize was one of the best things for me to do.  I cut out distractions that wouldn't help me in the future and also cut out a lot of sleep.  It took me a while to realize that I had to take care of myself and not just work 24/7.  It's important to find a healthy balance between all of the different things going on in your life.  Keep the same schedule so it sticks with you.  Repetition, Repetition, Repetition.


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BPL