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She once dreamed of arguing cases in a courtroom but ended up fixing ski lifts in mountains of Utah, despite not knowing how to change her car’s oil. Today, this Gen Z earns more than she expected, lives in her own apartment and achieved financial independenceVictoria Madsen left college to become a ski lift mechanic in Utah after realizing financial independence. She has worked for five years an...- Rs 5,000 investment, Rs 1.4 crore annual revenue. How Mumbai homemaker turned her passion- making Maharashtrian snacks – into a flourishing brand with 70% female employeesWhere there is a will, there is a way. In 2016, after her husband lost his job, homemaker Geeta Patil turned her passion – making delicious...
- Remember, for every Gulliver there are many LilliputiansJonathan Swift's novel, Gulliver's Travels, presents themes of survivorship bias and the importance of acknowledging failures. Survivorship...
- Two childhood friends turned a college note-taking problem into an AI business that generated more than $13 million by age 21Turbo AI, founded by Sarthak Dhawan and Rudy Arora, is a groundbreaking note-taking app that rapidly grew its user base. From their roots a...
- IITs & suicides competition, caste among campus fault lines: NTF reportA National Task Force report flags campus competition and caste as major issues. Over 13,600 students from disadvantaged communities droppe...
- Quote of the day by Michael Dell: “As you start your journey, the first thing you should do is...” — Inspiring life lessons from a motivational quote on finding your own path and trusting yourselfQuote of the day by Michael Dell: “As you start your journey, the first thing you should do is throw away that store-bought map and begin t...
- Saturday Motivation Quote by Kanye West: ‘I'm not comfortable with comfort, I'm only comfortable when I'm in a place where…’ - Why it's important to step out of your comfort to achieve big things in lifeComfortable routines can often limit our personal evolution and the realization of our true potential. As Kanye West suggests, embracing a ...
- “My father could not read and write”: How Dolly Parton’s father inspired her global literacy mission that has sent 270 million books to kids across US, UK, CanadaDolly Parton’s lifelong philanthropy was deeply inspired by her father, who could not read or write. Her personal mission evolved into the ...
- Bengaluru BBA student works as app-based bike taxi driver for 3 months, shares what he earned and learned about gig economyA Bengaluru BBA student spent three months working as a Rapido captain during his college vacation to understand the gig economy from a wor...
- ₹60 lakh a year: Techie says dropping out was the 'best decision of my life,' Now earns more than his college's highest placementLavanya Jain, a B.Tech dropout, has ignited a lively discussion online by asserting that he generates around ₹4.86 lakh each month from div...
- Business lesson by Jeff Bezos: Why being a college dropout isn’t a shortcut to startup success – here’s what entrepreneurs should do instead in 2026Business lesson by Jeff Bezos for startup success: While college dropout entrepreneurs like Dylan Field and Lucy Guo gain significant atten...
- Amazon's Jeff Bezos' stern warning for Gen-Z before dropping out of college to become next Bill Gates or Mark ZuckerbergAmazon founder Jeff Bezos cautioned Gen Z students against dropping out of college to become entrepreneurs, stating that famous success sto...
- After Figma’s blockbuster IPO, CEO Dylan Field made $5 billion without a degree! Do Gen Z need college to succeed?Figma CEO Dylan Field net worth 2025: Dylan Field's success with Figma sparks debate about college value. Figma's IPO made Field a billiona...
- $30 million startup, 4.0 GPA, 34 ACT: Viral story of a teen facing rejections from 15 colleges despite having it allZach Yadegari, an 18-year-old entrepreneur who built a $30 million business, faced rejections from numerous top universities despite his pe...
- 'No need to follow hustle influencers': How an IIT Bombay grad became a multi-millionaire in his 20sAman Goel, CEO of GreyLabs AI and an IIT Bombay graduate, has sparked an online discussion about success and habits. In a post on X (former...
- Kanye West-Kim Kardashian's daughter North West announces debut album. Name and other detailsNorth West, the eldest daughter of rapper Kanye West and socialite Kim Kardashian has announced her debut album. While participating in the...
- Say goodbye to mid-week blues with Ritesh Agarwal's business hack for entrepreneursThe Oyo boss told the early stage entrepreneurs that people always want to ride the momentum.
- SIM card seller, college dropout, millionaire at 22: Boy from Naxal area scripts incredible storyAgarwal is a textbook example of lack of a degree being no prerequisite for success. A few years ago, he used to sell SIM cards in a small ...
- As the west lionises its successful dropouts, why does India revere toppers?In no other country - not even China, possibly - is success so determined by marks and ranks, and nowhere does so much hinge on it.
- Entrepreneurs triumph against the oddsFlunked the exams? Don’t worry, just look at them. They may not have seen a classroom in their life.
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