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She hit $1.3B at 30. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Everyone called her crazy for dropping out. She hit $1.3B at 30. **[EO](https://daily.dev/sources/entreprenueropp)** · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 4 comments ## Summary A founder reflects on dropping out of college despite widespread criticism from family and friends, framing the decision as a calculated risk with a clear worst-case fallback. She went on to build a company valued at $1.3B by age 30, driven partly by a desire to prove doubters wrong. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@abhiroop43** · 2 upvotes > The $1.3B is just the company valuation (in other words, the assumption of investors) and not personal savings. **@lucas39** · 1 upvotes > Oh yeah, the 0.1% who managed to build a successful business from scratch, let's make a video about the 99.9% who failed and wasted 10 years of their lives believing in the myth of the self-made man. **@stevengraziano** · 0 upvotes > Every success story starts with "I dropped out of school". funny that. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [‘College dropout’ has become the most coveted startup founder credential](https://daily.dev/posts/college-dropout-has-become-the-most-coveted-startup-founder-credential-9lvq23v8a) · TechCrunch · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company](https://daily.dev/posts/reflecting-on-my-failure-to-build-a-billion-dollar-company-mcmk4lqpq) · Tech Lead Digest · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Raising money fucked me up](https://daily.dev/posts/raising-money-fucked-me-up-s7e82re8d) · Hacker News · 90 upvotes · 7 comments --- Tags: [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#entrepreneurship](https://daily.dev/tags/entrepreneurship) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/everyone-called-her-crazy-for-dropping-out-she-hit-1-3b-at-30--gzmgolwmq) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Everyone called her crazy for dropping out. 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