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Social media is often flooded with lists celebrating billionaire entrepreneurs who dropped out of school or college before building successful companies. While these stories can be inspiring, they also risk creating unrealistic expectations among young people, according to Niranjan Avasthi, President of Edelweiss Mutual Fund.<\/p>
Reacting to a viral graphic featuring entrepreneurs such as Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath, DMart founder Radhakishan Damani, CRED founder Kunal Shah, OYO founder Ritesh Agarwal, Physics Wallah founder Alakh Pandey and others, Avasthi cautioned against drawing the wrong lessons from their journeys.<\/p>
“These stories inspire, but they are also misleading,” Avasthi said.<\/p>
According to him, these entrepreneurs did not become successful because they dropped out of school or college. Instead, they succeeded despite doing so, thanks to an unusual combination of talent, timing, resilience and execution that very few people possess.<\/p>
“People on such lists didn’t succeed because they dropped out. They succeeded despite dropping out, with rare talent, timing, and resilience that most of us simply don’t have,” he said.<\/p>