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About Michael:
Michael Gibson is the co-founder and GP of 1517, which is devoted to backing dropouts and people who never stepped foot on a college campus. Before his academic apostasy, he was working towards a doctorate in philosophy at the University of Oxford. He has written on innovation and technology for MIT’s Technology Review, National Review, the Atlantic, and City Journal.
In this episode we talk about lessons from working with Peter Thiel , why is school and college not worth it, what has slowed down innovation, how to make a leap in innovation, what should young people do before starting a company, how to increase the rate of innovation, is innovation a limited resource, how to surpass the knowledge available, do young people require mentors, do experienced people wish to mentor young people + so much more!
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