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I wonder if higher education will help for entrepreneurship?
I am more interested in how much theory will help in this, because during a long study we do not get practice, this will be possible only when we start doing business, until that moment we will not be able to know how much it will help us.

This can help us if we need a license, but in some cases it can be obtained without a higher education.

Statistically, 95% of entrepreneurs have a bachelor's degree or higher and I wonder, for those of you who are involved in entrepreneurship, how useful was higher education for you?

If your aim is to earn money and have a luxury life, then Higher Education and especially Business Studies can't help you. Have you seen any lecturer in top universities running a big business, riding Ferrari and earning tons of money? Definitely, not.
Usually, people who finish good universities make a good connections too because again, usually rich and educated or highly educated and intelligent people go in top universities. So, yeah, it's a good way to grow your network. Alongside networking, it gives some people possibility to permanently move in western countries because when you finish university, you have some timeframe to work with your profession and then try to get permanent residence.

I'm realizing that in order to become rich, we should do what's profitable at the moment or will be long-term. Have a look at Conor McGregor, Jake Paul, Chris Bumstead, Messi, Kardashians, Drake, have a look at every rich person and you'll understand that MBA can't help you. There is much more behind financial success.

University lecturers don't know how to make and manage business. If anyone thinks that they can prove me wrong, then show me rich and successful lecturer, otherwise don't reply me!

Don't think about business is all about money to spend as capital then here you go you became an entrepreneur. Because in reality if you don't have enough knowledge which can be learned on higher education to many people will fool you and that will lead to destruction of your business.

And if you think higher education is a waste if time then think about it since your teacher will teach you all about necessary tools,theories and other more that can help you to define many things about entrepreneurship. Although other more can be learned thru experience but its really a huge advantage for you if you have diploma coming from your higher education since discrimination will be lessen and people will not look at you as smart individual.

I believe that in order to get into entrepreneurship having high education is not necessary, actually there has been several examples of  people who abandoned college to pursue their own dreams and start their company, it comes to mind the founder of Facebook and the founder of the popular video game platform Steam.

However, I also think that if the college degree has something to do with the company you want to start, then the education can be useful to have a good start. If you want to enter a market that you actually studied (as a boss rather than a employee) then you may have an advantage over other people who will have to begin without that knowledge you posses. That is, of course, my personal point of view.  ;)

It will help, consider education as a way of standardizing your business to a higher level of patronage,it also helps you think about what advanced means is next to take in pushing the business forward for higher profitability and sustainability, education as will help guide and prevent against running down a business into bankruptcy by devicing new means and approachs that could push the enterprise forward and running.


We go for the theory at first which is the conscious learning we are being taught in school and then backed it up with the pratical experience by doing it the real life, we have both formal and informal education in learning and the two must be achieved for a successful enterprise.

To start a business, you do not need to have a high level of education, just have an idea and high determination. But don't compare with the geniuses in the world, they drop out of school, but they are born geniuses, they have ideas, ambitions and if they don't stop learning midway. I'm sure they will be the top bachelors at prestigious schools.

Many people here say that education is useless, but I really want to know which of us has become rich or billionaire without a degree or education?

The higher the level of education, the more specific theory will usually be studied, but again, that's just standard knowledge in all fields that can become obsolete one day. The rest is depending on how to adapt to real challenges, development, evaluation, improvement, and so on. Challenges will be different every time, you must still welcome new non-academic knowledge from various sources which sometimes actually provide more solutions.

If you don’t have initial resources such as inherited wealth and connection then it will be hard for you to compete in the entrepreneurship market because you don’t have knowledge on how to market on top of that you don’t have money to begin with. High education will give you credentials so that your customer will trust you on what your business.

Nowadays most of the entrepreneurs always have higher education compared before so it be hard for you to compete with them if you will start from scratch without any credentials established. The secret to success on business is to have a very good network of connection for a better market reach of your business.

It will help since knowledge is power. For sure, those entrepreneurs you know are that there are a couple of them who start their stack without having a degree and are able to boom their business, but later on, since they need more knowledge and strategy as entrepreneurs, they need to go to business school to learn more about how they can improve their business because there are soft walls when you hit targets in business and they want to break them, like they can't leave $10 million in revenue because their strategy is not working now.

Education isn't only to help you learn about the degree or major you're interested, but you will learn a lot about soft skill which is often related with public speaking, relation and how to work as a team. A successful entrepreneur isn't an one man show, when you're start your own business you can work alone, but when it's become bigger, you're forced to create a team, otherwise your business will always stuck.

Also not all people can become an entrepreneur, that's why they're enter into college to increase the possibility they can work and get paid with higher money that uneducated person.

To become a higher education entrepreneur, you don't need higher education because after all, it is a skill that is used to run a business, because we have seen how a successful entrepreneur without higher education, they just work hard and improve what is needed in the business they run.

But I still won't blame the lack of education no matter how important it is about the theory taught in universities, they usually have some expertise in their respective fields but what we tend to see is only big companies with big salaries.

If it's for entrepreneurship, you get the theoretical ideas from pursuing higher education. But in actuality, where you'll learn more about entrepreneurship is through having your own business and start up.

That will be the actual training for those that want to get into entrepreneurship and learn more with it.

I'm sure that it's useful for most of them because it's like having a mentor and understanding the experiences of the actual entrepreneurs through sharing what they've been through.

Those without higher education think they have to succeed otherwise they'd be doomed. While those people with higher education always have a fallback if they ever fail. That's how useful that is. They can always have a plan B.

There is only one way to go for those without higher education because they don't have a fallback. Entrepreneurship without higher education means striving hard to win because thier critics are like vultures laughing if they fail. But it must be rewarding once they win.

Higher education is just usually something that could give you promotion anyway, but for entrepreneurship, it is almost not really that beneficial and in fact that many entrepreneurs are completely pursuing their own success in separate of their education. The education to some countries these days are just sticking to theories and it kinda hurts that there's little to less application that could be done.

You could be a successful entrepreneur without having a degree. In my field, there are even a lot of self taught devs that are still finding success.

Doesn't that depend on your education field? I mean if you study philosophy and then do masters and even a doctorate, that doesn't mean that you will be any good at entrepreneurship, that literally has no relevance at all, and I am guessing that the best thing to do is study "business" in that case, and then, of course, it could help with you the higher your education gets, and if you study something like economics or anything of that sorts, then I would guess that it would be a bit related too. So its not the "level" of your education but the field of your education that dictates your future a bit.

Personally, I think someone could very well own and manage a business without having a high school diploma and do it successfully too. I’ve met some people that despite having a higher level of education, they’re still very skillful in their business and they’re doing well.
It all comes down to being skillful and good at your job cause a higher education can’t literally instill skills inside of you.

A higher education would boost up your qualifications and there is nothing to it if you’ve got some sort of education. While a higher education isn’t necessarily a must have when venturing into entrepreneurship, it is still very important to acquire some sort of education and furthermore, knowledge.

Elon Musk commented on this in 2020.


It seems MBAs are an acknowledged fast track to becoming a corporate executive or CEO. Its acknowledged as the talent pool from which corporate america recruits the majority of its leaders.

Although Elon Musk appears to think its an issue. He believes many MBAs do not understand many of the critical details relavant to businesses they're in. Which somewhat does make sense considering many CEOs negotiate for $300,000 annual salaries, when they're running a business with negative income and high debt. Which has been known to lead to the business bankrupting.

Actually I could remember my university time, we learnt entrepreneur in the school and its one of our academic curriculum, so through the study of entrepreneurship we're able to know the scope of business and Trading as well,  so education is the foundation of whatever we find ourselves doing successfully, with the knowledge of intpreneurship we know the important of business and the basic functions of business and the scope behind it.

Comparing "Conor McGregor, Jake Paul, Chris Bumstead, Messi, Kardashians, Drake" to the kind of entrepreneurs that OP is asking about is really nonsense. Seriously, if I were asked for 1000 examples for successful entrepreneurs of the category OP is asking about, none of your examples would I mention. :D

I also have to contradict you in that professors don't know how to make and manage a business. I do know professors who drive a Porsche and live in a mansion. They are themselves running businesses sometimes or they are highly paid advisors to successful companies.

A degree does help because it teaches you to persistently pursue an end goal for a longer period of time, frequently having to solve complex problems and to efficiently coordinate and distribute your time and intellectual capacity.

It is also sometimes the case that people who get higher education come across a topic during their research tasks that they identify as a potential area for future opportunities.

Saying there are no benefits and you can't get rich when going for higher education makes absolutely no sense.

It is unlikely that this ratio is correct.  Business owners and projects belong to different classes of society, including those with higher degrees and even those who were not fortunate enough to complete their studies or obtain higher degrees. 
Personally, I consider that higher degrees are not in all cases useful for launching a business project, and by examining business owners who hold degrees, we will discover that their business field is completely different from their university specialization.

Higher education is not a criteria to become a successful entrepreneur. Education might expose one to different business principles and theories that can be applied in business. Higher education can also be a medium of learning from the business experience of some people which might be beneficial in starting and running business.

But the most important education for entrepreneur is practice and experience. Learning through apprenticeship, training and  development is what every entrepreneur needs more. Businesses will be well runned if business owners acquire practical knowledge and not just theories.

Higher education isn’t a yard stick for business to grow but people in businesses today tend towards recruiting educated fellows into there businesses or themselves going back to school to seek the knowledge even when they look successful in the business. This act is done because the world is evolving everyday with new technologies and only professionals could help in bring new innovations into the businesses.

A wise man once said:

"The only way to get smarter, is by playing a smarter opponent."

What does that tell you?

It tells you that if you engage with, talk to, play with, make friends of smarter people than yourself, you can become a smarter person. And smarter people usually go to college. That's where you'll find them.

If you talk to dumb people, they will affect you in a bad way and in the end you will get dumber and dumber. Interacting with dumb people is like wrestling with a pig. The pig likes it even though both of you will get dirty.

Do you want to get dirty? Then you are a pig.

Also another smart man once said:

"Bulls make money, bears make money, pigs get slaughtered."

Do you want to get slaughtered?

Bruce Dickinson once said:

"Bring your daughter to slaughter."

Who the fuck would do that?

Education is prerequisite for proper understanding of how business works or rather how the word works. You gain huge experience from the direct / practical approaches, and no one can disagree on that. However, you can not do it or furnish the knowledge with proper guidance which comes from the education.

Obviously the education that you will pursue has to be same as that of your business nature or at least it should directly associated with the finances and marketing.

The last two are pillars of the successful business. If someone is strong at it then they could pick up good pace at business.

Higher education can add a knowledge to you how a way to run your business differently from your competitors who are in the same line of business with you in the sense that it will take your imagination so wide that you have to see beyond the normal business,because in any business to flourish well innovation must be involved that innovation knowledge can only come from a man/woman who has pass through the four walls of a higher education environment be it business school or university.
  I believe education has major part in entrepreneurship because been non educated will make you lose most of your top customers because your attitude and understanding towards your customers makes him /she comfortable in transacting with you , to have these abilities one must get the experience from theory ideas from someone who have build up that kind of business or some thing similar to it so understanding the process and turn it to output to relate with customers and finding new ways to market your product to me I believe higher education has a good role to play for to be a good successfully business person.

Entrepreneurship generally comes with experience and mostly as an inborn talent as well. It's hard to learn it through theory however as an entrepreneur you should know everything be it finance, be it geography, be it current affairs, be it taxes. So obviously learning these things through theory is important. The proper way is to learn these things through theory and then implement practically all these things in your business to gain experience.

Richest man in my country is not graduate yet he is able to have work at very young age since they have no means of schooling that time and needs to survive living, he then created his small business that somehow grew because of his determination.Education is important but if we’re not capable of doing it due to our situations then we need to think of ways to uplift ourselves and be better. Experience can be the best teacher, this what is good in doing business when we know what we do and cares on it we will be able to make it grow despite of no distinct education. Same with crypto even we don’t have have higher education on it as long as we understand how it works we can get profit on it.

Entrepreneurship is more of practical than theory. Any successful entrepreneur did not learn such in the higher institution.
What the  higher institution does is to refine the mind of the young enterprenue and set them in the right direction?
Entrepreneur is more of mindset from childhood and ability to take risk.

so in order to be successful in your entrepreneural adventure, you need to add a part of knowledge from the high institution and what you have inbuilt in you as acquired by your mindset or your environment.

I believe specialization helps, and the higher the specialization is the more advance a person's knowledge both on theory and practical aspect.  And I believe formal education offers a higher education on entrepreneurship, so with that I can say higher education helps.


There are lots of majors in university, and only some of it has a connection with entrepreneurship so don't be surprised if only a little percentage of the graduates are entrepreneurs.  And have you ever thought that if all people are entrepreneurs, who will do other jobs? As of the importance or usefulness of higher education, all I can say is that knowledge is very important, so having a higher education will always be beneficial to its specific field.

You need skills and experience. Everything you read is not going to help you if you can't apply those knowledge in anywhere. Having a degree to be successful in life is in the past. That's what boomers think. If you have any skill, or you are good at something, then teach yourself that. Don't waste your time on a degree. You will become the part of the system and a mindless robot working 9 to 5 jobs.
Hone your skills and spread your creativity.

The purpose of higher education is to help you to be able to better organize and convey your thoughts. You may not have studied business but the fact that you are educated will give your business some form of organization and exposure if you decide to become an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurship is not restricted to only people who studied business but it is something that someone with a normal education can venture into and maybe decide to get a degree in business to give their business more edge. Some people are naturally blessed and business/entrepreneurship is their thing, that is they do well in business. If those person decide to add some education, say business education and management, they will become better business people.

If you’re into business, this can help you build your reputation on a same industry but not all appreciate your background because they are more focus on the performance of your Business and not with your education. Though, having this one can be a big help especially if you are working in a company, they see the value of education and mostly you’ll get promoted by having such degree or even higher. Some are still succeeding despite of the absence of education, i believe that’s a pure hard work.

Education is quite useful especially for am entrepreneur who wish to do better in business. Indeed, most of the entrepreneur today are degree holders. Education has a huge impact on bitcoin trading investment. Because if you are not educated it will be very difficult to understand bitcoin trading investment because education will widen your knowledge about bitcoin. You have to be educated to excel in whatever business you are doing. It does not necessary mean that you can't do business without being educated. It simply means that for you to do better in business, you have to be educated to have a clear understanding and knowledge about business.

In this era, education seems to be a mandatory requirement and even a necessity. those who have a high degree or who have a series of degrees that a person bears, are likely to get greater opportunities and opportunities than those with lower education, especially those without education. therefore it is not surprising, in this day and age education is often referred to or classified as an investment activity. although education is very important in one's success, but this is not a guarantee. especially if the education that has been passed does not have added value or improve the quality of our own human resources.

well, referring to what you said. it all comes back to each of us, or it can be said how much you can take advantage of the potential you have armed with the higher education degree you have. everyone will have their own journey, and it depends on how the quality of your human resources is involved in the business or entrepreneurship that you are running.

Actually it doesnt really need that higher education or degree because someone could immediately start up or put himself into entrepreneurship if he/shes really that pursuing this kind of career.
It is really just that its not really that simple for you to start with considering that this mostly be focused about marketing some products and services which would really be needing on hooking
up people to avail out on what you are trying to offer.Be your own boss and dont work for someone because you cant really be able to pull off yourself on achieving if ever you
do have a dream on being successful.You wont really be able to see it unless you do try.

When post persons don't patronise the part of a higher institute of learning to be a part of there success, I greatly wonder as to how little they think of the process. Somehow, we limit it to getting some sort of employment in some place and thinks that's the ultimate about it but, that in itself could be wrong.

One thing a higher institution of learning or education can give you is exposure. It's almost like a community of its own where you've got, diverse persons from different ethnicity and moral standards.  You get to learn from what they know, how they live there life's and when it comes to job, you get the exposure you need to take opportunities where you find them or even create the opportunity yourself.

Education do play a role in whatever we do.

Still, we need education to have a better foundation for everything we do.  Having a degree can give us an advantage to have possible jobs to ensure us of funds which we can later on invest to whatever business we wanted to create.  Higher education can also give us an edge over our competitors because we can learn more things about organization, and planning and we are able to study different theories that can be applied in real life. or get familiar if we ever encounter such a situation.

Having a degree isn't a waste of time, IMO.  It will only become a waste if we do not apply what we have learned.


Education isn just a mandatory requirement, it is an essential part of development and upgrades.

I think it's common sense to have higher education nowadays, many keep saying that education is waste of time but it isn't honestly, with education it might give you more opportunities in your career.
even though you could learn everything nowadays for free online but I'd say there's nothing wrong in having degree, the world revolves around having higher education means your worth also increase.
you could try going against the wave but you will definitely encounter many difficulties, such as the fact that many jobs nowadays requires higher education, I mean what's the chance of someone being accepted into a job if they don't have higher education compared with the one that's at least have bachelor degrees.
if you have the money and the chance of obtaining the higher education then you should, don't waste that chance.

Thanks for your answers!
From what I read, I can conclude that the majority considers higher education necessary, but I could not see which of you are real entrepreneurs with higher education and who are not. I assume that the statistics of 95% as a whole will be saved.

I really liked the example where a person with a good knowledge base can be hired for further training and employment, but I'm still more interested in entrepreneurial activity, since work requires a boss, and I like it when no one tells me what to do, when I can plan and do everything myself, without anyone's instructions.

Theory gives you the opportunity to understand the mechanisms of work that you will need in the future.Theory and the knowledge gained are like the rules of the game that you need to remember and understand.But the skills that you will receive in the future are only your concern and practice and the skills will envy only you. Depending on how you will cope with real tasks.

This is true, I used to work for a boss who didn't have a college degree, but they built a business of their own. But the people who work for them are university degree holders, they would never hire someone with no degree or no experience. Although he did not graduate from university, when the company grew, he also sent his wife to study abroad to run the company on his behalf. According to the law, his wife is the chairman of the company's board of directors, but I know all company activities, and he is behind the direction.

If you aim to earn the highest position in a company and a good salary, higher education is an advantage. But in some other areas where it only requires skills, it doesn't matter as long as we have experience. In fact, even running a business could be possible because not all we get from education but also from experience. Becoming successful in life is not all about education but also about skill and attitude. Many of my friends during my college days are smart but you know what, some of them are jobless. And this will tell us that achieving higher education is not the ticket to success but it was us who did the right ways to achieve our goal in life.

I think it all depends on the country. It's not the first time I've heard here on the forum that in Nigerian countries, even after graduating, thousands of young people are out of work. Therefore, it is difficult to condemn the OP, since most likely he sees the situation in a slightly different way.
But in itself, higher education has always put a person on a higher level in society. In my country, it is almost impossible to get a well-paid job if a person does not have a diploma.
Any step in business will depend on how literate a person is; otherwise, ignorance of certain rules leads him to a situation in which he either incurs losses himself or fails people who rely on him.

Many people think that education is useless just because there are thousands of unemployed students out there. But I can assure you, if they are business owners, they will only hire people with degrees and experience. No one wants to hire people without a degree to work for them. Students today are unemployed because they face too much competition, and they always think that having a degree means they are better than others. But you need to know that, to get a university degree nowadays is not too difficult. If they graduate from prestigious universities such as Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge... but are unemployed, it is alarming.

These days there is an narrative spread by motivational speakers that higher education and schools are just wastage of time and money. Better learn and skill and start earning straight away. Many youngsters have destroyed there lives by following this false narrative.
Education has its own worth. Things we learn while we are at college or university are not possible while we are at home or following an online course. The knowledge obtained via higher studies defiantly help both freelancers and entrepreneurs.

If you look at it from my point of view, in this case there are two types of paths that can be touched but it depends on the person himself, for example there is a person who does business even without higher education and he gains popularity and good business progress in the financial world so that he is easier to get space to work in the business world because many people already know him and sometimes there are some people who go through higher education first to finalize their mindset and knowledge before plunging into the business world.
But as far as I understand, in this case, first getting experience in the business world because it will lead to faster success and we can take higher education to get a degree which might be counted in assessing business leaders.

I don't think everyone with a bachelor's degree can get a good job with a high salary. Those who attend secondary school or even drop out can own well-known companies and provide income above average workers.

And all of that depends on how one's business is at work. If he decides to become an entrepreneur, he must be able to find a business model that suits him and can focus on growing his business. And if he wants to work in an office with a high salary, he must have additional abilities that other employees don't have to increase his chances of being accepted.

Every people can learn knowledge, but intention and enthusiasm are determined by someone who wants to develop to achieve his desired success.

nowadays many we find successful entrepreneurs but they do not have higher education but the experience they get is already so great that all the opportunities that exist they can face well, but higher education is also very beneficial for every entrepreneur in their respective business fields And the knowledge they get can reach the highest point, if we dare to do a business then without higher education we can face all things so  It all depends on our beliefs in running a business, and most importantly we have a vision and mission in running a business so that everything we want can be achieved.

I'm also running a small business and as far as I'm concerned, higher education (I'm a graduate in economics) has really helped me in seeing momentum. besides that, I have colleagues (ex-college) who also have businesses, and we often exchange thoughts and complaints.
there are also several times I meet with clients and they are very interested in what I have to offer/sell because I am a scholar. one of our lecturers once said the reason he was highly educated he says "for me, higher education does not guarantee 100% success but the road to success will be easier with higher education".

For me it was pretty useless. OK, not completely. I have a masters degree and all it taught me was how to do research, how to rephrase stuff, to make lists of important points and use it in my own thesis. You might think it to be very basic knowledge, but kids finish high school these days and have no idea how to do it. They can't do creative writing, write summaries and reviews. The level of written and spoken language among the millennials is at bare minimum.

Would I send my kids to college? Yes, I would, just so they try it and maybe learn some new skills. It didn't help me much, but maybe it will help them. If they choose to drop out, it will be their choice and I'll be able to say I did everything I could to give them a good start.

My father works for a man who doesn't have a higher education, but he runs a big company. By the way, I never heard advice from my father that I study and get a higher education, he always said that I have to make my own choice, because this is my life and only I can determine my future.

I understand that higher education will not hurt anyone, I only care that it will become a waste of time when I could develop something of my own and earn money. After all, this is 4 - 5 years of my life, it seems to me that this is too long a period of time that cannot be returned.

As an option, it can be a correspondence study, maybe it will not take so much time and as a result there will be a diploma, but the quality of knowledge can be lower.

having formal education doesn't necessarily equate with becoming a good entrepreneur because the craft is mostly action-based and not knowledge-based, although it does help to have knowledge of the ins and outs of business that most curriculums on higher education provide especially in programs that are directly related to setting up business. So do you have to earn a degree to learn how to set up and maintain a business? Not really, but does it help? Yes especially if the degree comes with you learning substantial knowledge in the art of setting said business. Do not mistake degree and educational attainment for knowledge and success, it does help take things to the fast lane but it's not necessary to succeed, especially in entrepreneurship.

More education is not necessary, in my opinion, to be a successful entrepreneur; people who have higher education frequently fail miserably in their businesses. Funding and experience, in my opinion, are crucial to being a successful entrepreneur since they allow you to get around many challenges. Going to school and enrolling in an entrepreneur course will teach you everything you need to know on paper, but once you enter the real world, things quickly change. Nevertheless, I believe that education will benefit you in some situations, particularly when it comes to networking and making connections with people who are more successful than you.

It simply opens up bigger opportunity; monetary and connections I guess. Monetary because entrepreneurship won't be something big if you won't have the capital so atleast if you would be able to have a degree it would be easier on your end to accumulate fund and to feed your market interest. Connections on the other hand speaks for professionals on the same field wherein you would be able to have contacts with them which could help establishing your idea.

There are indeed successful entrepreneurs who did not go to college but still managed to have a big name in the field of entrepreneurship but why would you be doing the same thing if you have the option to be even greater or atleast have a better way out of it? It would be a gamble just doing the same thing because opportunities won't be the same for everyone.

Education always play an important role with whatever we find ourselves doing in life, it is not a bad idea if you feel as an entrepreneurs you want to acquire some educational degree. I agree with you that in as much one has a business that is bringing in money it is still good to have education to back it up. Education transforms man in the way of understanding things and how to have a good relationship with people.

This do really gives us that solid foundation not only for job seeking but rather just an individual on which having that intellect or knowledge could really give out advantage for whatever things that we do tend to do.
This is why it is really that a wrong mindset if ever you do really think that you shouldnt really that make yourself that too focus on acquiring a degree or finishing up your studies just because you are aiming for another path.It is really just that something we do really need on surviving and able to find out things which we do see that it could really benefit us out.Comparing into those who hadnt able to get a degree or
having proper education then we do really have that advantage.

It was said that:

There is an endless list of benefits from education, to list some here are the examples:

Healthier Lifestyle


Personal Development of Skills such as:

More Productivity
Better Communication
Critical Thinking Skills
Identification of Skills
Greater Sense of Discipline

In terms of securing earnings:
More Employment is a Benefit of Education
Career Entry and Advancement


With more citizen getting finishing higher education means economic growth for a country since there is a higher income benefits, people can participate to economic activity of a country.

Environmental Benefits

Societal Benefits

Higher education also promotes:
equality and empowerment
Good Citizenship and Civic Involvement
Reduces Crime
Reduces Gender-Based Violence
Reduces Child Marriage
Reduces Maternal Death Rates

In summary, the benefits of Higher education according to the article[1] are:

Career Preparation
Broader Practical Benefits
Personal Development
Pursuing a Passion and Desired Field
Cognitive and Communication Skills
Social Experiences

You can read more information about the given list on the link below

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[1] https://www.uopeople.edu/blog/benefits-of-education-are-societal-and-personal/

Having a degree is a waste of time. You need to study to get knowledge and apply them in situations in order to gain experience. You can get that kind of knowledge all by yourself. Not only that, but you don't need to study in any college or anything. The education system is broken already. The doesn't specifically teach you only one thing that you are good at. But includes all kind of shit that has nothing to do with day to day life. Practice makes you perfect, no? If you keep doing one thing your entire life, then you will become a master at it. You just need a curious mind.

There are indeed successful people who don't have a higher degree but we should never disregard the fact that when we are starting to build a business or starting to look for a career higher people also check on our educational background. Through our degree, more opportunities are being offered. We will also have an advantage when it comes to starting up a business since we are more prepared in all aspects as well as financial management. If there are successful entrepreneurs without a degree, we should not disregard or look down on people who have tried hard to achieve the best education that they could have.

Could you perhaps link to the statistics that you're using to come up with that 95% figure? Because I'd expect it to be a lot lower, also, how are you even defining an entrepreneur? Is it someone who sets their own business up, does that include a plumber? a carpenter? an electrician? I'm not sure they're what people think about when hearing that word but it can often apply to a business owner. I don't think it is necessary at all to have that in order to excel at being an entrepreneur, it might just help a bit to aid your perseverance and wider business knowledge. Any additional education will generally help people become a more intelligent and rounded person, not to mention the social networks that are built from participating in colleges and universities.

We can agree to disagree but the proof that even successful people tend to get certificates and degrees shows how important formal education is.  Yes, a person can learn it by their own experience but without proper foundation, it will take that person more time to analyze things because he lacks the foundation.  


Or fail to master things because a person lacks the foundation to understand a complex situation. @lionheart78 clearly states the benefits of higher education.  A person can learn things on their own but if the person happens to not have money to finance his dreams and goals, he will be crawling just to get enough funds to feed himself.  Among lots of poor people who are not able to attend proper education, only a handful become successful and the majority of them has no capability to send their kids to school.  I agree that those who got degrees are trapped in corporate jobs but at least they have the capability to earn higher and have a decent lifestyle, and they can pursue their dream of establishing business because they have a steady source of income and can save from it.

You got a point there. When you put it like that, I have to agree to that then. Almost 60-70% of the world's population are in higher study. 20% not studying. 5% dropouts and the rest 5% are self learned people IMO. So if you are on the last 5% of the population then you are in luck. Otherwise, you have no choice but to study in order to get a degree.

All the numbers are made up and just to understand the concept. Don't take it seriously. So yeah I guess it vary from person to person and their goals.

This might be a hard way to find success in your business but its really possible, having no higher education should not prevent you from making big dreams and achieving it, most probably this is where you exert more effort just to achieve your goals. Having a higher education can also be a big help especially if you know how to use it. Again, your success will always depend on your determination and not just about your educational background so don’t get limited by people around you.

There is essentially nothing to add here. Higher education isn't worthless. There are so many things coming with it that it often pays off even besides the degree. You get to know a scientific community, some brilliant minds that you might one day work with together, professors who can open up business networks to you, skills to organize your days and nights, working towards a goal for years thereby learning to sacrifice short-term pleasures. There is so much that higher education is good for, but it is by no means a must. There are lots of people being successful without a degree, but looking at the statistics it is as @serjent05 said, most people who are successful entrepreneurs in most cases also have higher educational degrees or at least attended university for quite some time at some point in their lives.

And putting it in line with having a business, potential partners will come to you if you've got an amazing educational background for which they might think of you as investable individual and that's how networks work.

Being educated or getting a higher degree will help you start out but then when you're already there, you'll realize that it's got nothing. But, don't ignore on how it's helpful to give yourself some credentials and starting reputation for your clients, customers and business partners(if there is) to see.

Having a background on business not only helps you understand multiple theories but it also touches on the fundamentals of entrepreneurship. A lot of people overlook this stage but it is significantly important in learning all the methods of business before you actually start one. Not to mention, education will also provide you a real-life experience on business since there are some subjects that requires you to sell "x" number of items in order to pass it.

I do understand that there are some people who skip college and directly proceed to business. Though I do not judge these people, but having formal education and a degree on business will greatly impact and affect your entrepreneur experience as a whole.

Basically a lot of theory is also not very helpful for the process in the field because in essence the conditions when running are always many things that are unexpected and different from the theory you have.
But on the other hand I still support and agree that higher education has a considerable influence because there are indeed some knowledge that can always be learned and of course it's not just about theory because at least with education we are clearly more able to have some good opportunities compared to others. did not have the opportunity to get an education first.

you could have some good example at how many of new projects that emerge which have devs coming from good educational background basically got their degrees from ivy league could always scores massive project success in general.
when people in general have no idea about you, they'd first see your identity to give them their first impression, later your skill. but if you don't have degree you're gonna be judged as unqualified, it's just how it is, degree is very essential in your life, even though you might not like it, but it sure helps a lot to have one.

Yes, education always taught the foundation of everything you want to learn in specific course/program but don't expect and assumed it will make you rich because you learn those things.
That's how experience will come and will always taught you different things, building your connections to those people who have same interest will help too.
Example, communication skills is a huge help too which is needed for anyone who want to entrepreneurship, this is not really taught in schools but will taught you hints and basic knowledge. But experience will taught you different on actual life. That's why don't underestimate schools for teaching things.

Don't think that education is a waste of time, it will help you greatly in the future. Depending on your situation and the job you want to do in the future, you should decide to continue your higher education or stop. Those who do not have a degree but own a business may say they are smarter than the average person or their family is already rich, we should not compare ourselves to them because not everyone will do that.

Your father gives you a choice, not to advise you not to go to higher education, because no matter what your life is like, you will be responsible for yourself, your father cannot protect you for the rest of your life. Evaluate yourself to see where your ability is and do not set yourself too high, otherwise you will regret it when you get old.

As long as you exert a lot of effort and at the same time doing research to learn you could be successful. It is just if you have a degree it is simpler than without but it doesn't mean that you'll now be successful that is why others fail because of lacking of determination on it and they quit. Just dont be discouraged if you dont have education as once your business will be successful you will now have funds to attend business to improve your knowledge

education cannot be ruled out, education must still be number one.
but "not only formal education, non-formal also should not be ruled out"
because to start something let alone entrepreneurship we have to be behind first, so we don't get lost and don't experience losses.
because I have the view that everything that is educational in this world is positive, it is very valuable.

Currently education is the most important need after consumption, in my country the education budget is the largest so that it can become a developed country in another 15 years from now, education from the primary level to a total of about 15 years is provided free of charge by the state, and since about 20 years the program now slowly many changes are happening, the country looks more disciplined and there is an increase in per capita income so I am optimistic that in 15 years my country will become a developed country.

I agree, there is definitely a lot you can learn at college, but when it comes to creating a successful business most of the time the only way to learn about this is by actually trying to create one, additionally a great deal of the education you receive in college has nothing to do with creating a business or even about how to market your skills, which explains why so many people after they get a college degree have so many problems to find a decent job.

The cost of education in each country is certainly different. If there is a country that can finance its population to get primary to secondary education for free, it allows citizens to learn a lot in schools. And if every country the internet connection is connected smoothly, it will enable everyone to study online and no longer have to come to school. They can seek knowledge from the internet. And this will make young entrepreneurs among the younger generations more advanced than the previous generation. And starting from there, scientific developments will also develop along with the times.

I won't say it won't help or not but it's not the sole thing for it. What formal education does to people is to expose them to curiosity for those who like challenging what they don't know but want to know them. If one keeps a closed mindset, formal education won't help them much, whether in entrepreneurship or other facets of life. For instance, I got exposed to business as a teenager before proceeding to high institution. Formal education is more of theory while real life is practical. If acquiring entrepreneurship skills or learning is what's needed to sustain a business, then those who teach it in schools should be the world's richest individuals. Sadly, it's not so. If you want to go into business, begin to channel your mind and thinking towards that. Follow those who are into business online and watch what they do and their lectures on YouTube. Most of them give business nuggets and strategies out for free.

Before answering your question let me clear what actually the meaning of an entrepreneur is? He/she is the one who comes with innovative business ideas either they are SaaS or big business model. Entrepreneur is the one who manages the risks and financial conditions to make there business successful one.

So, coming to your question i must say that education does not goes waste. either you are an educated entrepreneur or not. But if you get educated in your field and sit in the company of more intelligent and optimistic fellow. No doubt, you will groom more. So, let's take an example of my self. I'm a content writer, my work is to rank other's businesses and website on internet. That simple my work is. But I have to come up with great technical ideas to rank them. So how can i get to learn more according to the new updates of Google, Bing etc. I have to follow some mentors and read many article before writing one for my clients. So overall, education do matters because it will broaden the circle of your creativity. Well if the context of your scenario is, a person who is entrepreneur and taking the education of law then i must also say entrepreneur can be anyone. either its the student of law, computer sciences, electrical or mechanical engineer. How? because everything in the world is connected and dependent on each others skill. Like if you want to run a business of café from physical shop to making it online with features like, how many people ordered café, late and tea. what was the age of all of them. how many people came back again and again. and to whom we should give discounts. etc. this all needs an expert of web developer, Content Writer, Ai specialist, Graphic Designer etc. Simply i can say pick any crypto related platform and at the bottom you will find multiple team members with different role. that simple.
No doubt, education is not necessary for us to become an entrepreneur. why? because my uncle is uneducated and he runs a business of dairy farm, shop, show room of cars and building another business plus he is the farmer too. Bingo. i sometimes amazed of his efforts that he makes. it takes to much efforts and hard working to become a entrepreneur. a lazy person like me can not compete with the efforts that my uncle has put to set his business.

This makes sense, we have a chance to engage in entrepreneurship without education, but we do not know how successful it will be, and by the way, with higher education, we also do not know this.

But on the other hand, without higher education, we definitely will not be able to get a high-paying job. At the very least, this is important because it can be a fallback. I also recently talked to someone who thinks being a top manager is the best option because you will have a high salary, but there will be very low risks, since you will be an employee.

Appreciate your optimism. Just hope that the budget allocation will last up to 15 years. In fact, policies are not constant, especially when there are changes in leaders and certain situations, for example chaotic politics.
However, developed countries are created from several factors other than the quality of human resources or high per capita income.

Knowledge in the form of theories in higher education makes us more familiar with all things that we haven't even entered or lived yet. like learning from the experiences of other entrepreneurs summarized in a curriculum. Of course we haven't experienced what is written in the theory, but the theory has at least helped us to get to know the terms and strategies that have been produced through test studies which are also from the field.

so that when we later go into the field or practice directly in the field, we will not feel foreign to all aspects that will be faced in the field. because we already know through a theory that has been studied.

so that when in the field we only need to better understand what has been learned. which originally only knows then after being practiced it will make things we know we can understand. knowing and understanding are two different things. Understanding is something we can get through practice and direct process. and Knowing is something we can get even from reading a book or from hearing from others.

Highly educated people have a high level of success in building entrepreneurship because they have first been provided with the knowledge they have obtained from the results of their studies in tertiary institutions. So that when we get into a business and we already know the ins and outs of the business from a theory that has been studied, when we go into practice it will be easy for us to adapt because we only have to understand what we already know.

Of course, you can start your own business without education, but your success rate will not be higher than that of educated or highly educated people. I see people say there are many people who own businesses but don't have a degree, they don't have a degree doesn't mean they have no education. Look at the billionaires of today, many of them don't have college degrees, but they are very well educated. And how many uneducated people can succeed in business? If you notice, people with high salaries and stable jobs are all educated, and people in government all have degrees.

In terms of material, someone who has a higher education certainly has an advantage in entrepreneurship, the lessons learned are certainly the main foundation for knowing the risks that will be faced. Therefore, a person who has a higher education has more courage and a enough mentality before starting a business.
Unlike those who do not have higher education, of course, they only rely on experience and continue to try when they experience failure

Entrepreneurship comes in two ways, 1st can be taught as a professional getting the specialist education and the other could be learnt through our environment we live in, say for example someone in the family could be the role model and we emulate them and carry on the skill after this real life lesson... But higher education is generalized here so did you mena getting a professional course or something ???


If you go for a professional course, you are required to have the experience through job attachments to give you the feel of what happens out there in real life...theory alone doesn't cut it!!

These courses have to many people taking them and expecting white collar jobs, and unfortunately these jobs aren't enough to go round for everyone and to survive you have to find other fields that will pay you.

Many people think that high education will guarantee the future, in life many different things and make us have to change mindset, if we want to be successful then the easiest thing is to make a realistic target we can achieve, when we can achieve these targets then The next thing is to make a higher target, remember that high education does not guarantee someone is successful or becomes rich.

A bachelor degree became kind of the norm in my country, all my friends have one. Even the colleagues who went straight to start working after high school got a bachelor degree eventually. There are all kind of different courses, normal universities, evening schools or in corporation with your work. That's why it's normal to see entrepreneurs with a bachelor degree. At this point I wouldn't even count it as higher education, for me that's a masters degree or a PhD. Both of them are not required to run a successful business. It's more important to have a good business idea and to make sure it's competitive enough to survive the early stages of a startup. Both my friends who run their own business work in a completely different field of what they studied. If there is important knowledge you are missing for your business you can always higher a specialist for it.

In my opinion - if education wont be helpful in entrepreneurship it wont harm you either
It is good to educate oneself time to time - that is how you go with the flow

There’s some ridiculous posts in this thread. Anyone who says college is a waste of time and money either never went, or went to the wrong one / didn’t make the most out of their experience. Now I’m not so sure that a graduate degree is really worth it for most professions or people, but a bachelors degree certainly is. I went to school for business and learned a ton about what it takes and how to run one.  Im not saying you can’t be successful if you don’t go to college. You certainly can. But the majority of people benefit from the experience in a big way, in many ways.  I’ll forever be a proponent of higher learning.

Thinking of being an entrepreneur is not a very easy thing. Think logically and mentally, it is within us to work hard, work smart, work sincerely and work thoroughly. I am also a graduate, in my opinion higher education is not really necessary but if you have high education it will be a good addition for us in managing our business. I chose to be an entrepreneur, it was difficult at first, but in the end I got it, my experience working for other people, time, discipline, rules, etc., that's why I prefer to open my own business. Finally, there are people (employees) working where I am.

Because most bachelor degrees are obtained at a young age before entrepreneurs start their business. It's not that someone necessarily needs a degree to start and operate a successful business. You generally need some experience, and you get experience by getting a degree and getting a job traditionally.

That being said -- in the age of the internet, degrees are becoming obsolete. They're not entirely necessary for the job market or to gain experience.

For me higher education is not always about the title but it helps individuals develop critical thinking skills, problem-solving abilities, and enhances their communication skills. It also provides opportunities for personal growth and self-discovery.
And also the other most important thing that we could gain from studying at higher level is the networking opportunities, Higher education provides individuals with access to a diverse group of people, including professors, alumni, and peers, which creates valuable networking opportunities.

very useful, when someone is highly educated then there is a lot of knowledge and relationships that are used to improve or advance the business they build, actually in entrepreneurship a license is not really needed except only in certain places but apart from that a lot of knowledge and also relationships are not needed can be owned except from higher education.
and it is also undeniable that experience in entrepreneurship is also very much needed.
so I think being educated is very important even though a license is not needed but knowledge is very important.

With higher education of course we have better thoughts, many parents do everything so they can provide the best education for their children, and I also feel that way when my parents do everything to be able to provide for me when I go to school to college, and things I will do this for my son to get a better future.

In an era like this, skills are the main determinant of success, but that doesn't mean education isn't important. many successful entrepreneurs do not get a bachelor's degree, but if we have a bachelor's degree it certainly facilitates success, considering that we have more broad insight, with a quality level of association. unfortunately many people are educated but do not have a business mentality, because they are looking for a safe point in living life

This number doesn't mean that after they graduated they become an entrepreneur directly. Might be some but the majority had already worked hard in huge/known companies while building their confidence and experience which can be useful in their future plan like running their own business. Because in reality, being an entrepreneur has not been totally discussed in school and these entrepreneurs just got an idea from what they have experienced and applied it to their business.

I am the highest degree holder in my family and I am still struggling with my finances finding a good job
While on the other hand - my siblings who are not having a masters degree are earning batter than me. To me degree is not as important these days.

You have a point there, highly educated people will always have more opportunities than less educated people in business as well as working for other companies. Highly educated people will grasp work more sensitively as well as handle problems much more effectively. Education does not guarantee us a bright future but without it we will face many difficulties in life. It is true that business does not require high education, but having a high level of education is also a strength of ours.

Actually when comparing the advantages of education and disadvantages of education you will understand that both are differs, its based on your views or what you wishes to offer them to give you solutions, I don't  discriminate educated one and none educated one, provided that they can give me solutions to solve problems, sometimes the one you have the confidence that will bring a solutions for a problem will never render a good solution, some people we feels that they are not educated are the problem solved.

Education is still important no matter what, in school its the first ground to learn things not just for  academic but also how to get connected with society in order to have a basic interactions. For me education still important in pursuing goals in life and having a high education has a high chance to end up in your life long awaited career, no matter what industry you are fall in to.

Having a Higher Education degree is one of the best and good reward a person can have but nowadays we can learn entrepreneurship thru online like youtube or any site that offers a course about entrepreneurship.

Going to a business college is not a bad idea but it will consume you time and efforts. You may not be successful with this one since all of my acquaintances that majors in entrepreneurship are not that successful since they’re only working for other.

I can relate to this because I am literally having my higher education right now but not in business related program.

Education is indeed the most important thing for everyone and can improve the economy in the future, it's only natural that we have to invest in education, in my country private schools are very expensive so only rich people can go to quality private schools.

Exactly, education is still a top priority in developed countries because only education can create geniuses, national leaders, and great businessmen. It was funny that many people thought that education was useless, they graduated and unemployed, and they blamed education while others had stable jobs. They should look back at themselves, they are very bad so no one wants to recruit them. Those who only blame are those who never succeed.

Actually it doesn't determine education, but I think this is also an alternative to implementing the insights that have been obtained through education, because theory and material can determine how efficiently a person's performance is in managing an entrepreneur. But what is certain is that not all entrepreneurs use higher education alternatives to manage their entrepreneurship, they are able to examine every aspect of their entrepreneurship by following their own entrepreneurial procedures, but are more perfect when they get more insight from their education and can implement it as much as possible.

Higher education can certainly provide useful knowledge and skills for entrepreneurship, but it is not the only path to success. While academic coursework may not directly translate into practical experience, it can provide a solid foundation in business concepts, management principles, and industry-specific knowledge that can be applied in the real world.

Thank you; I couldn't have said it better myself. I saw a lot of posts claiming that famous entrepreneurs never went to college or university, and it baffles me. Those who are actually successful are a minority; you can't represent the success stories only; for one success story, there have been hundreds of failed attempts. Personally, I completed a bachelor's in Economic and Management science and am close to finishing my master's degree in Digital transformation. One of the most important skills I learned was how to teach myself how to learn and acquire new knowledge, but I also acquired great information about entrepreneurship, startups, and businesses in general.

Is all education related to entrepreneurship. If it doesn't, you have found the answer to the question.

Theory will never be the same in practice, even though the knowledge base is in the theory that is learned, many successful people are not even highly educated, but they are full of experience.

Nothing can help you if you don't move and try things that are impossible, in the concept of success hard work, perseverance and never giving up are the keys to everything, while relationships and other factors are supporting when you have gone through the process

Education will only help you get a license, but will not encourage you to be better when there are no skills in building entrepreneurship or anything else.

This percentage is a bit of a public lie, many entrepreneurs take the undergraduate route when they have found success and even many entrepreneurs do not have a high formal education.

The function of education is only as a place to gain knowledge so that everyone is not illiterate and learns the basics to recognize character, shape personality and patterns to place oneself at the level of opportunity, that's why education is very much needed and quite useful for anyone.

In which country we need a degree to get the required licence? All we need is money to get anything we wanted. I don't know where you read 95% of entrepreneurs have their bachelor's degree but what I read 90% of billionaires doesn't even completed their school or colleges so the higher education isn't really helping anyone to gain more knowledge, it may help in guiding us to go in the right way.

Well said, I also wanna say the same think, Our education system only shows us the way and it is our responsibility to follow the full path. And if we first know ourselves, that is, our inner skill, then we do not need so many degrees. However, from the point of view of gaining knowledge, even though higher education is not mandatory for a person, it can sometimes be used as an option to increase one's knowledge and experience.

Higher education helps greatly in managing a business since it gives specialization skills on its field.  It also helps to develop critical thinking that can give advantage over competitor.  If someone wants to expands his business or entrepreneurial capability, he needs to attain new knowledge and that can be learned not only by experience but also by learning theories and cases that is presented in higher education learnings.



Are you sure about this statistics?  Can you give me the data proving that 90% of billionaires doesn't completes their formal education? 

Many people find skills based on their education, so even though it is not an obligation to be highly educated but everyone must have education so that they can develop their own skills, we don't need a lot of educational degrees because they don't guarantee success but we do need an education to learn everything.

In my opinion, the importance of high education comes from the changes it applies to your thinking, not from the amount of knowledge you get, because you can gain this knowledge in other places without the need to pay for high education, but you won't be able to think the same way the academic courses learn you to think. Therefore, I see high education is something we should consider getting if we are able to pay its expenses.

There are short courses and areas on the web where someone can learn the actual topic and skills he/she may want to get and it comes for free. While the other uses it as a business where they've taken it freely, they'll sell the knowledge they've learned.
I think there's still that belief that everyone should take higher education because the opportunity offered for having it is vast unlike those that don't have it but with the current situation of the modern world, everything changes and huge companies in the tech scene don't even ask for it and what they want is what you can offer and what your skills are.

That's right, but not in all cases. In general learning to work on your own, prepare for exams, meet deadlines, and all that is what you're getting out of this, but in some cases, like when you learn to be a medic, there's no other way but to go to a university.
For instance, you can learn to code on your own, you can learn to build robots, draw and paint, write essays, but you cannot become a doctor by reading books. This means that there are a few occupations where higher education is very important and cannot be avoided. For the majority though it's not and you're going to be fine learning on your own.

Correct. At least the opportunities that are owned by people who have higher education are indeed far greater than those who are not very educated. because being highly educated also means having prepared from the start. so that when he enters the entrepreneurial business he will not be too surprised by the conditions in the field because he has read a lot of other people's experiences as outlined in a book he has read and studied. but still one's skills can indeed be very extraordinary even without higher education. but with higher education can complement something that is lacking.

Higher education is the need of time - In our country education from abroad is really considered worth a million. Because the education system in our country in not good. The higher the degree from abroad the more value it will have.
But I personally believe I should have had a degree with skills development it would be more fruitful than my recent degree.

Higher education value depends on whether the skill are focusing on mastering is in demand or not op. For example, STEM skills are almost always in demand in developed and developing countries around the world.

This is why so many students end up choosing STEM related degrees since they are one of the shortcuts to success as long as you master them effectively.

Business related higher education degrees hold value only from some of the best universities globally based on my research.

That’s correct word here. The practical approach is way important than just bookish knowledge. Doing a business was very easy in previous century. At that time you only needed proper knowledge and funding and there was major difference that made it easy to do the business and that’s: “zero competition”.  Now things are worst for businessman. You can gain all kinds of expertise from the books. The competitor for every kind of business is at its peak and you need huge courage to have one. Books can tell you skeleton and some tricks but practical approach can teach you “what is really selling in the market”.

Moreover, to make it even corrected statement, it’s not the higher education but it’s right course or modules that can take us on the successful entrepreneurship path. Not every educational background can get us there. This is era with competition you need to be prepared all 360 degrees.

We have a few billionaires who don't have college degrees and still become billionaires, like Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg...As far as I know, they have been geniuses since they were in school, and their families are rich, so if they fail, they still have thousands of other opportunities because they have rich families. As for ordinary people like us, if we do not have a high education, it is tough to get a job, let alone become a billionaire. We are taking care of each meal every day, not comparable to the rich people from childhood, they do not need to work, just study and study until adulthood.

     Knowing that most degree holders are not business-minded, instead, most bachelor's degree holders become employees in famous companies and get high positions.

    Most tycoon businessmen are non-degree holders. Then the other businessmen here in our country who have become successful are those who used to be poor and became rich because they were successful in the business that they started. So I don't believe most entrepreneurs are bachelor's degrees.

It is very natural that the value of education in the country itself with education abroad is considered different because basically every country has a different curriculum method so that it will clearly give birth to different values with degrees which will also not be the same. And if you really want a better and more valuable degree, it won't be wrong if everyone wants to move abroad to get a better education.

Because the level of knowledge is clearly different and the way foreigners teach is also different, some people with strong reasoning can more easily understand every explanation given by the teacher. I personally also have a desire to study abroad, but until now this has not been conveyed due to financial constraints.

By having formality and high education, of course, people will think more and will see someone who already has higher education has far more good criteria, especially in the field of business, and this education for the realm of business, I think, will be pursued through technical marketing.

And higher education is also one of the important aspects in business, because any knowledge obtained will certainly be implemented in business, here skills will also be an important aspect in business and accompanied by knowledge gained from education, these two aspects will continue to complement each other and also work together, for the sake of business quality.

It becomes a tradition and a lot of the parents believe on this but a lot of people prove it wrong especially nowadays where a lot of opportunities have sprung up from the corner. Higher education now is becoming an optional thing.

Even if one have graduated from higher education, it is still not guaranteed that they can secure their dream job after because if we look at the world right now, there are so many college graduates but are still unemployed while there are so many under grads who already have a decent job and what's surprising is many of them are successful in business. Most of the leading companies right now are in fact owned by undergrad people.

I think success is not only about higher education but also about business. Apart from higher education, it has its own advantages, as you say, but people who are successful and become rich, they have a good background, have a lot of experience, support from parents who have names (famous), support from many people, large capital. .

There are also those who really go from 0 to success, BUT they are SPECIAL, what I mean here is that they are diligent people, always try, dare to take challenges, always and dare to try, fail? Keep trying, smart thinking, business brain, painstaking, tenacious.

reaching success always comes from many think and I think luck have biggest role in it even with higher education you know some just doesn't cut it to be a succesfull individual.
I'd say if there's anything we can do to improve our chance of success even if it through education then it's only normal to just get the highest education, after all there's nothing wrong in it since it's considered investing in yourself anyway.
There are many justification around why should one not getting any higher education but I think that's just some justification that's not really true if you have the chance to get higher education even if it's in your late age, I think one should always take the chance.
education isn't all about gaining massive success afterwards anyway, one could grow their minds from the education itself, to become a better person.

Higher education didn't help anything especially if you don't have specific discipline knowledge. The truth is Higher education is just trying to open your mind and mindset to be realistic and logical. with that thinking, you will able to do something which not you get in college. Yes, I felt that after graduation a last year ago, I have a job now which is not relevant to what I got in college, but i have to use my mind and my logic to solved the company problem where I don't received that on college.

Well, if you decide to be an entrepreneur, higher education is not necessary. IMO, one of the many reasons why people with high education became entrepreneurs statistically it's because they have enough funds to start their entrepreneurial journey as they also have high paying jobs. Also, unless your college degree has something to do with entrepreneurship, then I guess it does not really matter as it won't add to your knowledge.

Basically, knowledge is very important in life, although on the other hand, there are also many highly educated people who don't have jobs but indirectly educated people can be superior in terms of knowledge if you want to start a business with only knowledge capital, in my opinion, that's not enough because besides knowledge you also have to have courage, skill and strong determination.

Entrepreneurship can be done at different levels, I mean that at first it may not necessarily be a big business that will require a lot of money. If you know how to look for opportunities, then you may be able to find a product for sale, now this is a very common business model.

The most important thing you will need to do is find a platform on which you can list your product and set up ads in such a way that buyers visit these platforms. I say this to the fact that you don’t need to have a lot of money in order to engage in entrepreneurship on a small scale, and you don’t need higher education for this either. There are also companies that, for a separate payment, will set up advertising for you properly, that is, everything will be done for you.

But I consider higher education necessary if you understand why you need it, if you want to become a specialist in a certain field and purposefully go towards it.

As you say it is not necessary, that is correct. But is it helpful? Oh I think it is very helpful in many regards. Education means you have gone through a lot of reading and learning, it helps you navigate through literature and provides you with an understanding of how to efficiently and effectively conduct research on a subject of interest. That could happen any time when you are an entrepreneur. You want to get a quick overview of a certain topic and you have come across stuff in the past so you know where to go and what words to look up and perhaps even which sources to refer to.

It also helps you with raising money. Whether people like it or not, but higher education is a plus, it is not a must when your idea or perhaps the prototype (recommendable to have) speaks for itself. The prototype does, the idea not. But if you are very early in the process and you need funds, having an idea is great but your CV will count a lot more than if you were able to present a prototype. If you have the idea and higher education, it does definitely help to gain trust from investors easier as it is often said to imply that you may have a more structured thought process that led you to certain conclusions. I am not saying that that is necessarily the case, but I am sure that higher education helps with raising funds.

I will speak for myself - my higher education, bachelor diploma only gave me a place among candidates who company was planning to hire. My higher education was only the criteria employer used to select candidates for job interview. During interview, non on skills that I have gained during studying in school/university, were tested. I’ve got the position, trial period at work. During that time, my skills of computer usage and ability to learn were most demanded. I would say that I rarely use skills that I’ve gained from higher education at work.

P.S. I have studied finance, analytics and etc in university, I work in a company that is connected with finances.

Most of these people you mentioned are celebrities or athletes and so they are not good examples for entrepreneurs either!

You should be looking at founders and people who have created successful businesses or their own online empires for inspiration - and by online empires, I mean large mailing lists, websites, podcasts, youtube channels that are their own.

I heard that people are going into digital marketing, but honestly, I am not interested in that niche.

Having a higher education or simply graduated from studies will benefit you more compare to those who didn't, but on the other hand, it isn't guarantee that having a higher education or graduated from studies will make you an entrepreneur.

Overall, it will come to how knowledgeable you are in what you are doing. Statistically, 95% of the entrepreneurs have a bachelor's degree, and that's because they learned from their school, and just learned themselves after graduating. The other 5%? Probably these are the ones who had mentor when they are starting, and they learned from them, thus became a businessman.

Having a higher education have many benefits as well, but TBH, as long as you have a mentor or somebody that will help you all the way, you can learn what the school is teaching to the students when it comes to entrepreneurship, or in some cases, mentors might teach some things that aren't being taught in school, and vice-versa.

It can be said that education is the key to success, many successful people and become the world's richest people always have a good educational background, in developed countries of course almost everyone gets a good education, this is different from my country which is still developing and the cost of education is very expensive and only rich people can, in fact the government provides free education facilities, unfortunately the quality of education in government schools is not good.

This is true; those who say education is unnecessary can double-check that developed countries always have quality education. Education can be considered a top priority because they know that education creates geniuses to serve the country, and the richest people in this world are all from those developed countries.

I also come from a developing country, and the sad thing is like you said, the cost of education is expensive, and education has so many problems, and that's also why many people feel that education is unnecessary. Wealthy families in my country send their children to study abroad in developed countries because they know well that education is the core of success.

True, even though we still need education for a number of reasons such as qualifications or whatever it is for ourselves but still for entrepreneurship apart from knowledge and discipline of course tenacity also enters here.
Because these conditions are a little different, regardless of anything, we won't be able to make a breakthrough just by capitalizing on an educational certificate because things like this won't guarantee that we can do much in real life.

State schools, which have relatively low fees and are almost free, in fact, have relatively low facilities and qualifications. so that the delivery of lessons is also sometimes hampered by a lack of facilities. and it will be different from favorite private schools which have complete facilities so that those studying there have high enough qualifications and learning also runs more effectively with the help of adequate facilities.

and we cannot close our eyes that sometimes the background of the diploma where we go to school is also a consideration for some companies in accepting new employees. So graduates from favorite high schools sometimes like to be prioritized by a company in accepting new employees.

But there are also many successful people who were born into poor families. but usually these people do have high and consistent willpower and hard work every time. they are constantly struggling in self-development. and I like successful people who start from the bottom. but usually they also try to absorb as much education as possible even though it has to be from non-formal education.

I guess a superior degree is more interesting if you are willing to work on the field you are studying about, even if it means to work for someone else.

Entrepreneurship is more related to a state of mind than degrees, because it's notorious there are people who only attended to the basic educational levels and still do very well on their entrepreneurship journey, more than some people who have superior education.

Without any doubts a high educational level is very important and will open your mind to new knowledge and lead you through new contacts channels, which are essential on your career, however, it won't mean you are going to be a skilled businessman for that reason.

BTW getting a job will never let to become a billionaire, we need to work more than 100 years and save the salary completely without spending it so it means all the billionaires doesn't become one as being an employee.

Getting a college degree is nothing but wasting our valuable time from a billionaire's POV and many said that too so skill is important to make money and the education system then getting a decent job will only lead to lifetime trap cycle.

Yes, you might be aware of this as an individual but its not really that simple for you to make yourself on having no education and would be focusing into something just because you dont really like to trap up

yourself into this common life cycle on which on having that 8-5 job, but if you are really that in need and minding on how to survive then you wouldnt really be thinking about being a billionaire but rather you would really be mainly thinking on how to get a job and survive your daily living specially when you do have a family then you would really be lowering up your pride.Education is still really that much needed
because having a degree would really be putting you at advantage to get some job opportunity and the rest of opportunity grasping would really be depending on a certain individual.

I am not against the salary class people and I respect their decision about survival and being responsible but the context of this thread is what I am talking and education don't really help entrepreneurs since we are talking about them if I am not wrong.

Just my assumption though by end of 2030 no one will be really get job based on their degrees since we are at the AI era so now skill does really matter than a piece of paper called certificate of completion by spending 3 or 4 years along with tons of money on the tution fee.  ::)

Well, well! Success without luck? Disney or real life? Even while luck might play a role, hard effort, dedication, and even sacrifice are necessary to achieve greatness. Education matters, but let's not overstate it.

Education doesn't ensure financial success either. Some of my sharpest friends struggle, while others who never went to school perform well. Remember that classroom learning is limited, and certain topics can only be learned by doing.

School isn't the key to success, but it's helpful. You think? Do you think non-educational variables affect success?

There is nothing wrong with our parents having such thoughts, because in our parents' time, very few people were well educated. The rich people at that time were all highly educated people, they also sent their children to school to later take over the estate. But nowadays, going to school and getting a university degree is no longer too difficult, anyone can do it, so having a university degree is no longer a guarantee for a bright future.

When a world has developed, we also need to develop to adapt to it, many young people think that having a university degree is better than others but forget to look back that everyone is the same.
They begin to blame education when unemployed, but if they work hard to hone their skills, stay motivated, and be ready to do whatever is assigned, they will always get the job they want. They have not done anything for society but always want society to pay them, that is the wrong thinking of today's young people.

I am sure that our parents only want the best for us, but the world is changing very quickly now and I see how difficult it is for them to understand what is best for their children now.

My father does not have a higher education, my mother does, but they had a period when they both were left without work, these were difficult times. After that, my mother never managed to find a job in her specialty, she worked hard jobs, and her diploma became completely useless. Such examples may also influence our choice about higher education.

It's always good to seek for more learning opportunities especially in an advanced level, if we have all that is required to operate on a global standard economy, this will also put us in a higher edged opportunities as well because the more we know the higher we go in live, we have various courses to go for in higher education learning that were applicable to our daily lives and enterprise which will bring out the expertise in whatever thing we do, some don't have this opportunity but we must make use of this great privilege if seen.

Not only stability in thinking, planning and management and most importantly relationships when we are pursuing higher education, friends in our class can give us understanding and experience and share thoughts regarding discussing business and opportunities, you will see various kinds of people with patterns think about and the business they do so you have space to ask more of your friends and learn from it, when we graduate most likely our college classmates have a high reputation and profession in business and usually if you are good friends they will invite you to join grow the business .
I am well aware that only 20% of higher education is given by lecturers to their students and the rest of the understanding goes back to the students themselves looking for it outside and then matching it with your theory so that the understanding that is formed will be perfect.
In addition, if you have a history of higher education, it will be easier for you to gain trust when you need investors to enter your business to expand your business and or borrow money from a bank. You will be treated well if you have a history of higher education.

Now I have read several times here that higher education doesn't guarantee a well paid job or even a job at all. There are no guarantees for anything in life except for the fact that we are all going to die one day. This leads the discussion away from some statistical facts that have been mentioned here. The overwhelming majority of successful people in general and entrepreneurs in specific do have higher education or attended a university for some time, but left college in order to pursue a business endeavor.

Whether or not higher education guarantees anything is up to you. I am sure that with a degree everyone can find a job, perhaps not a dream job though. But what higher education certainly is, it works as an insurance. If you have no idea what to do exactly at the age of 18-19-20, the best thing you can do before you start wasting your time or go after something half-heartedly is to get higher education. A degree can't be taken away from you and chances that you meet someone to work with on something you are passionate about are higher when you socialize in academic environments.

Theoretical education gives you an understanding through someone's experience. To be an entrepreneur it is a must to enjoy and experience from the scratch. Education can help you at some position, but the experience or the passionate towards something and working for achieving it will make you the best. Education is just a tool that can help at times.

There are people who are highly educated and successful and there are people who are uneducated and rules the world with their innovation. It is all about the time and the product innovated and the real-time need of people that makes you reach high.

It will not be difficult for our parents to understand what is best for their children now, even though times have totally changed compared to when they were young. Because every parent just wants to see their child happy with choices that are not wrong, such as working in a good place to earn money and marrying someone who can take care of their home and family in the future.

That is an example that I also very often find in my surroundings where in a family between father and mother only one of them has a job to support his family members even though the job he gets is not a permanent job. But what I really admire is that she is able to support her children by continuing to provide support to get a better education until her child gets a job that suits his skills and is also more suitable for him because it can make him more independent in living his life now.

that is a sure thing, but with the sophistication of technology today it makes it difficult for parents to control their children from unwanted things.
when a child has grown into an adult then everything depends on one's own desires and also environmental factors that will affect a lot despite the great encouragement from parents.
also in terms of education.

still you can guide them even the harsh world your child in and got influence to others but what scares most is the if it reach to the point that it will not listen to you that is why once they are still toddler you need to discipline them so that they will listen to you. Even you still going to school if the parents is still not guiding the child still not values as they got train by their parents to be bad. That is why parents is the key for the child the be good and in education they will learn about the practical things in the world

Higher education can be beneficial to entrepreneurship, but it is not a guarantee of success. While higher education can provide a solid foundation and understanding of business principles and management skills, practical experience is also required for entrepreneurship success. Starting a business entails taking risks, making decisions, and learning from mistakes, all of which cannot be replaced by higher education alone. Furthermore, there are successful entrepreneurs who did not complete a higher education, and success in entrepreneurship can be achieved through a variety of experiences and education. Successful entrepreneurs report that higher education provided them with valuable skills, knowledge, and resources, but they also emphasize the importance of practical experience and a willingness to learn and adapt for entrepreneurship success.

so true. I also choose a diploma that is completely useless at this time. My current job doesn't even match the major I entered at university. But I'm a person who always wanted things like Multi-talented. I want to always push myself to be an expert in various fields. so that we can enter any job and we can produce from any type of work as long as it is a good job.

My parents also fought hard to give me a higher education. But they said they did it because they used to regret they didn't have a higher education. and they want their children to have higher education. and that is a form of parental concern for us according to their experience. but they still didn't force me. they give freedom of choice. they even asked me first whether I wanted a higher school or not.

As I said: getting a degree these days is not difficult, and most people have one, so there will be stiff competition. Therefore, if you want to get a job, you must have more skills, as well as perseverance, not be afraid of difficulties, and not criticize low wages, you will get a job. Your mother has a job, and not her specialty, but I would like to know about your father, with someone who has no higher degree than your mother. Does he have a better job than your mother?

My father worked very hard, he even had to leave a foreign country to provide for our family, these were difficult times for us, but then I did not fully realize how difficult it was for my father when he had to leave his family and to go away for a long time, now I understand it and really appreciate it!

As a father then we would really be doing all of the things just for the sake of your family specially when raising up your kids and making them go to school and able to provide on what they do really need and this is why it would really be that just normal for a father to do his responsibility and this is really just that normal.This is why us kids or their children should really be that doing our part on cherishing out their sacrifices via on studying well because having education does really give out that kind of foundation which it would really be making you do withstand the life that you would really be having specially on the time that you do
get married and having your own family.Getting some dayjob is already a tough challenge to have and if you dont have any educational degree or achievement? then where you would be going?

Because he chose to give a better life to their family and even though it was sad to be far away from the family but it is a need to sacrifice for the sake of giving them a good living. Parents just look for the welfare of their family, to provide education for their kids as they believe that it will be the way to make them not experience of what their parents have done before. You should be thankful mate because many parents don't care about the future of their kids and they don't mind staying in their current situation until they die.

when talking about the figure of a father, I really see him as a hero, as if he does anything to meet the needs of his children, especially in the field of education. I myself know as if it cannot be calculated logically, we are three siblings and my father earns his own money, while my mother is the financial regulator for the family, until finally we all graduate from university, even though we used to be deprived, mother always prioritizes our educational expenses, because she considers that's the most important thing for the future. and what they hope for is simple, that is so that their children can live better than them, equipped with education, of course they will have broader insights, so they are ready to face the harshness of the world

Business does not necessarily require a higher degree but there is a lot of difference between an educated person and an uneducated person. When you get into business with a higher degree, your past learnings will be useful in every moment of business. And when to work in the business, how to handle the client, you can do many times more than a person with less education, which will help you a lot in business. But one person chooses a type of business, those who are highly educated must choose those businesses in which they can use their educational qualifications.

A university professor can engage himself in any business he wants but an uneducated person cannot make himself a university lecturer if he wants to. You just realize the value of education. No matter what job you do or what business you do if you have educational qualifications then you are better than everyone else.

Many people complain because of difficult economic conditions, but for those who have a high and good education then any condition is always an opportunity to make more money, as children of course we have to care about getting to a high school, if we are already working then don't get complacent with a salary that looks big, the competition is getting tougher and if we don't have a higher education then we will be unable to compete.

Majority of people of the world mistake higher education to basic education which I think is are two total different ballgames. The first is optional when it comes to factors that determine how successful can be while the later is very necessary for any individual who wants achieve greatness in life. So with basic education, one can reach all his life goals and that is why I don't think that higher education is a necessity of life. Higher education is more of particularly disciplining an individual on a particular skill and those skills has really helped humanity in the past but the effectiveness isn't as strong as it was in the past because the world has continually revolved and is still revolving from so many achaic principles of life and that where smart innovations comes to play. So in the world of today, smart technological innovations are more valued than higher education because they're solving more of the global challenges than higher education.

of course it will help, maybe in the end it is our actions and steps that determine our success, but a lot of education and training can help us in the beginning to take that step.
mostly success entrepreneur is have more experience and learning a lot about it.

Many people say that sometimes we don't need important education to achieve success and vice versa we have to be educated to have a greater chance of success. And I think that goes back to the person's personality where he can seriously understand or not from what life conveys in a real way. directly and what can be obtained from being educated.
Indeed, if we want to learn something, we don't have to be highly educated to gain knowledge because learning can be done anywhere without having to be related to an educational institution, and that is a fact that many people have already done it.
why do some people also think that education is important because most companies and/or those who need good workers in government agencies always standardize education and judge from a piece of paper on a diploma so that many people say education is important because it is oriented towards position and salary.
But precisely today, people have opened their eyes about the level of education as standardization has begun to change because so many people who have standardized education can easily get it without passing it and/or are not serious about their education but get the diploma. Now business owners prioritize people who have the ability because that is something that promises a potential for success compared to a piece of paper that can be manipulated.

It is a stepping stone to achieving your goals, meaning your path would be easy to compare without one. I don't have a degree, and my first job was in government, which was a job order or contractual, but if ever I do have a degree and the training required, I have the possibility of having a position on it. So you have an edge, but that doesn't mean that it is really necessary; it is still the result of your hard work since without it, you will still not land those jobs or achieve your goals.

I remember someone I follow online, he keeps on studying until now it is actually his 7th degree and he is taking it in Oxford, everyone always asked why he keeps on studying even though he has a company already and a bachelor's degree here in a prestigious university here in our country, he always says that he still wants to know more about business, about people he want to learn continuously yes having a degree makes him an Ex CEO of  real estate company yes ex because he just resigned and have a life, he has a lot of good connections in and outside the country, and he is even a professor in university someone as if he has a plan to be a CEO again he said there's still a plan but right now he just want to enjoy life, have more connections and help other people who wants to learn more about business etc. So the answer for me is yes.

With the situation with the dishonesty and greed of FTX and also the fall of Luna that caused many to go flat broke and even some had to commit suicide this and more happening in crypto-currency has lead to many loosing trust in crypto-currency .

Although I would say it has not made the more experience users of crypto-currency to lose trust but rather it has emphasized the need for every one to go back to their study books and focus on ways to stay safe in the crypto-currency space.

Yes, you are right, and I am very grateful that God gave me such good parents. Perhaps if my father had the opportunity to get a good higher education, he would not have had to work so hard all his life, but I don’t know if he had such a chance at that time. He finished school in the village, then received a secondary technical education and went to serve in the army. When they got married with my mom, they decided to move to the city, which gave me a lot more opportunities in the end, for which I am also very grateful to them.

Maybe moust of you are right,  that higher education is needed. Moreover, if there is such an opportunity, then it should be used.

I agree most of our parents did live in the village and moved for the better living. Migration is the key for success.
Secondly when our parents were struggling for jobs - there was not much competition.
But these days - things are different and difficult.

I think the most important thing that can guarantee a better future is education, rich people will make education the most important investment so they will look for the best schools even in developed countries, India is a developing country that places great importance on education, many leaders of the world's top companies are from India because the Indian philosophy is to make education as important as eating to survive.

understanding the theories obtained from universities does not guarantee a sustainable existence that can be carried out in the field. In other words, in my opinion, higher education does not guarantee a person's success in carrying out his actions. whether it's managing the company or running other businesses

Education is important but there are many thing we learn from the experience and they are mostly not taught in the school and college
I was never a good student because I had a weak understanding. I am not a good job person and I mostly fail at my business. In short - I am a loser in everything I do.

I am not agree with you. People who get higher education have change their mindset and how to see a problem, their problem solving is grow along with time they are educated. They do not only learn the theories in college, they also have practice section in certain semester mandatory by the curricullum.

well, it is your life and you can do anything what you want. but do remember, the repercussions will be on yourself. a lot haven't gone thru higher education and yet they are successful. a lot of wealthy known people actually were dropped out from college. so you can't really judge a person by his academic achievements. at the end of the day, it is how you interact with people, how you find satisfaction in this life and be motivated to live with the struggles that mankind has.

Rich celebrities don't have college degrees, but they're smart, they're born geniuses, and they also do well in high school. If they do not start a business but continue to study at university, they will easily get a university degree at prestigious schools in the world. While ordinary people like you and me, getting a college degree is extremely difficult. We are just ordinary people, and cannot be compared with such natural geniuses; how many people in the world have such talented people?

Since then, whenever you want to gain experience, you need to go outside of the learning facilities and earn it. It's also true that if you want knowledge of a certain major, you'll need to go to school and earn that degree.
One thing I disagree about education system specially here in my country is that there are so many unnecessary subjects that you'll also need to attend adding an additional payment with the tuition fees but ended up being unethical after you graduate. Yes, we do get it that there's also a possibility that you'll be needing it on a certain scenario but commonly it doesn't really help the students.
Imagine wanting to learn and study a certain course and there's a lot of irrelevant subjects unrelated to that degree? The sad part is that here in our country only a few universities offer a free tuition package and if you want to pursue higher forms of education, you must be prepare for the corresponding expenses.

education will help no matter what your activities, be it entrepreneurship or in other fields, because all of these things need to be learned and you have to have experience.
maybe there are some people who only have minimal education and can become entrepreneurs but most people also need education to become even better entrepreneurs.

Higher education is necessary for those person who interest in teaching profession. Higher education is good as well as profitable profession. If someone get higher education then it is tooo good. Our HOLY PROPHET saying ,: "TAKE KNOWLEDGE FROM THE LAP OF MOTHER TO GRAVE" So it is necessary for us to get higher education so that we can learn more and more things.

Education is very useful in forming your mindset. You will have even more knowledge to think related to the enterpreneurship. It needs more than only skill to be a successful enterpreneurship. It will also help you to build the connection.

Remember that when you were fully educated and you can also try to increase your chance to be successful. I meant some people might say that education was not determined by how successful the person is but let's take a look at the reality. So many billionaires were coming from the fully educated person.

I meant that even though someone like mark zuckerberg was getting dropped out yet he was also a former college student at harvard.

Higher education can be obtained by anyone who truly wants it. Celebrities are people just like us, and this does not mean that they are born geniuses, they can also acquire the necessary skills throughout their lives.

You are right. and what is meant here is the breadth of knowledge and insight not just holding a diploma. but about the content of an education. and yes, successful people always think that education is important. but an education can indeed be obtained without having to be formal. but usually prestigious formal schools do provide better educational facilities so that they support the development of the skills of everyone who attends there.

and also if you came from a prestigious school you have a high chance to get easily hired (not sure if it is the same practice in your country but here that is the practice) which means are having easily get into the job you want but again it still depends on the stack you've into like in being programmer most of the employers don't care what you finished as long as you have strong knowledge on a language that they are needing no matter your education is.

Even though I have a bachelor's degree, I still have trouble getting a good work. Hence, I concur with those who assert that education alone cannot define success; rather, it need life experience, as well as hard effort and determination, to fulfill our goals in life.

actually higher education is very much needed in a business that we run, and many people who like it today they are indeed people who already have a bachelor's degree and can cover all the kariawan they have today, when running a business we certainly need a little experience in our business, so that the problems we face can get solutions easily but people who are not highly educated but have mature experience and big puzzles  They are currently also experiencing tremendous success, so most importantly we must be sure that in running a business everything will go well.

Pretty interesting, would love to see them. Can you tell us at least the name of universities where they work? I want to get MBA, already have Bachelor with good degrees and if any university has lecturers like the ones I described, I'm ready to study in that university.

I don't say that degree is useless and its bad for people to study, no. My point here was that one should make himself dependent on degree. Youth often think that if they get degree, they'll be able to start/manage a business and become successful and that's not reality. Business doesn't need degree. Internet gives us possibility to access all the information. What one needs to become a successful businessman is to study mathematics, statistics, physics, become social, become very confident or least look like that from outside, work on your charisma.
Math is a very important subject that people hate and don't want to study. Math trains your brain like doing repeating exercises with weights train your muscles and grow them bigger, stronger.

If university professor can engage himself in any business he wants, why don't they do that? I think most of them are too much theory with less practice. And I don't underestimate the value of education, I'm just saying that Business Management and similar studies are scams offered by universities.

Do you have a receipt that proves most entrepreneurs have bachelors degrees? Because most of the degree holders in our country are not businessmen, and most of the businessmen here are not degree holders as long as the majority do not have bachelors degrees.

   Although I'm not saying that being a bachelors degree doesn't help. there are others like bachelors degree whose course is not in line with the business they are doing as far as I know.

Higher education does not make you rich but only broadens your horizons and opens the way for more logical thinking. If you are rich, it is like a person who works hard and works smart (use logic) and is supported by good luck, aka luck too. Important or not important lecture is up to you. Because the real key to success is hard work and smart work.

Many of the richest people in the world have no higher education. like Bill gats he is the richest man in the world he failed his exams and dropped out of his college because he thought that college could make him poor. But he didn't give up, he continued to sell, he always worked hard and worked smart, now he has a wealth of $ 129 billion

Not all those who failed the college became Bill gates of Steve Jobs. They have some amazing minds that is why they are unfit in the normal situation.
During Covid - most of the people with higher education and those with less education are on the same pedestal.
So that is why we can't say that without education one can be successful. .  .neither the higher education promise the fine job.

It is normal for people that attained higher education like master's degree and PhD to drive luxury vehicles.  The have the knowledge and qualification needed to a higher payout or salaries.  Also they are often selected as advisors of and gain extra earnings from that service.  If you don't know about that, maybe the place where you are have not attained that kind of higher education.


In my place, people think having a degree is one of the ways to a better life since they can have a starting line to earn money and sustain themselves.  If one have a sufficient supply, he will start to grow and venture to increase his productivity.  It is that many degree holders are just contented on what they have and do not improve themselves and explore the much bountiful field when they specialized in what they learned and achieve a higher degree of education.


One major reason is that their earning is enough to sustain their living and have extra money to enjoy their life and save for their future.


 It is up to them but doesn't underestimate a systematic way of learning to remember the knowledge taught in schools is already proven.  You may look at those courses as scam but if you analyze the course outline of it, it prepares student for that kind of field.  It involves math that needs to calculate certain mathematical equation that is needed in that job.  It also develops students the crticial thinking that is needed for that field.  It is that, many student failed to realized the importance of the lecture during their stay in universities.

I don't see education as a big and important thing that we need to do or enroll for. Education is there to help us in knowledge but we can get knowledge from experience and what we do. If you go to higher education and you did not get a job of your choice then you are wrong and I see it as a total waste of time. do not forget that education is important in our lives.

Education is an important thing, one with education will surely understand and act accordingly. Experience will surely make way to success, but an educated persons way of execution and through experience have lots of difference. To implement what we learnt through education used to be simple, whereas the same through experience takes time.

Not necessary. If you want to be an entrepreneur you need to get into it and get first-hand experience.
But education is great too cos it will help you to look at things from a different angle and it could help you to see some opportunities or interesting business ideas.

I will disagree with the comments down below saying that people with Higher Education don't have a big business. There are a lot of entrepreneurs who create new tech companies or startups based on their expertise.
So if you have an opportunity to get a higher education I think it would be a good thing for you, but if you want to invest this money in business and you already have some ideas then go ahead.

With a good education it can make our future better, if we are still in school then use school time to the fullest, study seriously so that we understand what is being taught, besides that we have to improve our abilities by reading a lot, especially now it's very easy looking for sources of knowledge because of the ease and facilities of the internet. if you have graduated then you must be able to use creativity and not be too rigid and always based on lessons at school.

I think Higher education can equip entrepreneurs with the necessary skills to start and manage a business, such as problem solving, critical thinking and communication. It can also provide access to resources, such as mentors, networking, and funding. Additionally, higher education can help employers develop a better understanding of the industry and market they are entering. Although in reality there are also successful entrepreneurs who do not have too much education in their career journey.

Higher education is certainly very necessary in this life, and the purpose of higher education is so that we have a lot of knowledge which is certainly useful in this life.

so the most important thing in education is knowledge, but usually not everyone can achieve higher education and that is usually due to the cost factor. but for now even though we are not in school we can still seek knowledge such as studying online on the internet.

that's why it's no wonder there are so many smart people but don't have SCHOOL experience. and the key is because the person seeks knowledge not from school but from his experience and hard work in seeking knowledge even though he is not in school.

so knowledge is needed in this life because in this life it is inseparable from the name of business.

Theory "may help", but many of the most successful entrepreneurs learned through trial-and-error. The entrepreneurs who got lucky in their first try without solving hard problems, because they merely followed what was taught to them in school/university, I'll call them lucky and say that they can't do the same success if they started another business.


No, ANYONE can get a license.


Can you post the link/source?

Plus I believe that statistic doesn't show the details. How many of them are actual successful entrepreneurs? How many of them took an actual entrepreneur course? Because a person studying to be a doctor could also be an entrepreneur.

It merely shows that there are currently too many people who have college degrees. It's laughable that today, you need to have a degree for a clerk job, or an low-level office job. The world today thinks Higher Education Diploma = Competence.

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Education on its own won't make you rich per say rather it would give you exposure . It will make you ambitious. They don't teach you how to make money in schools, they don't even teach you have to handle money, how money wirks. Education, especially higher education only broadens your mind to think really big. Part of this is because you've gone to school and you've seen business people doing well and you want to be like them (this is if you are someone who dreams to be an entrepreneur) so you start believing that being big as they are is possible. Higher education helps but it doesn't teach you exactly what to do as an entrepreneur, what it does is equip you to think for yourself and be able to make decisions that will help your business grow.
Then comes experience, the more you keep at the business, the more you learn from your mistakes and successes and keep getting better at what you do.

Basically, this is how it happens, many do not work in their specialty, or open a business that does not correspond to their education. But this only happens because we often don't think about what we want to be when we go to university. Many simply go to the university to receive a diploma, and only after receiving an education they decide what they want to do in this life.

In addition, business opportunities can be seen in many directions and it is not necessary to pursue only those that correspond to your education.

If talking about university degrees at ordinary schools, almost anyone can get it, but with prestigious university degrees from Oxford, Harvard, Cambridge, and Stanford... not everyone can get it. All are university degrees, but they will have different values.
Today's billionaires like Bill Gates, Elon, or Mark Zuckerberg, if they are not geniuses, what are they? And you see how many people in the world will be like them. They are not like us, if we are like them, why can't we be equal to them?

yes, that's right, in my opinion, a degree is just a gift from an education, people with a bachelor's degree are not necessarily successful and sometimes it is not uncommon for people who are not educated to become successful people, theory at school and experience in their fields are very different, so are smart people and geniuses cannot be equated. be smart in making decisions and opportunities in life.

There are many cases in history when people achieved significant success without having not only higher, but even secondary education. Nowadays, self-education plays a big role. The earlier a person gets on the path to building a career, the better. If necessary, it is always possible to get higher education remotely.

Education is of course very much needed in developing one's potential, without education great potential can disappear, but we must always remember that higher education can never guarantee success, life is unique and full of mystery so what we can do is do everything with maximum.

And again the theory that we get from education if we don't use it in our activities in work or social activities will be forgotten because memory will be at stake in terms of education and theory, it's different when we learn from problems and challenges that we face directly.
Higher education will be very beneficial if what you get from college is in line with your profession, it will really help to make you better in your field.
Of course we shouldn't focus too much on academic education, but we also have to train ourselves in non-academic matters because something you believe in now can change over time in setting goals.

If you are looking for entrepreneurship then theory itself won't be enough for that. Need to practice and actually get the experience to get the feel of certain topic of that entrepreneurship, it looks so easy when you are hearing it during theory but once you experience it, then the emotion also the feel of tense is building up and your decision making/mind would be completely chaotic during that time.

I think you need education especially this time so at least you have some sort of price by completing certain degree and you won't get underestimated by other rival and already know the theory also helps a bit so you don't need to be worry about stuff when you want to do that theory in real place, but still real life experience are the top of that.

"Some cases", but do you want to gamble and take risk with low probability without any prior knowledge/experience/portfolio before that and without education as well? It's really hard nowadays.

It's still important and the most important thing about completing a degree is to increasing your connection with other people, because that's one of the fatal thing in entrepreneurship to build a connection so you can gain more knowledge by hearing others suggestion and problems, so you know what to expect. You can do that without attending the college but the chance is low because you don't know where to go if you do that.

While having degrees from business school might help you to understand moving around your business, higher education as OP mentioned is not a guarantee for making money. I can tell you this for free, I know of some business people in the part of the country I live that are millionaires even when converted in US$ and not just in the local money and these people didn't have any form of higher education but they have come to understand Investment and Managing Business.

Everyone has personal ideals. Some people pursue higher education so they can get jobs from the government, others only focus on how they can find something different after studying higher education.
Some people are successful because they use their muscles, others are successful because they use their brains. This is the difference between hard work and smart work.
Higher education will determine how someone can produce something in a smarter way. And education is led us to think, not to be rich.

But mostly it would really be on that side on which they are pursuing on getting a degree so that in future they wouldnt really be having a hard time on applying for some job which its actually true because we know that competition is really high when it comes to job vacancies which does simply means that if you dont have that kind of attainment then getting some those typical jobs would really be that impossible since we know on whose really be that on priority and to those who doesnt have educational attainment then its understandable on where you would be ending up.We know that not all people would really
be that successful though even if you do have a degree, some people who doesnt have does have more but of course it would be depending on how you would be handling up yourself
on different conditions or opportunities.

if you have lesser education that the common population then be ready to have majority of the opportunities unavailable for you, the thing is, the world nowadays is full of competition, there's perfectly no reason over hiring some  random with lesser degree than some higher educated ones, this only means that higher education has become the common sense nowadays. if you don't think it's essential to your life, then youre mistaken gravely.

The higher the education, the more successful people will be in the future, this can be seen in many developed countries such as Europe or the USA where most of the citizens have higher education, whereas in developing countries most of the citizens have low education, education is the key to achieving success countries so it is only natural that many developed countries provide cheap and even free educational facilities.

I know that with education it will be easier to find a good job, it's hard to argue with that. I also see that starting an entrepreneurship is not as easy as it seemed to me, I mean creating a really good and big business. We need to move gradually, for a start, getting an economic education will be a good solution.

Educated is not in any way useless if achieved. Although this may look not useful today but a day is coming back to be highly useful.

If a person has a high education, of course the chance for success is greater than those with low education, a person with a high education can have a good and wise mindset when facing problems, he will apply what he has learned at school so that whatever happens in life will be easy resolved.

Way back, my grandmother use to tell me that I need to attain a degree for me to have more options in life when choosing a career. She also said it doesn't matter if I don't continue/pursue my chosen course after I graduate and even if I decide to choose whatever path I make she'll support me as long as I finish my degree. Later I realized she had a point, coz nowadays as long as you have degree you can still choose to go back on your degree if it happens that you'll fail from your new path.

In entrepreneurship, with or without degree, there really isn't much importance in it, as long as you have basic understanding in how you will manage your finances and understand the structure of the business you wanted to start, coz honestly most successful entreps begin from "trial and error" then they begin to learn the process along the way. It's important to have a strong stomach for risks and be ready for the failures possibly coming the way. The only dofference in having a degree is that, while having a degree doesn't guarantee you anything in this world full of competitions, at the very least you have already a path set to you or guides as an option, while in entrep it's all or nothing sometimes.

In whatsoever career you want to pursue, education cannot be neglected. There is a difference in the reasoning and adoption of methods with someone educated and those that are not, so even if you want to be anything, education is important.

Education and skills side by side would help the support the career of a person.
Educated person would not suffer poverty - he would find ways to earn more money to support him and his family.

It is a big advantage if you are an entrepreneur and you have a higher education, if you are educated you can easily understand how to manage business and you can easily make a good strategy to make profit, there are a big difference if you are high educated than not educated, but sometimes it also depend on your luck many high educated people also failed because they are not lucky.

Education is a very big part of human life.  The more educated the nation is, the more advanced.No country can improve much without education. Money really has nothing to do with education.The value of education can never be compared with money.If you want to be an entrepreneur then you can become an entrepreneur by taking education.  A lot of success can be achieved with business experience but without this you will be deprived of many opportunities.More can be learned through knowledge and experience but this can really be a huge advantage for you.  However, it is not necessary to have higher education to become an entrepreneur.  But once you pass the time and age for education, you can't get education later, but you can be an entrepreneur at any age.

Education is of course important and is the first door to know the world, without education we are like being in a cage, feeling the smartest but actually stupid, maybe there are people who are not educated can be successful, but we cannot make this a benchmark for being lazy and not wanting to earn good education.

Higher education is very important for your chances of finding good jobs, earning higher salaries, more innovative business, better economic management, finance, less dependence, equality and  distribution authority…etc., in most of the elements that make up the value of success, higher education is an important factor to create it.  Although some people without a college degree are successful in their own right, the value and importance of a college education cannot be denied.  The evidence is that the government always encourages higher education by investing in infrastructure, increasing the addition of a number of specialized disciplines...

if what you mean is a degree, then I don't think it's too important, but education is indeed very important in doing business. if someone does not have expertise in their business, then there is a possibility that there will be a big loss in the business that will be run. that's why sometimes people always recommend researching the background of a project team before investing. It's just that the title will not be useful without proof of the business they make.
for example, if a person has a business degree, but has no business to run, or has not run any successful business, compare this to a person who does not have a business degree in his name, but has successfully run many large businesses. people will definitely tend to people who have been successful. however, business is sometimes seen from how knowledgeable a person is in strategizing in achieving success in his business, not on his degree.

Higher education is more aimed at companies that require ability and intelligence in order to get the expected salary for someone
but for entrepreneurs I don't think it's so important because in entrepreneurship persistence, self-taught creative ideas can be used as a basis for starting a business you don't need higher education

Higher education is important but it does not promise high paid job.
Education is not always a degree - it is also a skill and the mindset. It is a good to have skill and education side by side.

Higher education is not a guarantee of success if it is not balanced with experience and learning in the real world. about how someone builds a business idea, how someone builds self-branding with lots of soft skills and so on.

So, of course higher education is not a guarantee to make money like you say. but logically, education is "more" capital for success than no education at all. As for the other benefits, education is not only about values, but also morals. Apart from that, higher education is an entry point for those who have just graduated from their education to explore the outside world armed with the knowledge they have obtained at university. try to compare, how many people are successful without education as you describe in your post with people who are successful after receiving a higher education. so after all, education is the most important part for us to get on the road to a better life.

Google, Amazon, Tesla and other known companies have been changing that tradition that has been known for ages. As long as you've got the qualities and skills for the position that they're about to fill, you'll get in and just pass the interviews and stuff of tests and what not.

It's 50/50 on this one.
Those successful entrepreneurs still give their time to study and get a degree for some reason. But there are other successful entrepreneurs too that have stopped their college studies and pursued what they've started on what they've believed will make them thrive with the business they're starting.

Higher education can provide valuable knowledge and skills that can be helpful for entrepreneurship, such as business strategy, finance, and marketing. However, practical experience and skills gained through hands-on work are also important. While having a degree may not guarantee success in entrepreneurship, it can provide a strong foundation and may be beneficial in obtaining certain licenses or certifications. Ultimately, the usefulness of higher education for entrepreneurship will depend on the individual's specific circumstances and goals.

That is why those entrepreneurs or businessmen—we mostly heard that they go to school again—do so to acquire knowledge as well as certificates. Most business owners don't go to business school before they start their business; they are just normal people, and when they got into entrepreneurship and got success from it, they got hungry for more knowledge to be more successful, which is why others still go to school.

Ah, the perpetual quandary: is top-tier schooling indispensable for entrepreneurial prosperity? Positively, my valued associate, it's a coin with two faces! On one side, acquiring proficiency in commerce tactics, fiscal acumen, and advertising can create a robust framework for establishing and cultivating a business. However, a plethora of triumphant entrepreneurs never attended higher learning institutions!

Time for a reality check. As we advance towards an economy driven by bitcoin and virtual tokens, it's imperative to remember that the guidelines are ceaselessly transforming. What will the future bring? Imagine a world in 10 years where we navigate through the skies in airborne cars and exchange wares using teleportation mechanisms!

Correct. and at a certain point or in certain situations we actually sometimes need a higher education background. like building relationships and so on. but when practicing in the field, of course skill is the most prioritized. even so between direct experience and educational background both are important things that are directly or indirectly useful for building our entrepreneurship can develop.

Both are important! It depends on how we absorb all the wisdom in it. In higher education, aspects that exist outside, it turns out, also exist in the Education Environment in the form of organization, and building relationships for example. That's why you say that most successful people actively participate in all organizations and are active in building relationships.

So, successful people need experience too, not just theories learned in education. Theory will also benefit if practiced directly by the recipient. The point is the practice of knowledge is important in the case of learning.

The point is that education is actually a tool for forming new mindsets and innovations, if everything has been formed, then there will be a desire to realize the idea, in which the ideas we do become an experience.

You have already delved into fantasy, but in order to own these advantages of progress, we will need money, and this is a distant topic from education. Entrepreneurship will simply become different, and those who can better adapt to it will benefit from it, and not those with better education. In the future, perhaps even education will be different, in a different form, and most likely according to a different program.

Yes, we do see some people do really upgrade and become successful when it comes to entrepreneurship but we know that not all would really be successful into that path which means we arent all good

marketers or something like that.This is why it would really be still that important on having that higher education or simply finished up a degree on making yourself not only open to job opportunities but also you could acquire knowledge which would really be helpful on whatever you would really be doing.Its really totally different for those people who do have some educational background
compared to those who had none but of course we cant really generalize all since learning could be acquired so easily nowadays.

That depends on what are you aiming for if you have higher education or not. Starting a business doesn't need higher education and I can say that this is true since I have seen people who are in poverty and yet becoming rich just because of his business and determination to continue running the business. One of it is my uncle who doesn't have higher education but now has many property bought because of the business he run.

One of the advantages of higher education is that it is not compulsory. And a person can determine for himself or herself whether he or she needs to improve his or her skills in something. And it is worth considering that getting a higher education takes quite a lot of time.

Yes there are many richest people in the world right now who doesnt finished their studies. But in the present time, I think that is not applicable right now, yes theres still people who become successful in business because of hardwork that they put on it but it takes lot of time. Having higher education still a good thing to have. It brodens your mind in the world and also in the business part especalially if it is your course. Some of the benefit of it is, in finding a job you have higher chance to get hired because of the educational background that you have. As I see on those who doesnt finished their schooling, it takes lot of application before they get hired compare to graduate student. Im not degrading them just to be clear, my point is, its still better to have good background education to make it more easy for us when it comes in finding a good job in the future.

maybe I on the one hand believe that today's successful people are indeed different from the past, now education is indeed needed, but it doesn't have to reach too high a level either. Knowledge is indeed needed, but it doesn't have to be up to master's degree, you just need to be up to bachelor's degree which is also enough, because what is needed is precisely tenacity and dedication that continues to want to develop in running the business that is involved.
Education as high as possible is needed if you want to work in a company, not in your own business or business.
in principle, education is still needed because it will open up insights in knowledge that may not be obtained at the level of business that is involved.

When talking about higher education that is obtained formally then of course a diploma will not be very useful in entrepreneurship. but knowledge gained from formal education is also needed in building entrepreneurship. because after all insight is needed in building a business.

Yes, a highly educated person has more chances of success a highly educated person overcomes one obstacle after another in his life and reaches his goal, while a person struggles to overcome only one obstacle and fails to reach his goal. Extraordinary people do not wait for opportunities, and ordinary people seek security in life we should keep our eyes fixed on the goal we want to reach in life.

I agree since it is very essential that you know what entrepreneurship is and basically how to run businesses. It isn't just simple things since there are some technical aspects with regards to this such as analysis of the market and taxes. A degree of course would be of great help to entrepreneurs since they have first hand knowledge that they can use to lead their company. Although, it isn't necessary, you can make these as an advantage so that your company would continue to strive and excel in the market.

In developed countries education is very cheap and even free, while I live in a developing country and to get quality education I have to pay at expensive universities, even to get into public universities I have to pay dearly, this is what makes education difficult to achieve in most developing countries it is difficult to improve the economy or be able to compete with foreign workers who usually have higher skills and education.

maybe it happens to almost all developing countries, that this dilemma will always be unavoidable, although maybe some developing countries have made changes by providing subsidies from the government for primary and secondary education and some have even reached the tertiary level by providing free education. but it can't go well because of the mentality that there is still abuse of authority in student admissions. so that admissions that should be free become an arena for corruption by determining certain payments so that they can be accepted as students. It is difficult to prove this incident, but it did exist and is real, so that education, which should be a good example, has been littered with actions that are not commendable.
maybe you are right that in your country there is very expensive education, maybe the same thing happened as I told you.
So if education is a milestone for people to be smart, it's already expensive, so when they become successful people in their field, it's not impossible to set expensive rates so they can return the funds spent while studying, such as doctors, lawyers, engineers, etc.
so if you want to compete with developed countries it will be difficult to do because the way of thinking is already oriented towards mutual benefits even though not everything has to be done that way.

this is indeed the biggest challenge for everyone who is in developing countries (actually even in developed countries the competition is just as tight). But in terms of getting quality higher education, of course in developing countries it is much more difficult. because most schools that have low costs are only able to provide standard education even with limited instructors. In fact, there are still many students who have not been able to develop the knowledge obtained theoretically into practice. because sometimes many schools in developing countries do not even have a special lab for each subject that requires practice. the lack of facilities clearly affects the quality of students and students in a school and higher education. so that competitiveness with foreigners in developing countries is indeed becoming more difficult. but for entrepreneurship I think it's easier to do in developing countries. because the cost of living and food staples are still cheaper in developing countries. so that to build an entrepreneur sometimes does not require a lot of large capital. but it all comes back to each individual respectively.

Even on developing countries on which i do live in which there are still institutions which does still have that educational standard which could really go in par with those top end ones when we do speak about quality
education despite of the market or economic condition but still i could say that it would really be that competitive.In speaking about on individual perspective about acquiring high education then it should
really be that a standard for someone to do so because we do know on what are the opportunities that it could give on someone who does have the opportunity on dealing up with things
which could give out advantage compared to those who have none.

The main question is, who develops these standards? What is their competence? And in general, there is a certain paradox - the old textbooks are much better in quality than the new textbooks. Take it, and just compare. The old textbooks are much clearer.

I think higher education is very important in our lives to achieve success, but without struggling you will not be successful either, I think achieving success is hard work, discipline and commitment.
 
In our life now we cannot be separated from its prestige, because the more we have higher education we will be respected by others, even though we have no ethics. and that's what's happening now.

It is important for an entrepreneur to have a basic understanding of the activities of his enterprise, and everything that he cannot do on his own, hired workers can do. If I am an entrepreneur and I have a higher economic education, this does not mean that I can know all the necessary aspects in accounting, or some subtleties of production, but this can be decided by an accountant and a technician, or an engineer.

Therefore, everyone has a chance to build a successful enterprise, but for this, among other things, you also need to be able to understand people so that good specialists work for you. Therefore, to some extent, you need to be even a little psychologist. Working with people is one of the hardest things.

Depending on what business will be developed because it determines how big the role of higher education is. And I think the main factor for successful entrepreneurs is the privilege they have, although not 90% true. Let's say the A and B are the same school at the college of economics. Person A has the privilege where his brother is a confidant in a large company while person B comes from an ordinary family. When both of them have graduated, person A has better career opportunities if he enters the company where his brother works and he also has the opportunity to get the highest position.

Privilage applies to all entrepreneurial sectors, whether it's small, medium or large businesses. Back again, that's not 90% true, because there are also entrepreneurs who really start from 0 without privileges, but at least have inherited property from their parents haha  :D

Education is very important, but privilege is everything

The task of those with higher education is to create jobs, not to compete for jobs provided by someone. So the results of research that 95% of entrepreneurs have a bachelor's degree. However, there are not a few graduates whose work is dependent on other parties. Studies must be able to change the mindset of prospective graduates towards the jobs they will take in the future.

If graduates open a business, of course they already have basic skills both in their business network and in organizational management skills.

I agree - this is the time when the skilled person earns more than a PHD student.
I have seen many - who realized in their life they have not had a degree so they learnt the skill and earned so much.

In my experience people who are entrepreneurs have actually strayed away from education, but it sort of makes sense that they might go through university just as much as the average successful business owner. Some people like to get straight out into the world and make practical attempts at making money, often trying lots of failed projects before figuring out profitable streams of revenue - which themselves might dry up over time. Higher education could certainly give you a more structured approach and some useful ideas for business, while also teaching you very practical skills like book keeper or networking to grow a group of complimentary connections.

Education is indeed one of the important factors that must be owned by everyone who wants a success in life.
because through education we can get broader insights and we also learn in solving problems in an educational study. but higher education does not make a guarantee that someone will be able to achieve maximum success if it is not accompanied by a strong determination that must also be owned by someone.

Strong determination means that we always try to fight harder (hard work) in order to achieve what is our goal, strong determination also makes us not give up easily when we experience failure and instead we will remain strong and continue to look for solutions and improvements to things that things that keep us from getting success.

Motivation and innovation are also as important as education and determination that everyone who wants to achieve success must have. sometimes lack of motivation will make our determination weak. and regarding Innovation actually emerges more from people who have honed their abilities more in real life or in field work. they see a problem, analyze it and find the best solution to solve the problem. Well, education is also related to shaping someone so they can make renewable innovations.

In essence, there are many factors that a person must have to be successful. and education is one such important factor.

I agree. Getting a higher education takes quite a long period of time - usually during the most productive period of one's life. And, during the period of study, they often give us additional knowledge, which only overloads our minds. As Sherlock Holmes said, the head is not an attic to clutter up. And that it doesn't matter for its work whether the Sun revolves around the Earth or vice versa.

Some people really think that way, but you are correct. One could graduate from a high institution and get a job that is not well paying them, and while they don't get enough time for themselves with the job, some people too are lucky to launch their company and make a great success. While we go to a high institution to study and obtain the degree, it also builds the mind in character and learning. That's why some people after graduation are able to still not depend on just white-collar jobs; some go beyond that to set up their own businesses.

Of course it is very useful, higher education is a broad knowledge base to step into the wider world.
in college we are taught a lot of subject matter that is aligned with the majors taken. but if only knowledge from college will be even more powerful if it is combined with direct experience.
many businessmen whose schools do not go to college but are successful in their business.

With this, it can be explained that higher education is very important, but work experience in the field is no less important. because the knowledge applied in the field will be more synchronized and more powerful.

getting a higher education does not guarantee success, but it definitely gives you more chances to succeed in life than those who doesn't. They might have a low paying job at the start, but it'll most definitely going to change as time passes by, because promotions are also guaranteed.
Once you get a good paying position, you'll have the chance to save up for some business of your own and be your own boss.
High education is the first step to success though, and just because someone became successful without education doesn't mean it works for everyone.

there's a very obvious difference between an entrepreneur who is well educated and has passion for their line of business and an entrepreneur without formal education. You can go to higher education, acquire the necessary knowledge in order to establish yourself accurately.

Thing is, there's a level of exposure that comes with education,only persons with passion would understand this.

Education is the key to success, this success don't mean white collar jobs, it means so many things like, civilization will not something new to you, exposure, even in time of speaking you will be different with uneducated people either speaking in English language or other different languages.

I have a lot of benefits in  my higher education, in higher institution you get to meet with different people from different locations on like in primary and secondary school you will only mingle with people in area. Higher education exposed me to the world were I have experience so many things like having more confidence in anything I want to do, exposed me some business ideas which is currently helping to survive now.

entrepreneurship I learned from my higher education help me to become and entrepreneur, it make me independent and secure and saved, I don't regret going to higher school.

Everything is important in the complex, a good education backed up by experience will be appreciated, but at the first stages it can be difficult to achieve. You will need to get a job in order to learn the whole process from the inside and at the same time gain the necessary experience, so the first job may be far from what you would like to achieve.

You mean create a business? This must start here and they can then decide later on if they will create a job for someone else. If the business is huge they may need to hire personnels to help them with their operations but if it's a small one  they can save and grow their business by their own selves. Not all that has a bachelor's degree are business owners but some are only working by profession.

There's also people who are not a graduate of any bachelor's degree but still manages to open up their own business. It only depends on the willingness or preference of each person. I don't think the research is accurate because the numbers are quite high.

Education that is supported by experience which of course has made practice before to see how the results are and it is clear that such a thing is very complete and very reasonable to appreciate. Because not all educated people have the experience desired by others or vice versa, so to achieve these two things is certainly very difficult and takes time as a process to see results. Because any job will run better if it is done by people who are educated and also experienced in their field.

All I can say that it can help in some ways but do not see it as a key in order to become a successful entrepreneur. Bachelor's degree is good but it is not what makes entrepreneur in order to become very successful. For me it is still about experience, a first hand experience that you will get from doing it and not by just reading it on the book or listening to the lessons from the professors of your university. Try to listen to the successful businessman and entrepreneur nowadays, they usually not advice to get bachelor's degree because for them it is a waste of time. Why would you listen to some professors from the university who doesn't have a good life. They are teaching entrepreneurship without even have first hand experiences about entrepreneur.

All I can say is we should listen to someone who have experience, background and of course a legit entrepreneur who really know how to become successful. You don't need a higher education or master's degree to be a succesful entrepreneur. All you need to do is to have vision, goals, commit to yourself, have a legit mentor on your niche and of course have a confidence and trust yourself that you can make it.

Benefit from higher education of course it's true, many people think that to be successful you don't need higher education, but if we look at the actual facts, then the top 100 rich people are those who have higher education, such as Elon Musk, Bill Gates and others.

Education is very important for people regardless of any point of view to judge it, but entrepreneurship depends on how you are able to manage it well and also have a strategy to run it.

Business does not require people to have higher education, this underlies several facts that are achieved by people who do not have higher education. If you live in a particular country, even the chicken and egg businessman has greater wealth than people who live in cities. Basically business is a way for someone to see an opportunity to grow and I ignore people who have businesses inherited by their families.

If you want to become a successful businessman, a higher education license is not a prerequisite and there are no conditions at all related to this.

There is a solution if you want to have a tertiary education, because in general education you can achieve when you have the money to complete it. When your business is going well, you can start special classes for formal education, there are no limits for people to seek knowledge and even though formal education.

I read in one of the interviews by Mehesh Ambani. And its stated. The real success starts when you stop working for others and start your own business.

Very wrong idea on having that in mind that you shouldnt focus on going to school and finish up studies because it is really something useless.For some people who become successful without having a degree or education then i consider out to be lucky and not all would really be ending up on the same path. Yes, we could acquire skills but we know that having some educational background could really give out that kind of advantage
if we do speak about ideas and learning that we do have able to acquire in school. Having educational background and getting a degree is always advisable because not all people do end up on
being successful even having no education attainment.

Without a good education and a sought-after specialty, it will be difficult for us to find a well-paid job from the very beginning, and education is necessary if you want to be treated with respect in society. Even Henry Ford, who completed (if I'm not mistaken) only 7 classes, felt reproaches from society for a long time, he argued that he did not need a higher education because he had smart employees who were able to answer any question (it seems that then there was simply no Google). :D

Having a degree is not useless especially if you aim to have a higher position in work industry. Since a lot of well paying job required a degree where they find a people who already have prior knowledge and skills. Even if you hire someone you'll ask them for their knowledge regarding to the specific position in jobs for them to get accepted. There's already OJT (on job training) which is required in the university for you to have experience once you graduated. For what I observed that people who rather build up their money earlier is the people who doesn't want to finish college. Which is also good since you're also studying for your great future to get a well paying job. And their common money sources would be businesses because they have the mindset of they should be the boss not an employee.


It's not all about luck, it's about your hard work and consistency. Imagine you choose either of the two paths but still ending up nothing, then the problem is not the system but its already you. That's why having an education background or none wouldn't be always be the basis on their success in life, its all about the effort you make to achieve your goals.

Nowadays, many people are unemployed after graduating from school, they begin to have a negative thought that education is not beneficial and compared with successful people like Elon or Mark Zuckerberg, who did not graduate from college but still became billionaires. But they forget one thing: very few people can do it, and they are born into a wealthy family, if they don't have a college degree and the startup fails, they will still have a second option. Meanwhile, we are poor people, without education, without the wealth left by our parents, we will never succeed. Education is really needed, and the higher the level of education, the greater the opportunity.

Yes, I don't deny that about Henry Ford, who had parents working only as farmers and woodcutters in their area, but inside Henry had a special character since childhood and had talent, and we know that humans are rare, especially when talking tenacity or perseverance and being able to learn self-taught in carrying out what he wants, spelled out 1:1 million people in this world. It's just that most people need guidance from a teacher. Apart from that, there are also many people who need a license or certification from a university so that their business can run more safely. It's easy if they want to expand, including attracting investors in their business.

I honestly believe that if humans are directed and educated in one field for a long enough period of time they will become experts in that field, but because of social and government demands that apply standardization in the field of education that must be understood by the community, it is mandatory and because of that thinking becomes divided and only meets standard abilities in every college.

not to much, when u turn to real business , experince is the best teacher because u will meet a random morons on your life , on 2018 , i am a fruits seller in traditional markets , its not easy like a talkative entrepreneur on social media , some people can be really anoy u, but after the time u still survive, u learned something ,Get to know someone's psychology based on their attitude, i am not sure higher education still solved random people on traditional market, because they think really like no tomorrow.

Higher education is important but not necessary in entrepreneurship.
Well, that is why they have internship, externship as the case may be. Where after a long period of classroom work you move to the field to practice and apply what you have learned. Through this some persons may have seen their businesses improved and may have generated innovative ideas that takes their business to the next level.
Some may even go further to get an MBA because they want to advance their businesses. Most of the top executives in fortune 500 companies have some sort of higher education related to their business. it helps.

The advantage of higher education is being able to get a job more easily than those with lower education, of course companies will consider the education factor when recruiting employees and when they see there are candidates who have higher education then the chances of being accepted are greater, and of course higher education can get a better salary than lower education.

Many people want to further their educational careers in other to boost their credentials and acquire more technical and theoretical aspect of their professionalism, there's nothing bad in choosing to study, but we must be precise in the area of our concentration, this will help us achieve the best resources needed both practical and theoretical knowledge of that particular aspect, it will turn to be our future asset we may feed on later in future.

For business people do not have need of education although they can easily get profit but they have to know about that field. Education in my opinion is very important and I think that if you have educational qualifications then you have everything because in some countries educational qualifications are preferred more for jobs.

Some people do not have any educational experiences but they are a successful entrepreneurs because in this field they have to just understand about the business. I think that as compared to government jobs the business man have greater ability to earn money and they also have no need to show their degrees.

Higher education will give someone a lot of theory to develop their entrepreneurship, but experience will deliver their entrepreneurship better. I think like that.
As for formal or higher education, a person will succeed in developing his entrepreneurship because he is serious, optimistic and ready to work hard with the ideas he gets from higher education.

second is very important, highly educated is also necessary.  So, it can be concluded that knowledge is very important in business because it can help entrepreneurs make better decisions, improve operating efficiency, avoid costly mistakes, increase credibility, and maximize profits.  If theory without hard work will also fail, so in my opinion the two complement each other.

Skills are now more important than professionals qualification gotten from schools, education isn't just about going to lecture and graduating with high grades anymore. Education now involves skills development and other general knowledge that should put you at an advantage over your peers. I still think education is very important in the society.

The education I'm talking about here isn't your regular college or university degrees, I mean education that has to do with skills development as that's what is more important in today's economy. Your collage degree won't make you financially strong but taking courses to acquire skills that are been search after could move you a step closer to that goal.

Of course the two are related. someone is able to develop entrepreneurship because of education and experience. without experience and education, you will be naive in running your business. besides that with education a person is able to apply the theory he has

The degree of someone will certainly look more authoritative when they have received a higher education and of course those who are ordinary will always give respect to those whose class is higher than them. And if you talk about current work by prioritizing higher education it is really needed, and from another point of view apart from higher education, of course knowledge and skills are really needed here, because everyone who has higher education does not all have knowledge and skills.

Now skills are very much needed in job applications, and higher education is also a requirement in applying for a job, and I think that high education skills and adequate knowledge go hand in hand now to get a job in the present. getting this high salary will be obtained by using higher education.

But even if you have the necessary skills, but do not have a diploma of higher education, then you simply will not be hired. I doubt you'll even be allowed to interview without a degree.

it will be very helpful in any situation, knowledge is power, those words really describe it.
knowledge will add to one's insight even in doing business and coupled with experience, it becomes easier.
and don't forget about relationships because that's what helps people to build their business.

To every entrepreneur, higher education is needed for a successful business. Most people dont like to go through higher education to be a successful enterprenuer because the practical aspect of business is not available in the higher institutions. That doesn't mean that higher education is not important, it grooms you on your proposed business idea successfully.

Higher ed is a game-changer when it comes to being an entrepreneur. It gives you the book smarts you need to make smart moves when starting or running your biz. Even though it's not hands-on, it hones your brain skills to be a problem solver and a critical thinker, which is super important in the entrepreneurship game.

education will always provide any support in doing something, so it never hurts to learn about business or whatever skills you will use later.
the more you learn the more you have choice and more perspective from your side.

Education is part we should never skip in life although it is difficult to achieve it think it's build our IG on entrepreneurship and also  enlightened our attitude towards business interests and I think education is one thing that teaches us the basic principles of entrepreneurship and also by education you will get all the knowledge in the field of practice
People only know about how to be an entrepreneur but fail to know the quality and roles of an entrepreneur but I think someone who has gone through all the educational process will do better

Education is essentially one in our life,when the poor parents struggle a lot by their wage works.The first thing they do will be educating their children,because they will aim for their children with good education.This action will be made by the parents based on the life experience.So the children should take care of education in good way and learn more from it.Now a day’s educational institution charging for more money apart from government institutions in the developing countries for most.So the parents should allow their children to study in government schools apart from private schools.It’s nothing wrong to study on government schools,because now a days the standard of government schools almost equals private institution.

I wonder how you'll feel if you own a business but lack the necessary skills to run it. If that were to happen, wouldn't you hire someone with a higher education and more in-depth knowledge of your industry to manage your company? Higher education is the thing that will support one to their goals in all aspects they find themselves in, since there are the skills of it, even though some individuals only want to get money without stressing about going to school.

Higher education is beneficial in many ways today because if you don't have adequate knowledge, people will underestimate you. You'll also, I believe, like running your business when you have the necessary licenses and no one will try to con you if you know what you're doing. As a result, a college degree is quite helpful.

Higher education is quite useful in starting a business initiative, the core thing is to choose the correct field in higher education. Knowledge acquired in college or university should have just a bit of management or economy, the main information should be related to the details of a project which is chosen to be the business initiative (for example, technical data, coding, media, main market holders etc).

In my country Entrepreneurship is now incorporated in higher institution as a prerequisite for the award of a degree, this was one of the measure put up by the government to reduce high rate of unemployment because a lot of graduate seek for few available white collar jobs, however with the experience of Entrepreneurship acquired by those graduates the government had set up a Bank of industry where graduates are expected to obtain a loan towards started up a small scale business enterprise, of course knowledge obtained from their higher education will help theor business to grow while government had made provision for an enabling environment for there businesses to flourish.

I think higher education is not so much needed to be an entrepreneur but self confidence is needed. If you want to do any business in future then you can do it along with your studies. You can also continue your education by working in different companies if you want. But if you get higher education and go to any company or different job field then you will have high rank. People who are not educated in higher education think that they will not be successful in future but notice that most of the people in the world are not educated in higher education. Most people lead working lives and have little education but they are also successful. I think to be successful in the future definitely requires hard work and academic knowledge is very much needed then higher education knowledge is not so much needed.

I personally still think higher education is important. But higher education is not everything. and does not guarantee to make someone get success. Because basically to get to success requires many things that need to be prepared and education is one of them. Mental preparation, high motivation, open-minded and full of innovation, work hard and don't give up easily, dare to try and dare to be different from others and the point is that you need enthusiasm to keep working hard. work hard that not only rely on muscles but also the brain. And the higher education I mean is not just formal education. but we can also get it from non-formal education such as being diligent in reading, diligent in researching, diligent in honing skills, learning from other people's experiences, learning from our own experiences. in essence doing all activities that can make us have broad insights that make our knowledge on par with people who have higher education at university.

Having a higher education can somehow help in entrepreneurship. But i know some businessmen that do not have Higher Education but still manage to be successful in their respective businesses. I admire them for being hardworking to achieve their success. To be a successful entrepreneur you must know how to take care of your people or employees, treat them the right way always express gratitude and appreciate their hardwork to your business because without them your business will not be successful. Always look back from where you started and keep your feet in the ground.

Actually i am not an entrepreneur but I am a bachelor's degree. What i had learned during college i had not really applied in my job, i had used my actual experience that i had learned in the company.

Maybe for some companies the license is important, but for those who are entrepreneurs in my opinion it is not a benchmark, in the end it is actually not a title that is used but knowledge and how we implement this knowledge in our work

Those sets of example on how to handle your workers are things that business owners need to know,

even you don't have that degree but if you know how to take care of all those people who being part of your business,
the chance of succeeding is always there for you.

People who work with you are the best part of your business, having a good success maintaining your trust and keeping
them with you for as long as they wanted to stay is really something that will reflect to the success of your business.

No need of high educations but more on experienced that you gain while working with other people.

A good education certainly makes us have strong capital, with education we can determine the best steps, usually a higher education will make good management and can be successful, we can see this from the world's top millionaires, most of whom are people with higher education , even when they are old or over 50 years old, they will seek the best education.

Entrepreneurs don't have to go through higher education, experience plays an important role in entrepreneurial success. Most successful people have experienced economic difficulties when they were small, they were forced to work to make ends meet. From years of working experience, they can build a business that takes it to a high level of success.
You need to underline, higher education does not guarantee someone will be successful, they can still work like most other people, become lecturers, teachers and ordinary employees in private companies. Look at soccer players, they can be successful in becoming entrepreneurship as a side business even though they don't have higher education.

If you are well educated and hold a higher degree, you have a good chance of earning money and living a comfortable life, but my country has a different story to tell. Having all the degrees possible is not enough to get a good job and earn a lot of money, and in my country, if you don't know many big people, you can't get anywhere. Because of this, most people are moving out of the country to the UK or US to pursue a better career or further their education. If higher education have all the answers to rich and wealthy life why aren't so many rich men in the world that have higher education? Most rich men of the world are smart businessmen and many of them don't even have some normal education degrees.

I share your curiosity about the role of higher education in entrepreneurship. From what I've read and heard, it seems that higher education can offer many benefits for entrepreneurs, such as exposure to different fields, access to mentors and networks, and a deeper understanding of business concepts and practices. However, I agree that there's no substitute for practical experience, and that starting a business is often the best way to learn how to run a business. Perhaps a balance between theory and practice is the ideal approach. Have you considered any specific programs or courses that could help you with your entrepreneurial goals?

the insights we get from a long journey in life which is called experience are always far more valuable than the insights we get only from the theory we read that we haven't even put into practice. And yes, I have to admit that there are indeed many successful businessmen who have taken their careers to a higher level because they have quite a lot of experience. and they draw lessons from every experience they have.

But this certainly does not mean higher education is not important. but in fact higher education does not guarantee one's success. because in the end hard work pays off. Because today's bitter fact is that there are many people who work outside the education department he studied at university. and many big bosses today who get success even though they do not have higher education. But of course we also have to realize that more global elites or super successful people do have a high educational background. Although some of them did not continue their studies. but they pursue a career while being a student. like facebook inventor who pioneered facebook while studying at harvard. and he dropped out of college to focus on building the fb platform.

Majorly most of us may not be practicalizing the theories we were taught in school after graduation or in our day-to-day activities but there are numerous benefits one gets from going to higher education, one of them is that you will be versed in the application of things. Your reasoning will be advanced

Thinking can be developed without higher education. Now there are many online courses (some of them worthy) designed for absolutely different audiences. There you can get exactly the knowledge you need, not something that will never come in handy. As Sherlock Holmes said, the head is not an attic, so do not clutter it too much.

This is why on the time that you had finished up your studies then it would really be just that sensible that you should really be applying it out on real world usage or actions which you would really be searching up for some work which would really be correlated on what you had taken. Some saying that degree wont really be enough to guarantee you a good life or living which they are really that focusing or recommending much when it comes to skill based kind of approach which i could say that it isnt bad either. In any ways then it would really be entirely be depending on which one you do see that you do make yourself see some progress towards it, whether you would be sticking into those traditional approach or would really be going to try out that unusual field on where you would be needing to
learnt up new skills.

Having higher education or simply does have a degree could really give out that more certain extent when it comes to knowledge.It might not that too broad but it is much better compared to those
who didnt touch up some education or simply having no degree at all but of course everything could really be able to adapt and it would be depending on a certain individual.

I think higher education can help in entrepreneurship. But not everyone with higher education have determination to become an entrepreneur. Most of the people with higher education ending up as a regular employee and serving their employer who tends to be entrepreneur. To be one entrepreneur you will need to have a big capital to start up. Just like me I had finished a higher education, how i wanted to be an entrepreneur but it hinders me to become one because of lack of capital, so I ended up as a regular employee.   

Maybe that's true, but the knowledge used to achieve success is not only obtained from higher education, work experience maybe and there are many other factors that can support success

The fact that 95% of entrepreneurs have at least a bachelor's degree does not necessarily demonstrate the usefulness of higher education in their success. Rather, it may reflect their traits such as dedication, perseverance, and the skill set developed in the pursuit of a degree that translate well into the entrepreneurship world.

It's vital to be experienced enough in the field which is the enterprise belongs to, that can't be achieved solely on personal experience. Some basic and some specific knowledge is needed for a good business initiative, that's why nearly all of them have at least bachelor's degree...

Entrepreneurship or being an entrepreneur doesn't necessarily need education or you to be educated but, you can't be very successful in the line without incorporating some education or hiring the services of educated individuals. To successfully run a business, there are statistics you could look at to tell if your at a decline or not in your business, it doesn't really rely on the fact that your making profit to say business is all good with you. There are statistics that looks to point out moments when you make the most sales, strategies that accounted for that, if there is a timing to it and other explanations as to why the business follows certain patterns. These are what education can actually do for you in business.

This is why its really that necessary to have at least some educational achievement or attainment for you to be at least aware because on building a business then it would be basically be talking about math or computations + having that communication skills which it would really be needing something specially on marketing or handling out people but its true that its not really that necessary to have that extreme educational background before you could be able to attain this. I've known some people who doesnt have that educational background but did really succeed into this industry.

Which you could eventually tell that there are really things which are really meant for you despite on lacking up that educational background but you shouldnt target out this kind of
mindset because nothing beats out if you do have that kind of knowledge or foundation when you do able to go into school or higher education.
There's that notable difference in between.

Higher Education can definitely help in entrepreneurship. Having a higher education can provide us with the necessary knowledge and skills to start and run a business successfully. It can also help us develop critical thinking, communication skills, and problem solving that are needed for entrepreneurship. It can also provide us with valuable networking opportunities that can help us to launch and expand the business.

I have seen so many people who only study in their productive time till 30 an above and stay home as unemployed an in same time many people get success till 30 who only have basic education with their money education, determination and right business knowledge. I am not saying without degree or education we will become success , specific theory will studied at sudden period of time but rest is depend on how we handle real life challenge, how to handle failure, how to overcome from unsuccess all this thing will teach you, your own experience in life.

that's why it's very important to have education which we will gain it from going to school not only just to build knowledge but also they provide us more experience so that when we go to the real world we have the idea already of what we're facing and we know how to deal with all the problems and test in life.

If you don't have a job after graduation, it's not necessarily the fault of education, it's because you haven't tried your best. Many people have just graduated from school without experience, but they are willing to do low-wage, even unpaid, jobs to gain experience. But many people graduate thinking they will only go to work when they receive a high salary, while they have no experience other than the degree that many others also have.

In my area, many college students are unemployed, and they blame it on education. But when I tested a few people in my neighborhood, their knowledge was even lower than that of a 9th grader. Maybe partly the fault of the education system in poor countries, but mostly our fault because we didn't study hard to get good knowledge. For these people, they deserve to be unemployed when they graduate.

To be successful requires many factors, not every university can be successful, but if you have a high level of education, you will always have more opportunities than others.

Entrepreneurship often requires a willingness to take risks, persistence and a strong work ethic. My view is that having a tertiary education can provide a solid foundation for entrepreneurship, but it is important to approach education as part of a larger strategy for building a successful business, rather than relying solely on academic credentials.

In fact, some of the most successful entrepreneurs have achieved success through trial and error, learning on the fly, and being willing to take risks and pivot as needed.

It's a building process to prepare us for what the real world is offering,

Having a good education gives you much clear understanding of what the world will do after you finished your study, all
those fundamentals that you learn will be applied.

Getting higher education means that you have good opportunities to showcase what you learn and to have that edge
from other people who don't have that privileges to attain that same level of education.

Well you are right. because basically if we have mastered it theoretically and have learned everything from the experiences of other people written in books or shared by a lecturer, it will certainly be useful and help us more quickly understand the situations we will face in work in real life.

Insights gained from higher education can also make our chances of success in building a business so that there are fewer failures. Because we have mastered the theory and when we practice we will not be too surprised and will quickly understand the situation we are in. different from people who still really have no insight regarding the business they will run. they will only speculate more and guess without a solid foundation. and that makes them more prone to failure.

It is important to keep in mind that majors often become obsolete before a person graduates from college. That is, when a person goes to study a specialty that is in demand at that time, it can happen that by the time he graduates from college in a few years, that specialty will no longer be in demand. That is why higher education should be preferred to short-term specialty courses.

Actually i do have some regrets on choosing up my course on which i didnt able to foresee about the future in speaking about demand,considering that technology and advancement is really inevitably
going up and progressive. Why i didnt take any IT related course? If i do able to realize it earlier then i might be working or would really be that skillfull for me to deal up with most technological kind of approach into something which is connected. This is why i do have those kind of regrets but well there's no way on getting back on things. Its true that we shouldnt really focused on whats the current in demand courses because we know that on the time we do graduate, there would be no assurance that we would get hired or the job demand would really be still there.
We cant really be that so sure on what would happen ahead but having that educational background or having a degree would really be giving out
some advantage.

I don't know what the situation is like in your country's universities. But in my country, universities provide most of the basic professions and their needs are found in all companies today. I have never heard of any major becoming obsolete. If we graduate without a job, it is most likely because our qualifications and experience cannot compete with other competitors.

Like the IT major, 10 years ago, I heard it was a hot major, and now it's also a very lucrative job. However, there are still many IT graduates who are unemployed, simply because their expertise is not good enough to compete.

Regrets? Everyone has one, right? We get lost in thought, wandering around in a labyrinth of what-ifs about the decisions we've made. However, there is no way to go back in time. We keep going and trying to stay positive. Please take note of the current employment market and the most in-demand abilities. Follow your passions while keeping an eye on the realistic future of your chosen profession.

Here's the deal: the labor market is volatile, and what talents are in high demand today may be obsolete tomorrow. Learning and flexibility? Key. A certificate, a diploma? They will help you stand out. So, here's the plan: do what makes you happy while keeping one eye on the job market and one's knowledge of current marketable talents. Never stop expanding your knowledge either

Yes, it is true that many people who succeed in life without having completed a higher education do so because they possess the necessary practical knowledge and are aware of the appropriate applications for it. Therefore, higher education does not determine our success in all respects, but it does seriously assist us in many  ways of life especially business term. It is evident that those who have completed higher education are more successful in numerous businesses than those who have not. Therefore, if we want to run a great big business, higher education must go along with it.

Those theories you learned, you will put them into practice as you start your business and with time, you'll get the experience.
The practical aspect of the business, that is, in the real world, the theories may not always be enough, that is why you need the experience.
When you get the experience you'll begin to understand things those theories didn't teach you or things you didn't really understand.
Education in higher education broadens your mind and makes your mind sharp and quick to learn. Education helps you become more exposed and in some cases helps you think outside the box.
That is why even successful and experienced entrepreneurs still take business courses and learn more.

Higher education plays a key role in  society, it helps people  to develop the skills and knowledge that  need to succeed in today's world. It may improve career opportunities, received higher pay, experience greater cultural awareness and have a lots of choice for life. Higher education may help to entrepreneur and make future brighter.

Higher education is obviously helpful for entrepreneurship since it provides the necessary knowledge and skills to succeed. However, it requires a lot of education and research to gain that knowledge and after completing your education, the hardest part is putting that knowledge into practice. I suggest attending as many interesting seminars or meetings related to entrepreneurship to gain more knowledge and insights. Then, you can start your own small business and see if it works using the knowledge and skills you have acquired.
This is normal and obvious because being a successful entrepreneur requires a sharp and clear mind as well as the ability to communicate with people and implement effective plans. In fact, education is essential and I have never heard of a successful entrepreneur who wasn't educated.

Higher education does have an important role in society, because even if he doesn't have a business that is more successful, those who get education can become mouthpieces for the community, because from that it can spread knowledge among the community.

The practice of theory that is created and carried out is indeed quite difficult, therefore someone who has a higher education degree may not necessarily be able to carry it out properly when the practice is carried out.

To be honest, there are many people (https://www.google.com/search?q=successful+people+without+educational+degrees&rlz=1C1CHWL_idID1029ID1029&oq=successful+people+without+educational+degrees&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i22i30l2.844j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) who do not have a higher education degree to achieve success, but some of them have touched higher education but did not complete it, but after a successful career, they continue their education and get a degree aimed at increasing their capabilities and business scope.

Even if people who have higher education do not find success in their careers, but on average they spread what they have learned and analysis from various kinds of successful people that make that knowledge widespread and that is the important role of education.

Maybe it is true that education is important to start a business but the knowledge to start a business and even manage a business is not only obtained from highly educated women but also from experience

Yes, PR is important and the advantages in having higher education is you are more confident communicating.

You have the right skills to promote and sell your product or services as you have that knowledge
or better to say a communicative skill that can bring the attentions of your target venue to earn the
trust and interest, listening to what you are promoting.

Not all needs higher education and that's no secret at all, there are people who can be successful by
doing extra efforts to learn the right process.

I think education is very important because education has a big role in providing opportunities for a better life, and with education we can gain experience. And with experience we can also take life lessons, actually there is no need to choose, because the two are ultimately interrelated.
so education is very important for us to have at the beginning to run a business or something and then with education we will more easily and quickly gain a lot of experience that will make our lives better.

In this day and age, it is no longer based on the level of education, because I have seen and read many people who have been successful in their lives who did not finish school. But I am not saying that any degree completed is not helpful.

     My only point is that most of those who have graduated their mindset is to become an employee, but most of those who are successful in life are those who did not graduate, and the business owners that most of them I don't agree with are all their employees who have graduated of learning. Maybe the only benifits is that you have a diploma to show that you finished the course you chose or you just have achievements.

No, you are taking me wrong way. I am not blaming  education. What I am trying to said, if we don't start our carrier in right time in right age then might be we lose our productive time and age. And yes if we don't work for long time after complete our study then most probably our mind will adopt the habit of not working. Trust me this habit is really dangerous for an individual, and there is a saying empty mind is home of evil. I am not against education. After peruse sudden sudden limit of education we must have to start our carrier no matter how small it is but at least we learn something new and gain experiences from scratch to perfection

it's true that there are many examples of people who have been successful and don't even have a higher education, but we also have to look at the percentage of these people around the world, of course, very small.
there are so many benefits from higher education, even the smallest benefit we will get is the environment and also the relationships that will be very petrified for us to find jobs in the future.

Higher education can provide numerous benefits for individuals looking to pursue entrepreneurship. Higher education can provide a strong foundation of knowledge and skills that can be applied to starting and running a business for example courses in business management, marketing, finance and accounting can provide a solid understanding of the key concepts and practices involved in running a successful business. Higher education can also provide valuable networking opportunities. Students can connect with professors, classmates and alumni who may have experience in entrepreneurship or who may be able to offer guidance and support. Participating in student organizations can also provide opportunities to meet like minded individuals who share similar interests and goals. Higher education can certainly provide advantages for aspiring entrepreneurs, it is important to note that it is not a requirement for success. Many successful entrepreneurs have achieved their goals without formal education, relying instead on their own skills, experience and determination. Weather or not higher education is necessary for entrepreneurship depends on the individual goals, circumstances and resources.

I like your answer about the importance of education. Because you explained the reason quite completely. And I would like to add that entering a formal education level is like entering a well-known university for example. it can also bring two benefits at once. namely 1. getting knowledge of course, and 2. Getting lots of relationships that can help build our business in the future. One example is the creator of the Facebook platform, Mark Zuckerberg. He studied at a well-known university, namely Harvard. although he did not complete his bachelor's degree at that time. but the beginning of his success came from there. because he got acquaintances from the university who became important relations and at the same time investors for him in developing the project he was working on at that time, namely Facebook.

Education and Relationships are two important things in any business.

It is necessary to have a hands on in entrepreneurship while obtaining higher education. Because theoretical education can only teach the basic information. It would be better to have a hands on because not all theoretical learnings can be applied in entrepreneurship. Just like what i had finished in college i was not able to apply everything i had learned in my Bachelors degree the actual entrepreneurship or a job practice is very different. But still the learnings in Higher education could still equip us with knowledge and skills it is just that it is limited to the actual business or a job.

I think variety. Because this depends on the basic basis. especially if that person is indeed descended from a family of businessmen and if he continues his education in economics and finance school and gets a degree. I think it's like once you dive you can drink milk too. Genetic factors also play a role, even if those who are not born need time and field tests to become proficient in business.

Children of entrepreneurs, their academic choices are always commensurate with the type of business they run. This is a concept from the mindset of a good manager who aspires to bequeath his business to the right person.
On the other hand, the academic choice is not a prerequisite for entering the field of business, and this can be proven by counting the number of small and medium enterprises, which represent the largest economic sector. You will find its owners whose origins go back to different social classes, and a large percentage gained experience through perseverance and hard work.

It is certainly true that Education alone is not enough. Along with Education you should also possess the necessary skills that are Applicable in practical life. Education is important so that you can differentiate between right and wrong. Though skills are acquired when you have the intention to learn and perform  specific task.
  
I have seen many people in my life who have completed their degrees but have zero skills, which leads to them not being suitable for jobs or starting their own businesses. They end up wasting a lot of time trying  start a business. Education alone is not sufficient you also need to keep an eye on various technical aspects.

Theory and practice sometimes do have slight differences. This means that the lessons taught in class are sometimes a little different from work in the field. but at least when we already have a theory, this will allow us to minimize failures in our entrepreneurship. And sometimes highly educated people they have learned from other people's experiences that are written down in a history book or something like that. so that when we practice in the field we are familiar with all the terms in the field. and we will find it easier to understand field conditions more quickly. different from people who start completely from scratch. without insight without theory. they will literally grope and speculate a lot without any definite basis in it. so they are more prone to failure.

Yes, education is necessary, but it is not the only factor that helps a person succeed, we need many soft skills, how to apply knowledge... to be successful. It's funny how many people fail and blames education and thinks they are not needed nowadays. I see many people like to compare themselves to other geniuses in the world, billionaires who don't have a college degree but are becoming billionaires like Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg. But they forget that those billionaires are more intelligent than people and have a better starting point than us. It is foolish to think that you will be like them when you have nothing in your hand, including knowledge, do not expect success, let alone be like them.

An academic degree shows that you have higher education through a number of testing processes and then graduate, but higher education does not guarantee you future success. People who really have competence after going through the education process will find it easier to get opportunities for work or entrepreneurship with the capital of using their competencies, while those who do not have competence only have a title in front of their name.

People who have competence find it easier to develop their business with brilliant ideas that are applied to business fields. Competence can not only be obtained through higher education, experience really helps someone to become an entrepreneur. Those who have experience have gone through the process through direct practice in the field, while those who study at the faculty only learn the theory.

Yes I agree with you, education does not guarantee someone to be successful. Education and learning are essentially in order to know the manners of correct behavior. not identified with the problem of success. Because children who are academically smart tend to be introverted while children who are considered uneducated tend to have broad associations, so they are smarter at lobbying and are not awkward in front of people. to get business and job opportunities by any means which I think is one of the factors of the opposite phenomenon. Because many successful people in this world have never studied but they are more successful in a business.

But it would be better if we have both, educated and experienced. Because theory is sometimes also important so that we are fast in business endeavors. Yanga, in essence, a successful person does not need a lot of theory, but is smart and good at looking for opportunities. He will "hire" smart and diligent people to add to his success.

Unfortunately, I would have to disagree with you. The more educated a person is, the more he knows and therefore the more successful he can make himself. Without knowledge, you cannot reach success unless you count being lucky the same as successful.

Furthermore, a degree is always looked favorably upon by employers, and therefore landing a job, especially a job that pays a handsome amount of money is much easier with a degree than without a degree. This also has an effect on the success of a person. Especially when a person is saving up money from their good job instead of living paycheck to paycheck and coming home tired and sweaty from their minimum pay labor work.

However, any person can become educated enough to become successful without a degree. Its just an easier path if you have a degree.

Our mindset towards what Zuckerberg and Bill Gates have achieved is wrong and it must be changed,
we consider them the same as us so conclude that education is not important,
for me education is basic and it is important.

I no say that Education is not necessary for everyone person.Education is necessary for everyone. It  is the foundation of human development and a means of learning and understanding. But all of this depends on your ecosytem and environment. In some countries people face difficulties in finding employment even when they are Graduates because job opportunities are scarce and they may lack the necessary skills. So, What I meant was that Education is essential for every individual But alongside that have skills is also necessary.

Education doesn't guarantee success. Without formal education, many have succeeded. However, generalizations must be avoided. Let's analyze this. Your claim is that academically gifted people are shy and poor networkers. Isn't this oversimplifying? People have many abilities and traits, thus they don't always fit into these categories. Hiring "smart and diligent" people to succeed is intriguing. Isn't education crucial here? Wouldn't an education system that prioritizes knowledge and hard effort produce "smart and diligent" people?

You are totally wrong on the part that 'educated people tend to be introverted' and 'uneducated people tend to be extroverted' there is no single study that proof that, and I know a lot of highly educated people with amazing social skill. Education never determine social skills, a professor could be very extrovert and easy to mingle, and someone who never graduated high school could be very shy and not very talkative, it could also be the opposite.

And I can assure you that most of the people who earn a lot of money has higher education than most of people who earn less, you can read it here
https://research.stlouisfed.org/publications/page1-econ/2017/01/03/education-income-and-wealth

Education is our weapon in our life, but sometimes experience bypass this. I believe that, experience is our shield and education is the sword. Combining these two would make you unbeatable.

Some people will have different opinions on this, some people will put education as the main basis for success, while others will say no. Overall, I agree that education does not guarantee success, even nowadays many people are successful without higher education. Overall I agree that education does not guarantee success, in fact many people are now successful without higher education. However, education can be one of the paths to success as long as one is able to utilize their skills to achieve success.
Now I can say it goes back to the individual, because in essence success is a picture of how an individual moves so as to produce or find an opportunity that will bring them success.
If someone has a high education but can only stay silent, then how can they be successful, yes unless they have privileges that make it easier for them to achieve it.
But sometimes we cannot forget that luck must also accompany our efforts, because however I see it will always go hand in hand, although maybe luck can be created with the ability and hard work done by an individual.

Education matters, and the ability to apply the knowledge gained is even more valuable. Shyness is not a sentence, I know examples of people who could not connect a few words due to embarrassment, but this is all overcome by practice, the more attempts the more experience you will gain and in the end it will allow you to get the necessary communication skills.

But education in any case plays an important role, since shyness cannot interfere with knowledge if a person really wants to achieve success. At some point, we have to fight our fears in order to grow, everyone who has gone through this will understand what I'm talking about.

People will indeed find it easier to run something when they have enough experience and education for a thing. But to achieve these two things, of course everyone also needs money at first which will usually be given by our respective parents in life. Because without basic help from our respective parents, of course everyone will find it difficult to walk or to do something that we need in life. That is why education and experience are important so that a person can achieve the benefits in his life as we desire.

Of course, because education is very useful for improving and providing information and understanding of all existing knowledge to everyone, especially if you look at the times that are constantly developing, the younger generation inevitably have to continue learning to gain broader knowledge and experience. . The money factor clearly has a very important role in this situation, and some people have sacrificed a lot of money just to gain knowledge and experience in their education. But on the other hand, I don't think that money is completely a requirement for acquiring various knowledge, because it does not rule out the possibility for a person to acquire new knowledge and knowledge from various places, for example in a job that indirectly provides new experience. and knowledge, or from many relationships with other people it is also very likely that someone will get it, in essence environmental factors will also have a great opportunity to gain various experiences and knowledge.

Having high knowledge and extensive experience will be very beneficial for one's life. For example, when we want to run a business, we cannot be careless in running it, at least we have sufficient basic knowledge and experience to be able to get into it. The money factor will not be too influential in a field, let alone business if someone does not have sufficient basic knowledge about that field.

Overall your statement is very correct I totally agree that money is the important factor but knowledge is the source.  I try to add just a few things related to the importance of education.  First I think with education we can have connections, the higher the level of education, the more connections will automatically increase.  Both self-taught learning or through education are the same, desire and awareness play an important role here.  The three time you have to learn and apply knowledge will make someone become an expert, the longer it takes, the more expert.

 However, it should also be noted that the luck factor is the result of hard work meeting opportunity.  I assume so not without reason.  It would seem that knowledge is normal in the hands of people who are educated but don't want to work and don't want to take the opportunities that exist.  Whether it's in business, investment or anything that can bring benefits in the long term.

Nothing beats out on having that educational attainment or degree on which it would really be that an advantaged compared to those who havent stepped out on school, because if we do pertain about the knowledge
that we do have then at least we do have the edge on assessing on things because we do have that learnings which other people doesnt have.On the time that you do tend to engage into something then
with those learnings and idea then you would really be knowing about the basics and proper procedure on how to dealt up with those things. This is why education is the only thing on which our parents
really gave out and letting to get a degree because one day it would really be that helpful on getting our job and really be wary on how this world works. Although it doesnt really mean or give out that
success because we know that in life which there's no guarantee, no matter how many certificates you do have but if you arent that knowledgeable on making decisions then it would be still pointless.

In the autumn I will start my studies, but in order not to depend on my parents' money, I now work a lot, I have two jobs, and for a while I didn’t even go to the forum, but I got a steady income, so to say. The work is temporary, I warned employers that most likely I could only work for them in the summer, but I would see when my studies begin, maybe I will continue to go to one of them if it does not interfere with my studies. I save a little money, and for some part I try to buy bitcoin. Everything seems to be going well, but I have very little free time, I would not want to live like this all my life.

However, the majority of individuals suggest that the degrees serve as signaling devices. Employers cannot quickly determine whether or not a candidate is capable and willing to work hard. A degree from a reputable university may give some indication. In this way, knowledge gained from a higher education institute may become less valuable.

Obtaining a good education. The human brain reaches its pinnacle of gaining knowledge throughout the adolescence years. Higher education is specifically designed to challenge and develop the intellect and its analytical skills: problem-solving, communication, diagnosis, research, critical thinking, organization, creativity, and so on. Sure, you can learn these abilities without attending to college, but few activities deliver the same intensity and results. Higher education, like boot camp, enhances your ability to be a better everything. Higher education will improve you as long as you are capable and motivated.

In my point of view in order to get into entrepreneurship having high education is not necessary, I am not saying education is not important in business. college degree is not required to start a business but it certainly helps in business. Theoretical education will help to give you basic knowledge about entrepreneurship. From education institutions we get theoretical knowledge about business and we get concreate experience from real life. In theory, many assumptions are made to explain the phenomenon and concepts but in real life assumption does not work.      

Education may not be a prerequisite for a successful business enterprise but will later be needed to stand out among others because if you're intending to go big and global with your business or enterprise you do, you needed more educative business strategies to survived through the challenges you may come across, because there you will have competitors challenge, financial challenge, organizational challenge political and other sources of business challenges.


What is most important here is to have a start at first, get the required knowledge or business and entrepreneurs skills needed to create or start something, then back it up with education to make it more professional.

For sure a lot of people are going to say that higher education wasn't really needed in order to become successful, I mean most of the famous successful people are dropouts and didn't even finish their studies right, like bill gates, steve jobs, Mark, etc.  In my opinion, it still would depend on how you're going to handle yourself, I mean most people are going to prefer getting that education since it's going to be a big help on your journey to becoming a success. For sure it is still possible to become successful even though you didn't have this kind of education and stuff, I mean a lot of people could argue that primary education is just a funny joke, and we should take it and go straight on starting on becoming an entrepreneur. But all of it will just depend on your strategy and mindset if you didn't have an education but have the right mindset, and your clever you could probably still make it. I guess one of the things that educations luck is just they just didn't teach us how we are going to handle our money, most of it is just aligned so that after you graduate you're going to become a worker or something like that, and if you dont didn't go out on that kind of situation you're going to be stack on that on your lifetime.

Why would really be needing to choose up if you could really be having both? Having educational background at the same time you do have those other skills that you could be having.It is really just that a wrong mindset for you not to get some degree just because you are pertaining on trying to go with the path of those successful person who doesnt have that educational background but take note that not all would
really be having on the same situation or condition ended up on being successful.

Always set up yourself on a course on which you do seem that it would really benefit you out the most and would really be something that would be beneficial on long term. Just dont make yourself
that being hyped on what you are currently look at on certain personalities because it  doesnt mean that they could able to do or achieve such thing you do able to do the same.
There are lots of factors which needed up to be check out first before making your step or decision.

It's quite funny that people always say that college is not necessary and they always compare the top billionaires in the world.  but they never looked back at themselves when making such lame comparisons. Gate or Steve Jobs, Mark ... they are all outstanding geniuses, they come from rich backgrounds, and such people are just a minority in the world's 8 billion population.  While we are just ordinary people, and born into a poor family, if we lack education, there will not be much chance of success for us. unemployed people always blame education for being lazy and useless.

Agreed, people have difference of opinion on the college education based on how they've succeeded in life. In all means education helps the poor as well as the rich. The education makes a person perfect for the society than making him millionaires and billionaires. Even the uneducated learn from others, everyone in one way or the other keeps learning. When you find yourself rich you need to stand equal with the educated ones where you need to express your thoughts. Here money doesn't get its importance, so everywhere learning happens, but the formal education lacks with the person who had made themselves high through hardwork.

It is true that we do not need a college degree in starting a business. However, it does serve as a good business foundation as having such background will allow you to not be clueless once you decide to start. Moreover, a background in education builds image that mainly attracts the trust and confidence of your future clients to you.

The benefits of higher education are for those who seek to be employed forever.

I am happy when I see young people like you who are trying to live independently and not burden their parents too much financially. I hope you and your studies can run smoothly. But one suggestion from me is that you still have to have a side job that is close to the faculty where you study. And remember you will need more money when you start college. Many of the tasks that you have to do that require money. In essence, it would be great if you still have income while you are studying.

I think all the people who are involved in this bitcoin forum have higher education or are pursuing higher education. People from different countries are involved in bitcoin forum. Because it is impossible to operate Bitcoin forum without highly skilled, sharp minded, patient people. The education system of a country is built keeping in mind the future needs, problems, crises and possibilities of that country. The main objective of this system is to enable a citizen to fulfill the responsibilities of his personal, family, social, state and professional life. Each person's choice is unique, each arranges his own life. You should not blindly believe that without higher education you will be able to get into a decent and well paying job. Of course there are exceptions.  Even apart from those who got jobs for influential or rich relatives, there are people of talent and skill at higher levels. But where is the guarantee? Employers now prefer people who have higher education diplomas. Here we are talking about higher education diplomas! If a person has no talent or desire, nothing will help him. Higher education here will only facilitate the process of starting a business and its development. Sometimes higher education involves studying many unnecessary and uninteresting subjects which will never be useful in future.

Education is just the recipe, trust me, it's different when you're in the real world competing from other entrepreneurs. You're gonna learn new things that can't be teach in school, because you have to be unique in order to become a successful entrepreneur, even a businessman. Most of the stuff that's been taught in school will never help you in the real world, especially integral and differential calculus, unless your field of business needs that kind of knowledge.