Jim Fowler

It was sophomore year where I'd already gone through all the psychology and sociology and all those classes you have to take as a freshman.

And I took accounting and statistics.

And I hated it.

I mean, beyond imagination.

And I'll never forget thinking,

This is a risk, but I can't stand this.

I think learning the theory that you learn in business school is not worthwhile if you're going to be an entrepreneur.

And I remember thinking very distinctly, I'm going to hire people to do accounting and statistics for me one day.

I actually changed my major to Central and East European Studies.

At the time, I was really afraid.

I was about age 20.

I was thinking back when I looked at this question.

What I would tell myself is, you're making the right decision.

Go major in something that you really enjoy because I think being multifaceted is one of the most important parts of being an entrepreneur because it forces you to start looking at things from different lenses.

And that's why I'm not a big fan of, of MBAs.

I just, I really think that it teaches you the academic and theoretical side of business and you're going to get a lot better help, you know, by getting some training that's really completely opposite or, you know, a completely different facet of what you think.

And I've seen this happen over and over again.

Some, some of the best computer programmers in the Silicon Valley or had a liberal arts degree.

Yeah, yeah.

Now, if you're going to be a VC or you're going to be, you know, there are certain times when you need, you know, a sheepskin from, you know, Stanford or Harvard or Wharton.