Patrick Collison

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Y Combinator Startup Podcast · Patrick Collison: "What If You Succeed?" · 3 Aug 2026 podcast

And I mean, way back then in the sort of pre-Cambrian era, startups were definitely much less well-known even on campus and so forth.

When I was dropping out, people thought it was super weird.

I think overall,

If you enjoy college, I think there's no harm in finishing.

I felt this real sense of urgency, which I think in hindsight was a bit unnecessary.

But if you don't enjoy college, just whatever.

It's not your thing.

It's not what captivates you.

You don't really want to learn all the physics things or whatever.

I think a lot of parents think that dropping out is very risky and will impugn your reputation for the rest of your life and so forth.

And as far as I can tell, nobody has ever cared.

So I both think you don't need to, but also the cost of doing so are de minimis.

What was the urgency you were feeling?

The urgency?

I don't know.

Life is short, right?

And I mean, it was a general kind of haste.

I think, you know, a lot of us, I'm sure many people here, you kind of get into this mode of speed running high school.

And then, you know, once you get to college, it's like, obviously, I want to speed run that as well and do all the things.

So it's a bit of that, a bit of...

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