MIT dropout’s two startups announce shutdown weeks apart

The "genius college dropout" narrative is a dangerous myth. While we idolize Gates and Zuckerberg, MIT dropout Tieshun Roquerre just saw two major crypto projects, Blur and Blast, collapse within weeks. Blast’s revenue plummeted from $3.5 million to a staggering $1,793, proving that dropping out to "disrupt" often leads to total failure rather than a billion-dollar exit. Is it time to stop encouraging students to quit school for the sake of tech hype? What do you think?
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