I dropped out of my PhD program in machine learning to join a startup, which was a high-risk decision that ultimately paid off.

I applied to Y Combinator on a long shot, not expecting to get in, but after interviewing in Palo Alto, I was accepted and dropped out of graduate school to pursue my startup.

While running 'The Point', we launched Groupon as a side project, which allowed me to shift my focus without admitting that 'The Point' was failing.

I came up with the idea for 'The Point' while I was a grad student at the University of Chicago, aiming to create a social platform for collective action that required a tipping point of participation.

I dropped out of high school to begin my journey as a software engineer after being offered a job at a startup in Switzerland.

I got my first job by offering to work for free at a startup, which was my entry point into the tech industry.

After quitting my job at Amazon, I moved to San Francisco where I found a co-founder and began working on various startup ideas without being picky about the market.

I decided to start an internet company in 1995 instead of pursuing a PhD at Stanford because I wanted to be part of the technological advancements happening at that time.

Achieving a million dollars in crowdfunding was crucial for us to break into Silicon Valley and prove our success to investors.