Stripe CEO says his ‘urgency’ to drop out of MIT ‘was a bit unnecessary’

Patrick Collison dropped out of MIT twice before going on to become the cofounder and CEO of Stripe. In an interview at Y Combinator’s Startup School, Collison imparted some of his wisdom to the Gen Z founders in the crowd, advising them not to feel pressured to make the same choice he made. “When I was dropping out, people thought it was super weird,” Collison said. “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 . . . was a bit unnecessary. “I thought that a bunch of the opportunities in startups and in Silico...