Four years of college will teach you some things.
Four years of starting a business will teach you more.
Given a 22 year old applicatant for a job, I will take the one who never went to college and started a business over the newly minted degree, generally.
There is a third path-- drop out to join a startup that's just gotten funded. You learn a lot, reduce risk of not geting your idea off the ground after you drop out, and you will earn money rather than increase your debt burden.
Four years of college will teach you some things. Four years of starting a business will teach you more.
Given a 22 year old applicatant for a job, I will take the one who never went to college and started a business over the newly minted degree, generally.
There is a third path-- drop out to join a startup that's just gotten funded. You learn a lot, reduce risk of not geting your idea off the ground after you drop out, and you will earn money rather than increase your debt burden.