Einstein was a high-school drop-out, but that didn't prevent him from succeeding. And Dell certainly wasn't the only successful Silicon Valley drop-out, either. The founders of Apple, Bill Gates, are all dropouts. there are literally hundredsof examples of successful entrepreneurs who didn't complete college or high school. Because they were visionaries. They knew what they wanted to do, and how to do it. And the process didn't involve schooling, which was for them a waste of time, when they can be earning what they're earning doing what they do best. I don't think that your tendency to judge people based on their academic laurels is correct. If you take a survey of the richest people in the U.S., and eliminate heirs and pro-athletes, I think that you'll find a lot of 'poorly educated' people.
A lot of people have very prestigious degrees and still end up not going very far in the world. Success depends on your personal talent, hard work, insight and initiative, and not how many graduate degrees you have obtained from Harvard(Though it would help immensely in procuring contacts and financing, and in establishing a reputation).
P.S. About block trades. When Dell tops out, liquidity will be the heaviest. Even on "low" liquidity Dell trades 5 million shares/day easily. Unless I were an institutional heavyweight, which I obviously am not, I wouldn't have much of a problem. And even if I were a heavyweight, I wouldn't be moving in and out of a stock looking for quick gains either. |
