How much does education matter?
jacquesm: I have yet to see this make a difference. The VCs that I work with look at the team, that's for sure. It won't hurt if you have a good education. But the focus is on the business, how well the team works as a team and how solid the business is put together.Given the choice between a startup done by 3 guys with degrees from some prestigious university but with no solid business behind it or by 3 high school drop-outs with a can-do attitude and a lot of drive I'm pretty sure they'd go for the latter.Where a university will help you is that you usually have access to the 'old boys network', if none of the co-founders has such access it may take a bit more effort to get the doors open.