college

also referred to as: colleges

6 statements across 6 episodes · 1 bullish · 3 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Anu Hariharan · across every show →

Everything said about college, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Contradicted
Hariharan: Facebook penetrated 80% of US colleges in 18 months
“They did penetrate almost 80% of the colleges in 18 months.”
Anu Hariharan Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 6:55 a16z Podcast | Getting Network Effects
Feb 2, 2019 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chen: Lifetime education spending drops to near zero after college
“The way I think about education spending over a lifetime today is kind of like there's an elephant inside a python, right, which is you spend a lot of money and then you get to College, right, where you have the five 29 plan, right, to help subsidize, right, t…”
Frank Chen Feb 2, 2019 ▶ 26:01 What's Next for Education Startups in 2019 (Part II)
Oct 21, 2023 negative
Opinion
Horowitz: Student debt crisis exists because college isn't worth the cost
“That's kind of the ultimate treating the symptom and not the cause, because why can't any of these students pay back their loans? And the obvious answer is college isn't worth the money you pay for it. And then it doesn't translate into a job that enables you …”
Ben Horowitz Oct 21, 2023 ▶ 1:09:04 Why It's Time to Be A Techno-Optimist
Jan 13, 2024 negative
Opinion
Horowitz: College is a scam for a huge percentage of students
“We as a society are running a scam and ripping off a huge percentage of our young people who are going to college with the clear expectation that they're going to get a higher quality job and being able to pay for college. But that's absolutely not the case.”
Ben Horowitz Jan 13, 2024 ▶ 43:09 Crisis in Higher Ed & Why Universities Still Matter
Apr 24, 2024 bearish
Opinion
Horowitz: College is clearly not worth the money
“I think people are starting to realize, okay, college is clearly not worth the money.”
Ben Horowitz Apr 24, 2024 ▶ 53:19 Startup Building: Major Shifts in Tech & Culture
Apr 6, 2026 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Yang Wants His Kids to Build Businesses and Skip College
“That, that, that's my plan for my kids, dude. Like, I want them to just build, like bootstrap businesses in high, high school. And they can skip the whole college and, like corporate life.”
Peter Yang Apr 6, 2026 ▶ 23:16 OpenClaw, Claude Code, and the Future of Software | Peter Yang on The a16z Show
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