Pay Pal Founder To Give Students $100k to Drop Out

Peter Thiel, PayPal Founder and maverick investor has a new program to move our world forward. He intends to find 20 students under 20 years old, and give them up to $100k to "stop out" of school for 2 years to develop ideas, start companies and change the world.

He cites the increased costs of education, a risk averse culture, and limited exposure to entrepreneurship as main reasons for this program. 

He made the announcement at the TechCrunch Distrupt event, see minute 18 of the video. 

To learn more, visit The Thiel Foundation website.

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Meet T.J. Pluhacek, the Youngest iPad App Developer

This kid is cooler than your kid. I love seeing stories of young entrepreneurs. I was consistently getting busted in elementary school for selling WarHeads and Cry Babys and finally switched to online software sales at the age of 10. The shit I could have done with an iPad back then. Congrats to TJ! How many schools out there are running scared to ban the iPad?

STORY: Meet T.J. Pluhacek, the Youngest iPad App Developer

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Raising Kids to Be Entrepreneurs

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How to Make Extra Money as a Teacher

STORY: Six Figures With Student Housing

I had a chance to catch up with Doug Fath, a former substitute teacher who now makes over 6 figures a year in passive income (working less than 6 hours per week) by investing in student housing. He's now put together a ton of free videos explaining how he's doing this and how teachers (and others) can benefit from his system.

This is perfect for any teachers or parents looking to make some additional income this year. Very cool! 

Visit his site to learn more >> Six Figures With Student Housing

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