I do think it would have been a more interesting study if he did find the brightest from underpriveleged children and see how they did with top college grads 10 years from now.
But you cannot practice law or be an engineer or be a physician or a dentist without college. You cannot even be an occupational therapist without college and a license. And not every one is entrepeneurial.
And, the biggest problem, is not having an idea, but the marketing. In general, people don't like the marketing. I did the Frastrac course in NYC and Bloomberg came in and talked about when he started his company-- which took 3 years to develop, he went to Merrill Lynch offices early in the morning with a tray of coffees to see who was in and schmooze. First, since 9/11, you cannot walk into an office building anymore without an appt and ID. So that wouldn't work in today's age.
In the Fastrac course, you had ideas, but they said plans always fall apart when entrepeneurs have to sell.
