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she'd asked me well what about the phd track and i was just about to start my third company i was like you know i'm gonna get a bachelor's and basically because of you otherwise i would have long dropped out and moved to palo alto and started a company already it all worked out in the end so i'm not complaining but they grew up in a world where entrepreneurship was not a factor so the union was not a place where entrepreneurship meant anything in those days i would love for my kids to