"Why I Dropped Out of College and What Happened Next

huffingtonpost.com

A college education, depending on your major never provides a student with a specialized skill-set. College also never informs students that graduation isn't the end, but only the beginning..It all started in 2004. I had just graduated from high school and I was looking forward to going to college. Like millions of other kids I was pursuing a degree in business and marketing. Also, like other kids I had no idea what I was going to do with my life, but I knew that business and marketing would somehow fit into my overall life plan.

In the fall of 2005 I began to notice that things were changing, in business, education and in the economy. It wasn't something that was widely discussed in the media or amongst the general public, but I felt it.

High speed wireless Internet (DSL) had just gone mainstream and eCommerce was beginning to be adopted by the masses. This opened up a world of opportunity for entrepreneurs. No longer did you have to get a loan and set up a brick and mortar shop to start and run a business.

In-between school and work I began teaching myself web design and online marketing.

Through the course of the next 9 years I would continue to perfect my skills and build upon new ones as new trends in business and marketing evolved."

Read the full article HERE in The Huffington Post