Post by Michael Liu

Three days ago, he dropped out of college to go all in on his startup. Not because he was failing. Because he couldn't afford to slow down. At 22, he's already built four apps that generated 55 million social media views. While his classmates were cramming for finals, he was raising his first angel check, managing 10,000 users, and burning tens of thousands in cloud credits. Building. His résumé before the dropout: Cabana: A roommate-finding app. 5,000 downloads. Taught him how to lead a team. Forever Young: An AI skincare app. 5 million views. Taught him he hated managing content creators. Cooked AI: A social roasting app. Hit #1 in its category. Pixero: An AI content platform. 50 million views, organically Four apps. Three built between classes. Then a Google engineer asked to join as co-founder. YC invited him to interview. And suddenly, staying in school felt like watching the game from the sidelines. Most people would hedge. Keep one foot in, just in case. He didn't. Because here's what he realized: "Momentum dies. A degree doesn't." You can always go back to school. You can't always get back the moment when your co-founder is ready, your users are growing, and your product is taking off. Momentum doesn't wait for you to be ready. It rewards you for moving when it matters.