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Business? >> oh yeah. i have a business. >> are you making money? >> yes, yes. >> what can a student or you? >> terrible. i filled almost all of my classes. >> what? >> yes. >> why is that? >> would not do homework murder would leave school go home and work on freelance web design for my clients. >> how did your peers feel about this? >> terrible for the longest time. what we do when you get a slight feeling out of school? consistently every year? my college counselor called my mom and dad together and said you know, i think your son is on drugs. [laughter] >> jackson's mom gave him a choice. ...

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You were making while you were in high school? >> my company was worth almost a million dollars. >> before you sold it. >> yeah. >> after high school, abenezer planned to study computer science and business at the new jersey institute of technology. >> thank you. >> but then he discovered make school, and his plans changed overnight. >> was there always an expectation that you would go to university? >> of course. my parents and all my friends thought, "hey, this guy is crazy." but i think that times are changing. we're in the digital era right now, and that's not going to change. it's only go...

Like m.i.t. and harvard to be here. >> so who in silicon valley would create an institution like this? a 23-year-old college dropout, of course. >> we're taking students who have already discovered they're very passionate about building apps, and we are giving them a shortened, focused university experience that'll let them pursue a career as a software developer or a start-up founder. >> ashu desai cofounded make school. the program differs from traditional school in one major way. it's a start-up itself funded by venture capitalists, and they only invest because they hope to see a return. >>...

Now let's send it in to advisors. >> okay. >> so how are these people paid? >> so whenever you make a purchase, we get commission from people like amazon or h&m. and look, you got a response. >> oh, okay. "oh, nice outfit, but i would add a little color just to make it pop a bit more." she suggests i do something like that. so it's kind of like the uber for advice. >> exactly, and any professional in any industry can come on and provide advice whenever they want to, wherever they want to. >> that's awesome. >> sweet. >> good job, kid. there's no question that make school is helping abe to prog...