Many of today's well-known entrepreneurs, like Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and other tech visionaries, share one thing in common: no college degree. That should be of no surprise, because there are now more independent business owners without a four-year degree than those with a bachelor’s degree or higher, according to a survey conducted by CNBC and SurveyMonkey.
The underpinning of the American dream is upward mobility. It happens through a combination of education, grit and a dose of luck. But education is the operative: the defining feature of access to a good life both personally and professionally.
