Sentences with phrase «after i dropped out»

Zach Sims founded Codecademy two years ago, after dropping out of Columbia University, where he was studying political science.

Founded in 2013 by Jake Kassan and Kramer LaPlante after they dropped out of college to pursue their passion, MVMT started after the duo recognized a weakness in the market that they thought they could best.

After dropping out of high school to pursue his passion for technology, he gained real - world experience as a lead engineer at photo - sharing startup Fotolog, which ad network Hi - Media purchased in 2007 for $ 100 million.

After dropping out of York University, an 18 - year - old Cohl and a friend opened a strip club in Ottawa called Pandora's Box.

Having to replace Michael Keaton after he dropped out of making a third Batman movie, Kilmer came in with a smoother style, and audiences enjoyed it.

Even if we assume that all billionaires are college dropouts (hint: they aren't), that still results in a 0.005 percent chance of having dropped out, then of financial success after dropping out.

Hill said she wanted to pay what she owed, but was unable to after dropping out of the music business to focus on her family, leaving her with a typical single - mom income of only $ 1.8 million.

A Forbes profile of the billionaire says that years later, after dropping out of the City College of New York, Adelson «built a fortune running vending machines, selling newspaper ads, helping small businesses go public, developing condos, and hosting trade shows.»

In 2008, after he dropped out of the presidential nomination contest himself, Biden had to make a choice: endorse Obama or Clinton.

Bushnell's book doesn't provide intimate details about what Jobs was like after he dropped out of Reed College in Portland, Ore., and went to work as a technician in 1974 at Atari in Los Gatos, Calif..

After dropping out of a PhD program at Duke University to, in his own words «pursue a life of thought - crime,» Spencer worked as an editor at a variety of right - leaning publications including Taki's Magazine, American Conservative, and the National Review, and was fired from the latter two for his extreme and racist views.

After dropping out of an elite Manhattan high school, he worked as an intern for Jim Cramer's hedge fund as a 17 - year - old and quickly impressed with his ability to call stocks.

Theranos, a privately held company founded by Ms. Holmes, 31, after she dropped out of Stanford at age 19, has been trying to swat down suspicions that the capability it has promoted — being able to do a wide range of medical tests cheaply and quickly using only a finger prick of blood — is more hype than reality.

After they both dropped out of college, Moskovitz moved to California with Zuckerberg to focus on further developing Facebook.

A young woman described her process of moving back to the church after dropping out: «In my early teens... I just hit a stage that it seemed all boring....

Shortly after dropping out of grad school I was approached by a podcast network who offered to help me produce the the My Darling Vegan podcast, which gave me the confidence I needed to continue following my dreams.

The Coca - Cola Co stabilises brand value as Moutai soars - study The Coca - Cola Co's namesake product has arrested its slide down a list of the world's most valuable brands after dropping out of the to... read more

A weak CEO who in the end proved how weak he is when he couldn't stop Wenger from getting a new deal after dropping out the top 4 and hitting profits.

After dropping out of the marathon at the top of Heartbreak Hill, he went to the Eliot to watch the finish on television.

Our Championship opponents Nottingham Forest have recently sacked Mark Warburton after dropping out of the promotion race and as they are now firmly ensconced in mid-table they have little else to play for except a glorious FA Cup run, and with the new - manager boost they are capable of causing a major upset today against the holders.

Everyone thinks Wenger will be gone after dropping out of Europa league.

However, this is a familiar site for fans of the North London club, with the team ending several recent seasons strongly after dropping out of European competition.

A week after dropping out of the national title race, Georgia's SEC championship hopes were essentially vanquished.

Sitting with a nine point lead at the top of the table, the Catalans are eyeing a second successive treble while Real have their sight firmly fixed on the Champions League trophy after dropping out of the title race.

Liverpool have been drawn against Russian champions Zenit St Petersburg in the last - 32 of the Europa League, while deposed European champions Chelsea will play Sparta Prague after dropping out of the Champions League.

She unsuccessfully ran for state attorney general in 2006 after dropping out of a U.S. Senate race against Hillary Clinton.

IBEW Local 2032 initially saw Tanya Boone as their pick, but switched to Ratigan after she dropped out of the race in February the day after the television personality's entry to the race.

The winner will battle former Florida House speaker Marco Rubio, the likely Republican nominee, and Republican Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who is now running for the Senate as an independent candidate, after dropping out of a battle with Rubio for the GOP nomination.

George Pataki, who backed Rubio after dropping out, and Assemb.

As low as he fell, however, and even after he dropped out of the race, Paterson did not quit on the state.

Democratic State Committeeman Matt Silverstein is mulling over who to endorse after dropping out of the race to unseat Republican City Councilman Dan Halloran.

BILLY PARISH began his career as a climate advocate after dropping out of Yale in 2002.

After dropping out of medical school at the age of 23, Chan turned his inspiration into a company called U.S. Genomics.

The extraordinary real - life story of Jim Morris (Quaid), who, twelve years after dropping out of minor league baseball because of an injury to his pitching arm, is inspired by the young men on the championship - winning high school team he coaches to fulfill his own dream and try out for a professional team.

After dropping out of UCLA, he performed in the Tony Award winner, «The House of Blue Leaves.»

After dropping out of a drama class at the University of Hawaii, she took a tiny role in the 1966 film Hawaii, playing a seasick boat passenger (though it's hard to see her when viewing the film).

It's kind of sad to see Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster and Michelle Rodriguez all return for this third sequel after dropping out of the series early on.

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Melissa McCarthy joins that class list in the ramshackle, amiable «Life of the Party,» about a woman, freshly dumped by her husband, heading back to college 20 years after she dropped out with a kid on the way.

His semi-estranged son, Max (Jack Kilmer) drops in unannounced after dropping out of college, wanting neither money nor a helpful phone call to a record company on behalf of his band, but something much more problematical: his father's time.

Hunnam, best known to many for FX's «Sons of Anarchy» (though I'll always identify him with «Undeclared»), does not ooze charisma in what could be his breakout role after dropping out of Fifty Shades of Gray.

«LIFE OF THE PARTY» is comedy about a recently divorced mother Deanna (Melissa McCarthy) who decides to go back to college to finish getting her degree after dropping out for motherhood in her junior year.

Night School follows Hart's character as he is forced to get his GED years after dropping out of high school.

Wood's casting comes just days after she dropped out of the Broadway musical Spider - Man: Turn Off the Dark.

But he is depicted as far from the mellow aristocrat who made his fortune even after dropping out of the prestigious Reed College and traveling to India in 1974 to study Buddhism.

Over the course of one year, student co-directors Precious Lambert and Leah Edwards interviewed three of their friends about their lives after dropping out, bringing an important student voice component to the conversation around school retention.

After dropping out of Columbia during his freshman year, Paul Tough bicycled alone from Atlanta to Halifax.

This and other findings raise the question, «Are those who have greater confidence in their reading ability more likely to pursue adult education after dropping out?»

Without this possibility, a child might experience the fate of my uncle who, after dropping out of high school, lived a hard life of drugs and jail for most of his young adult years.

The state must decide if it will permit differentiated improvement activities for high schools that predominantly serve students who are either significantly off track to graduate or returning to school after dropping out.