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Young entrepreneurs get $100,000, if they quit school

Date:: August 29, 2014
Source:: AFP / Powered by NewsLook.com
Summary:: Twenty college-age students are getting 100,000 dollars from a Silicon Valley leader and a chance to live in San Francisco in order to work on the start-up project of their dreams, but they have to quit school first. Duration: 02:20 Video provided by AFP
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