"On January 22, the prediction market Polymarket posted on X saying: "JUST IN: Jeff Bezos advises aspiring Gen Z entrepreneurs to start at real world jobs like McDonalds or Palantir before starting a business." The post has since racked up 5.5 million views, with over 8,700 likes and over 1,300 reposts. The 62-year-old quickly denied the post though, as he took to his X account to reply to the original Polymarket post with "Nope. Not sure why polymarket made this up.""
"While it's not known where the actual claim came from, Business Insider reported that during Italian Tech Week in November, the Amazon founder suggested young entrepreneurs work before building their one business, rather than dropping out of education. "It is possible to, you know, be 18, 19, 20 years old, drop out of college, and be a great entrepreneur," he is reported as having said. "We have famous examples of that working: Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, etcetera. But these people are the exception." "I always advise young people, you know, go work at a best practices company somewhere, where you can learn a lot of basic fundamental things," Bezos added. "There's still lots of time to start a company after you have absorbed it. It increases your odds, in my opinion.""
Polymarket posted on X on January 22 asserting that Jeff Bezos advised Gen Z entrepreneurs to start at real-world jobs like McDonald's or Palantir before starting a business. The post drew about 5.5 million views, over 8,700 likes and more than 1,300 reposts. Bezos replied on X: "Nope. Not sure why polymarket made this up." A community note was added indicating the claim was rejected, and Elon Musk replied in the thread referencing a president who worked at McDonald's. Comments attributed to Bezos at Italian Tech Week suggested gaining experience at best-practice companies first to increase the odds of startup success.
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