When I launched Free Mobile at €2 per month, the telecom industry called me insane. Their stock prices called them overpriced. The market agreed with me within weeks.
I created 42 because the education system produces employees, not entrepreneurs. No teachers, no tuition, no diploma — just problems to solve and people to solve them with. If you can survive 42, you can survive anything.
You don't need permission to change things. You just need to build something better and cheaper. The incumbents will fight you. The customers will thank you. Guess which one matters more.
I never went to university. I taught myself to code as a teenager by hacking phone systems. Some people learn from professors. I learned from dial tones and error messages.
Through Kima Ventures, I invest in about 100 startups per year. Most will fail. Some will change the world. The math works because the winners pay for all the losers ten times over.