Why you should be known as a disrupter.

Being a bad student can make you a great entrepreneur.

The five qualities bad students share that can make them great entrepreneurs and how you can incorporate these attributes into your life


Roy is the CEO and cofounder of Vydia, a centralized video distribution and monetization startup in New Jersey. Profiled by Forbes, The Huffington Post and International Business Times, Roy has become synonymous with the launch of visionary and inventive companies, propelling him as the goto guy in the music video space.

As a Cstudent turned successful entrepreneur Roy only identified as being a bad student and a future failure when he didn't go down the one path he was presented, i.e., to do well in school, follow the rules, and get a good job. He dropped out of college to start his own company, figuring that the qualities that made for a lousy student – chiefly the inability to follow the rules – were desirable for technology entrepreneurs.

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