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By Jennifer Sieg Young entrepreneurs are skipping the traditional path of higher education in favour of starting their own businesses, new research has shown. Of the half a million digital micro businesses surveyed by Godaddy’s research initiative Venture Forward, 22 per cent of entrepreneurs under the age of 30 said they had started their business after their A-levels instead of pursuing a university degree. This is double the national average of 11 per cent. A majority of those — 76 per cent — who traded in the prospect of lecture halls for real-world experience also said they are “glad” to …

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