I have found the opposite for 'vanilla' entrepreneurs; for a few years, I was part of the Young Entrepreneurs Organization (YEO), which collected under-40 founders of businesses with over $1mm in revenue.<p>The Boston chapter had over 100 people in it, maybe closer to 250? Of those, almost none had 'top tier' degrees. Almost none had business school degrees. In fact, for a community of fairly wealthy Bostonians, it was notable how few had come through top-tier schools or advanced degree programs of any sort.<p>Startup entrepreneurs might be different, and I've only read the article about the paper, but I just don't see this in my own entrepreneurial experience; most entrepreneurs I have known outside of Silicon Valley were motivated hard working types; some were visionaries, some were operations geniuses, some accidentally bought out their partners or bosses and got left with a business, most were from blue collar or middle class families.<p>Put another way, Thurston Howell doesn't start a summer painting business staffed by college students, or a recruiting business which demands 90 hour weeks for the first ten years of life; instead Frank from Gloucester does because he can't stomach the thought of working for someone else for the next 40 years.