This millennial founder got rejected 73 times before building a 9-figure coffee company. One more no, and he says he would have sold his kidney

Jake Miller, CEO of Fellow. (Credit: Courtesy of Fellow)

Skepticism around higher education is growing. Amid a shaky job market, more than one-third of Gen Z graduates now say their degree was a “waste of money.”

But at Stanford, time on campus has proven to be a critical launchpad. Famously, alumni from the Silicon Valley-area school have gone on to found dozens of major companies, including Google, PayPal, and Snapchat. An over $100 million startup, the premium coffee and kitchenware brand Fellow, is striving to join their ranks.