But if you look to the Hofstede's Six Cultural Dimensions, you can see that European cultures are geared toward Long-Term Orientation (compared to the Short-Term from USA). In long-term thinking, why can you not wait two years before dropping out of university and start a startup afterwards?
Do you believe short-term thinking is essential for successful startups?
> why can you not wait two years before dropping out of university and start a startup afterwards?
because someone else over in the USA dropped out two years earlier than you to do this very same startup, and thus they get a head start.
Unless your novel idea is so completely novel, that nobody else but you could've done it. Most ideas are not this novel, and first mover advantage is real.
Not to mention that to make long term work out, the short term must also work out. It's a stair case - each short term period adds up and turns into long term. It is almost impossible to have a long term plan work out, if the short term is so unsuccessful that you need more funding every year.
Do you believe short-term thinking is essential for successful startups?