# 4 Weeks at Draper University Changed How I Think About Building on Cardano

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**Created:** [17 October 2026 00:23 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/4-weeks-at-draper-university-changed-how-i-think-about-building-on-cardano/157422 "2026-10-17T00:23:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![astroboysoup](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/astroboysoup/32/83423_2.png) [@astroboysoup](https://forum.cardano.org/u/astroboysoup)\
**Post date:** [17 October 2026 00:23 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/4-weeks-at-draper-university-changed-how-i-think-about-building-on-cardano/157422/1 "2026-10-17T00:23:33Z")

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Four weeks at Draper University are over, and I’m leaving with a very different view of what it takes to build a startup in the Cardano ecosystem.

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/uploads/cardano/original/3X/b/3/b38f26a93eafbcb125cfeb0c34a3a94932d20c96.jpeg "4 Weeks at Draper University Changed How I Think About Building on Cardano") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMbAi36szwg)