My Life Story | Crème de la Crème: The amount of talent at MIT was immense and it was underscored early on when the dean walked into a classroom and asked everyone who graduated No. 1 in their class to raise their hand. After graduating first, I raised my hand, then looked around the room to see all of my new classmates with their hands in the air.  With that, he reminded us only one student would be able to stake that claim when we graduated, and it reinforced I was truly learning among the best in the world.   I never took my classmates for granted, and as I became an entrepreneur, many of my best colleagues were MIT grads.   Stay tuned for the next chapter in My Life Story!