NotMVH

Is anyone here an entrepreneur? Or managed to start their own successful business? I am planning on starting my post secondary education and am debating what to do. I have a real passion for industrial design and would like to study it but I can not afford almost any of the schools I could attend. I am thus thinking of getting a business diploma or degree of some kind because I do plan to own and operate my own business in the future. After completion I could find a higher paying job and thus be able to afford a second venture through school. The other alternative would be to continue to pick up what I can about managing a business through work and in research and to try to put something together without any formal training.

Has anyone here been through business training in a college or university environment? How long did it take to complete? Was the knowledge usefull, did you apply it practicly to operate your business? Could you or your business faired succesfully without your training?