<p>IMO, the better approach would be to pick a major first and then decide from there how to start a business.</p>
<p>I was only a kid in the 80s so I’m not sure, but I imagine there wasn’t a mass rush to start computer companies back then. It was probably still a risky and unknown field back then as compared to the dot com boom in the 90s. If you want to get the same head start now as those who started computer companies in the 80s, you’d probably have to be a risk-taker and VERY knowledgeable in your field.</p>