Business school graduation is only a few months away, and I hear many of my classmates expressing simultaneous interest in both venture capital and startup jobs. I've done a little of both (although my VC experience was limited to a summer internship this past year), and I found them wildly different experiences.
Mark Suster's blog post on Monday rang true for me: What's it Like Being a VC?
In particular, the things Mark misses about being an entrepreneur are exactly the reasons why I'm returning to the world of startups rather than pursuing a VC career:
(1) VCs sit on the sidelines
(2) VC has less team camaraderie
I want the good and the bad, the highs and the lows. I want to live and breathe the emotional roller coaster ride of a startup. I want to own the results. I want to build a company and a team to share the journey with.
Business school has been a fun break, but it's time to get back to work.
There you go! Love that choice...doing the kids milestone thing?
ReplyDeleteConsidering the baby milestone thing. Definitely want it to exist, but I'm
ReplyDeletenot yet convinced myself that it can be big enough to be worth building a
company around.