For those new graduates itching to start a company, I’m giving some very contrarian (and possibly unpopular) advice: Don’t do it. At least not yet. (Andrew Payne: a Boston-based entrepreneur and angel investor, and a HubSpot director. You can read his blog at blog.payne.org or follow him on Twtter at @payne92)
Instead, go join someone else’s early stage company as employee #3-50 (or so). The experience you’ll get over the next few years will be invaluable, and you’ll be in a far better position for success when you decide to leave and start your own company. You’ll see many processes (e.g. fundraising, product management, leadership, etc.), you’ll learn from mistakes (yours AND other’s), and you’ll build a great network of contacts.
There’s just nothing like learning on the job, in context, from those with more experience than you. There’s a reason why the apprenticeship system has been the dominant method, for over a half-millennium, to pass the experience of a trade or craft to the next generation.
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