A Student's Guide to Startups
October 2006(This essay is derived from a talk at MIT.)Till recently graduating seniors had two choices: get a job or go to grad school. I think there will increasingly be a third option: to start your own startup. But how common will that be?I'm sure the default will always be to get a job, but starting a startup could well become as popular as grad school.
- ▪October 2006(This essay is derived from a talk at MIT.)Till recently graduating seniors had two choices: get a job or go to grad school.
- ▪I think there will increasingly be a third option: to start your own startup.
- ▪But how common will that be?I'm sure the default will always be to get a job, but starting a startup could well become as popular as grad school.
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Want to start a startup? Get funded by Y Combinator. October 2006(This essay is derived from a talk at MIT.)Till recently graduating seniors had two choices: get a job or go to grad school. I think there will increasingly be a third option: to start your own startup. But how common will that be?I'm sure the default will always be to get a job, but starting a startup could well become as popular as grad school. In the late 90s my professor friends used to complain that they couldn't get grad students, because all the undergrads were going to work for startups.
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