[Editors’ note: This is a new weekly newsletter with opinions and insights on the journey of tech startup founders. It’s brought to you by Lynx Collective, a membership community of tech startup founders who are learning & growing together.] Last week, I had the opportunity to speak to 600 NYU Stern freshmen about the startup world as they explore potential career paths. So much of the startup world has been glamorized in movies, tv, press and social media. Startup founders are praised as heroes, but the path to innovation is littered with failed startups. For this talk, I used the first half to paint all the pros and the second half to show all the cons of starting or joining an venture scale tech startup. My goal wasn’t to sway these students either way, just to present ideas that might allow them to see both sides of the equation.
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The pros and cons of doing a startup
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[Editors’ note: This is a new weekly newsletter with opinions and insights on the journey of tech startup founders. It’s brought to you by Lynx Collective, a membership community of tech startup founders who are learning & growing together.] Last week, I had the opportunity to speak to 600 NYU Stern freshmen about the startup world as they explore potential career paths. So much of the startup world has been glamorized in movies, tv, press and social media. Startup founders are praised as heroes, but the path to innovation is littered with failed startups. For this talk, I used the first half to paint all the pros and the second half to show all the cons of starting or joining an venture scale tech startup. My goal wasn’t to sway these students either way, just to present ideas that might allow them to see both sides of the equation.