Why building a startup is probably your most sensible career path
While the author does quote the very low odds of success, I think he does readers a disservice by minimizing that risk. Very few people have the right disposition, the right partners, the right idea, and the right skill set to launch a startup. Being a freshly minted PhD doesn&#x27;t change that. Failing at a startup sucks, and sucks really hard. But of course, its not in a VC&#x27;s interest to tell you the pain that comes with a startup.<p>Better advice: if you want to do a startups, get some experience, find some good partners, test out ideas in your own time, and when you have enough runway and something that looks solid, only THEN make the leap.