I wrote the post, as some people have picked up in the comments, the one year is a reference to the minimum time I wanted to spend working for someone at a start-up. I used the word build as when you&#x27;re an early employee that&#x27;s the dynamic.<p>My plan wasn&#x27;t to leave after the year, just to re-evaluate if I was learning what I wanted to be in the role. As it turned out, I did leave as I wanted to develop my technical skills instead of carrying along the VC&#x2F;Biz-dev career path.<p>I agree that if you&#x27;re starting your own thing then 7-10 years is a good minimum time frame.