Choosing The Right Startup For Yourself
Annkur P Agarwal!Co-founder, PriceBaba.com!
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• It is a risk & reward game, but the rewards only come in the long run!
• You won’t always win!
• Going beyond the call of duty is a default!
choose the right reasons to join a startup
• Life is too small to do something you don’t love (yes cliched) !
• If you are to succeed in surviving the down turns, your reasons to get into it better be right!
• So if you choose a problem that you really care about, it would help !
• ps: Hello confused ones :)!
choose the right problem to solve
• What is your priority? Money? Growth? Learning? !
• How much risk are you ready to take? !
• How strongly do you believe in this startups purpose? !
• Consider cash vs ESOPs - choose wisely!
choose the right stage of the company
• You will spend most of your life at work (I hope not). So better work with people you like. !
• Specially at startups, where things would be tough. You need room to fail and people will fail you. You better choose the people wisely. !
people
• Don’t believe in the hype, check yourself!
• Big is not always better!
• There are real things like alignment & cultural fit!
• Understand Pain Killer vs Vitamins!
• You need great communication & mind reading skills to survive a startup ;) !
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