Be sure before you join a startup
Startups are a high-risk/high-return kind of investment. We often imagine them to be a super cool place to work with a lot of innovation, freedom, and growth. They generally have a good reputation associated with them. There are a lot of good reasons to work for a startup, but there are as many to not. You must take this decision carefully, just like you take caution before investing in a risky business. The idea here is not to discourage you to join a startup. I have worked in two different startups and I have learned a few lessons the hard way. Here are some hard stats about the startups
As you can read from the above stats, that a lot of startups fail. No one would like to be part of a failed startup. Only a few of them become the big success stories. It is important to research a few fundamental things before you join a startup.
- Product / Idea
This should be the most fundamental reason for you to consider joining a startup. Your belief in an idea will drive your passion to materialize it. Startups run on the fuel of passion to do amazing things. As per Webster’s Dictionary :
