Be sure before you join a startup

Juned Ahsan
4 min readNov 16, 2021

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

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Juned Ahsan

Strong believer of learning and sharing. Professionally into enterprise, people and technical leadership. Personally, I like to read, write, and meet new peop