Moving to Co-operate after Startup Failure
I have 10 years of experience and am currently laid off. I want to experiment as an entrepreneur and build a product. I have a very basic idea. I am willing to try being an entrepreneur for a maximum of two years.
My question is, if my startup idea fails, how will corporations perceive me? Will corporations be willing to hire me? Will they respect my experience as an entrepreneur? What is the general attitude towards failed entrepreneurs?
If I know I can go back to the corporate world, I will have enough confidence to experiment.
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Discussion
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2 months agoEngineer @ RobinhoodThe recruiting process will be fairly indifferent towards your entrepeneur attempts (especially given startup culture is very common in tech), so they'll just write off your solo experience in most outcomes (unless your attempts get a good amount of traction before you pull the plug). If you have the financial safety net & you're really passionate about the idea, just go for it.
- 12 months agoEng @ Taro
It helps that you have 10 years of experience of working in the industry because recruiters and hiring managers can fall back on that experience when evaluating you against other candidates. I've been on the recruiting loops for candidates who started their own company, and they've been treated the same as other candidates.
Once you get into the loop, it'll mainly be about your performance on the technical interviews.
