If you’re evaluating a Chief of Staff role at a bootstrapped revenue generating market intelligence startup vs a Project Manager role at a multinational market intelligence company, how would you compare the opportunities? The startup team has folks from MIT, Stanford grads who have consulting and corporate experiences so I’m not worried about the capabilities of the team.
Do I prioritize growth with a startup or the exit opportunity of a larger company? Curious to hear advice from folks who are ahead of me in their careers. For context, all of my prior experience has been with startups (BizOps, PM, roles). For those who chose to work at a startup and turned down an offer from a larger company, what compelled you to make that decision?
Take the corporate job, you can still join a startup later, but going back from a startup to a company is more difficult unless you have already worked in a company before.
Personally, I would advise everyone to work in a company first and then go to a startup. For the simple reason that a bad experience in a bad startup can ruin your whole career.