WHY CHOOSE A START-UP?

Summer holidays, and I know every graduate student is looking for an internship or a job for those 3 months. Some want to earn, some aspiring for a good knowledge and an experience. Whatever maybe the objective it is always good to do an internship, apart from the well reputed college you belong to and the course you might have chosen along with scores you have secured, internship is that one thing which makes you stand out from the rest of the guys sitting in the waiting room for a job interview.

This is not a perfect guide to choosing an internship. I personally love corporate, the suit and tie along with the style, glamour and the respect with it but all of which comes for a price, slogging and surviving among the fittest. With the new cult of start-ups and entrepreneurs, it is a rather a tricky question to choose a start-up or a well set company. No doubt a well set corporate guarantees you a good pay and incentives and all that they could do to hire your services  but then it’s like been a part of a full grown tree, you’re a part of it but insignificant, no doubt climbing up the ladder slowly is another thing. Corporate have an impacting way of disciplining you; they make sure you bring in the best possible professionalism within your work. Workplace politics is well heard and it just trains you to rise among heavy tides and large fishes in the deep sea of human crave to climb the corporate ladder. After a stint with the company, when you plan to get another job, your CV might just shine brighter depending on the reputation and goodwill of the company for which you worked for. Money, Power and Status beholds the pillars of your career!

Start-ups. There is an energy which is different from the corporate; there is life and enthusiasm at the work place. Imagine how cool it would be the root of a tree, from where it germinated to reach that level of market competency. You are important for them, you are a valuable asset and they respect you, they are not in competition with one another but working together to make their little idea a success. This year top notch business schools and institutes have reported a rise in placements by start-ups. Yes, it the hip thing! It teaches you a lot of things, the detailing and you know every minute part of the working of a company. It is like a child to be nourished, to be treated like your child. If you are one of the initial promoters or part of the core team, shares are offered to you along with a good remuneration once the company goes public. Everything is chilled out but there is lot of work goes into making of a company, just like a cocoon turning into a full grown butterfly. Pay-Packages may not be that attractive but knowledge and hand-on experience received is priceless. Resistance from parents and people around, they will ridicule you at first and every start-up has a story. All they follow is a dream to stand out and create a legacy!

Every huge MNC started from the scratch, back in the garage to the plush offices, it was a vision that was nurtured to make it what it is today. World’s most valuable company Apple to Flipkart, one of the biggest e-commerce website which reached billion dollar sales year fastest than its competitor and way earlier than expected were all a brainchild of a few gentlemen who believed in their dreams. If you have an idea and think it can make the world better or revolutionize and create a difference in millions of lives then start up is just for you!