Go Build OR Work for a Startup: The Time Is Right

I am amazed with the global startup revolution. Being an entrepreneur, angel investor and a startup enthusiast I find this space to be very exciting. I seem to have lost track of the number of people I have met who are building a startup or working for one. Many folks I have met, have left well paid jobs to venture into deep, dark waters of a startup… unsure of where it leads, but have tremendous passion, determination and drive to make it successful. Fascinating stuff !
We no longer live in the world where we need to hold our jobs – good or bad, for whatever reasons. Kudos to ‘Technology’, as I call it the mother of all startups. A new era has emerged. I guess those working for corporates will agree, that like me, many have often felt the need in their career to break the monotony and start something of their own…. And many have and will continue to do so as they gain more experience, wealth etc. However, with technology as the enabler, many have shortened this gap by quitting their jobs to join startups or are looking to build a startup.
So why be left behind to see someone else build your dream…. Why help others make the millions when you have all it takes to make your own…. Though it is easier said than done.

Startups are not formed by dreaming, they are formed by turning your dreams into reality, follow your dreams, as you only live once

Most of the recent or successful ventures have been formed by simply solving a problem – it can be anything from finding a tutor, to designing a dress to finding the best travel guides…. The opportunities and problems are unique and endless. You need to find one that you believe needs a solution and help solve it OR help find an innovative way to solving an existing problem. Many startups came from personal experiences of the founders who knew what was lacking, or needed to be solved.

In the beginning it’s just an idea that gathers momentum to take shape of a movement. A movement, which has the power to change the world, we live in…. and there are many such movements from Facebook to Linkedin to Google to Airbnb…. As technology cuts across all possible boundaries and the opportunity is calling - Go build your startup or go work for one, make that difference and solve that problem. The opportunity is knocking, this time will never come.

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