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Ask HN: Advice on leaving corp for startup

I'm sure you've seen this time and time again, but I need some advice. I'm currently a part-time MBA student at a prestigious university, and working a comfy corporate job. Our team won a local startup weekend, and we're applying to accelerators. Assuming we get in, I'm faced with the decision of quitting my job to pursue the startup full-time. Basically, taking a paycut of somewhere in the range of 45k to 81k (based on whether or not I can freelance during the time too). On the upside, I love the startup environment and this is what I want to do. However, if I work away for a few more years, I can be 100% free of debt from my student loans.

In either case, I have a comfy fallback when I graduate.

Any advice would be appreciated. Sorry again for posting something you've heard over 9000 times before.

9 points zbush 13 years ago 12 comments

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