 "Why I left a venture capital accelerator to join a start-up")
It has been six months since I moved from Pulsar VC to its portfolio company VENDi. Many people asked me why I left this prestigious VC/accelerator job to dive deep into the start-up environment?—?the quintessence of extreme uncertainty, psychological roller coasters and everyday challenges. Sure, my work was great but I felt something was missing. I felt like a fish out of water and desperately needed some changes. So I quit.
Why did I leave? I was not sure I was truly adding value to start-ups at that time. I had never built any ventures before, never gone through those endless battles with everything (technical problems, competitors, customers, money and time), never failed and started it again. I simply had not deserved the right to advise an entrepreneur yet. This thought was sobering. It’s all about the timing. In the future, I will be more than happy to pay back to the community, the ecosystem and advise young entrepreneurs on how to build successful companies but now I have to work hard and learn how to do business by myself.
Where am I now? I am currently going through the transition from the employee to the entrepreneur mindset. Trust me, it’s tough. I feel uncomfortable and stressed being snowed under with multiple tasks. I struggle with balancing operations and strategy, decision-making, acquiring new skills, fighting with procrastination and prioritisation along the way. But it’s definitely worth it.
This has been sourced from Tech in Asia. You can access the article here.