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IIM after CAT, then start hunting for mice it’ll be nice

20 years old - co-founder of a funded startup

less than 1% crack IIMs. even fewer get funded at 20. whichever you choose, you’re already rare!

If you are confident enough to start a business without any experience and already have the funding, then why not? Experience will be far more valuable than theory from an IIM

If you are confident enough to start a business without any experience and already have the funding, then why not? Experience will be far more valuable

funded startup for sure but need to know more about the business and funds they have

I would rather be an assist to a successful founder before jumping to any of this

I habe only one aspiratiin. A simple business which will sell regular products and the customers who ll buy regularly will be owner of 30% to 35%.Let the founder, investor, suppliers, cusmers, employees all the stake holder take responsibikity to become millionaires. with a billionaire business

People are missing the most important factor: TIMING. In 2025, with funding markets tightening and AI disrupting traditional business models, I'd choose IIM for the stability. In 2021's funding boom, I'd have chosen the startup. Your career is 40+ years long; what matters is making decisions appropriate to current market conditions. The best path isn't static - it's dynamic based on economic cycles. Right now, having credentials as a safety net while markets restructure seems prudent. In high-growth periods, riding momentum makes more sense. Think cyclically, not ideologically.

STARTUP WITH IIM TOGETHER

startup: high risk, high reward. IIM: high fees, high placements. either way, my stress levels are the same 🤣

Coming from a lower-middle-class background, I'd choose IIM every time. This whole "funded startup at 20" narrative works great if your parents can bail you out when things go south. With IIM, I got education loans, stipends during internships, and a guaranteed high-paying job after graduation that helped my family financially. Three years later, I started my own company with savings and connections from my post-IIM job. The privilege required to choose "startup first" is rarely acknowledged in these discussions. Some of us need financial stability before we can take entrepreneurial risks.

Start a startup, if reason to go for an MBA is to either gain knowledge or create a network of alumni then you'd get that in the startup environment itself unless you're a self learner

bro, go for a funded startup it'll boom your career. I'm telling it as a founder myself

Everyone celebrates the startup winners but ignores the thousands of failed founders who end up with resume gaps and no credentials. So IIM.