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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

i chose option 1 and i am 16 year old

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.