Ask HN: Should I intern at a Startup or a small Venture Firm?

Posted by jimsojim on Friday December 04, 2015 @01:05PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I am planning to take next semester off and get some work experience under my belt. Now, I wanna get an opportunity to learn how startups operate, how they scale/grow, mostly wanna get some insights in the growth area. So now I am in little dilemma here, I got this internship opportunity from a small size Korean venture firm, and I am also applying to various small-size startups, and I am confused which one to go for.

So given i've 6 months, which one do you guys think is worth putting my time into? A startup or a venture firm. And just to be clear, both of them are small size and not very well known across globe.

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Re:Ask HN: Should I intern at a Startup or a small Venture F... by gtpasqual on Friday December 04, 2015 @01:23PM (#10678033)

Honestly, Venture Capital firm.

You probably still don't know about the hierarchy that exists in the industry, but I'll just say that VCs are usually in the best position.

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Re:Ask HN: Should I intern at a Startup or a small Venture F... by BorisMelnik on Friday December 04, 2015 @11:02PM (#10680775)

venture firm - if you told me you wanted to learn how to program or design, I'd say startup but def sounds like this meets your needs. I notice you are at KAIST assuming you are Korean so definitely the Korean aspect will somewhat match culture wise, hopefully.

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Re:Ask HN: Should I intern at a Startup or a small Venture F... by jimsojim on Saturday December 05, 2015 @04:23PM (#10683324)

No, I am an international student here :-) but thanks for the advice

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Re:Ask HN: Should I intern at a Startup or a small Venture F... by gesman on Friday December 04, 2015 @05:05PM (#10679508)

Definitely venture firm.

Basically being closer to the source of money and to decision making people is a good idea.

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