Hi everyone. I am a student studying at university now. I am considering of building a startup (something tech related as they can be done online) while I am still studying. My goal in life is to start my own company after graduation or I have worked for a few years. Therefore, the purpose of doing this is not much about making money, but to gain experience of building a startup that will be useful after university, as I have heard a lot of entrepreneurs failed on their first time.
However, I feel a sense of loneliness in pursuing my entrepreneurship dream. I am currently staying at a residential college with over 200 students, and only around 2 of them have the same passion in entrepreneurship. The rest only care about study, hanging out with friend, going to events/ parties etc, which are the usual university stuffs. I am a bit depressed when I saw my friends enjoying their holidays overseas and chilling out, while I am still doing startups stuffs during the break. They have the time to meet out new and old friends, while I barely have time to focus on startup and study, yet alone meeting with them.
I wonder if all my efforts would be worth it or not, as I don't want to miss out the chance to hang out with friends during my uni life (I have a pretty decent uni life, just that I know I could spend more time with friends if I am not doing this startup stuffs). But since I am doing for the experience, and it is beneficial for my life goal (which is starting a company), I decided to proceed anyway. What do you guys think about this? Is it worth it for student to build a startup while at uni, or just focus on study? Do you feel lonely at times when all your working friends who doesn't share the same aspiration as you have the time to do stuffs together, while you alone are focusing on building a startup? Thanks.
However, I feel a sense of loneliness in pursuing my entrepreneurship dream. I am currently staying at a residential college with over 200 students, and only around 2 of them have the same passion in entrepreneurship. The rest only care about study, hanging out with friend, going to events/ parties etc, which are the usual university stuffs. I am a bit depressed when I saw my friends enjoying their holidays overseas and chilling out, while I am still doing startups stuffs during the break. They have the time to meet out new and old friends, while I barely have time to focus on startup and study, yet alone meeting with them.
I wonder if all my efforts would be worth it or not, as I don't want to miss out the chance to hang out with friends during my uni life (I have a pretty decent uni life, just that I know I could spend more time with friends if I am not doing this startup stuffs). But since I am doing for the experience, and it is beneficial for my life goal (which is starting a company), I decided to proceed anyway. What do you guys think about this? Is it worth it for student to build a startup while at uni, or just focus on study? Do you feel lonely at times when all your working friends who doesn't share the same aspiration as you have the time to do stuffs together, while you alone are focusing on building a startup? Thanks.
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