SmoothOperator
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What's up guys! I just burned through the book in 2 days, and I'm excited to get this going. I also took notes on the book, about 25 pages, which I'm happy to send to anyone who's interested.
Anyway, here's the dilemma. After my last startup, which didn't work out, I'm about 14k in debt, but it was totally worth it for the experience.
I need a job to support myself while I work on the next company. I applied and got 2 offers. I'm having trouble deciding which.
The first is a 1000-person company that's got a young corporate vibe. The job is cold-calling for 8 hours a day, and they're paying 35k base, has benefits. On one hand, cold-calling is bitch, but if I hit my numbers I'm looking at about 50k/year. I've done cold-calling before, and I'm pretty good, so I'm sure I can hit the numbers.
The other company is a startup that lets people come in and 3d print their own stuff. They're cool, look really fun, and I'm philosophically aligned with their mission of helping anyone unleash their creativity with technology. The problem is the base is only 21600, no benefits, and selling studio memberships, which I haven't really ever done. They say that the commission averages to about an extra 2k/mo, but if I can't deliver, they don't have the capital to carry dead weight, and i'll be out of a gig fast.
On one hand, the corporate job is safe, and will net me money I need to improve myself in all kinds of ways: education/seminars, jiu jitsu classes, gym membership, etc. It's also an opportunity to drill my cold-calling skills, which'll be useful for selling my product.
On the other hand, the startup is exciting, and will give me a lot more freedom to test out my marketing/sales skills creatively. The money sucks, but they're deep in the entrepreneurship scene in my city. Because it's a startup, I'll be doing a little bit of everything, but the hours could be very long which'll take away time from working on my own company. They're also part of a great accelerator, which could give me access to meet ppl on the investment side of things.
Anyone else ever go through something like this? Any tips?
Anyway, here's the dilemma. After my last startup, which didn't work out, I'm about 14k in debt, but it was totally worth it for the experience.
I need a job to support myself while I work on the next company. I applied and got 2 offers. I'm having trouble deciding which.
The first is a 1000-person company that's got a young corporate vibe. The job is cold-calling for 8 hours a day, and they're paying 35k base, has benefits. On one hand, cold-calling is bitch, but if I hit my numbers I'm looking at about 50k/year. I've done cold-calling before, and I'm pretty good, so I'm sure I can hit the numbers.
The other company is a startup that lets people come in and 3d print their own stuff. They're cool, look really fun, and I'm philosophically aligned with their mission of helping anyone unleash their creativity with technology. The problem is the base is only 21600, no benefits, and selling studio memberships, which I haven't really ever done. They say that the commission averages to about an extra 2k/mo, but if I can't deliver, they don't have the capital to carry dead weight, and i'll be out of a gig fast.
On one hand, the corporate job is safe, and will net me money I need to improve myself in all kinds of ways: education/seminars, jiu jitsu classes, gym membership, etc. It's also an opportunity to drill my cold-calling skills, which'll be useful for selling my product.
On the other hand, the startup is exciting, and will give me a lot more freedom to test out my marketing/sales skills creatively. The money sucks, but they're deep in the entrepreneurship scene in my city. Because it's a startup, I'll be doing a little bit of everything, but the hours could be very long which'll take away time from working on my own company. They're also part of a great accelerator, which could give me access to meet ppl on the investment side of things.
Anyone else ever go through something like this? Any tips?
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