Corporation vs start up
Have you ever wondered how it is like to run your own
company? It turns out that the way of thinking is entirely different when you
are no longer a corporate employee but start to run your own thing. If you
watch the short movie below, you will also find out what could happen if you
apply a start-up mentality into a corporate environment.
I am curious about
your answer to following questions:
- Which kind of a company do you prefer as a potential employee – a corporation, or a smaller company or start-up? What do you like about your choice and dislike about the opposite option
- Would you like to set up your own company someday? Maybe you already did so – was it successful?
Comments
2. Yes, sure. But i doubt it would be related to IT sector. I'd rather set up my own company based on my passions someday. Nowadays i work full-time but i had the opportunity for a year to work part-time and i think that the ideal solution for me would be to work part-time in a corporation and part-time for my own company. Sometimes when you work all 8 hours per day in the same field in might get overwhelming but working there only for 4 hours and then switching to job that is not related at all to your corporate job just feels less staggering and you do not feel like you are working as much.
Are you sure that you would be able to remain productive with only 4 hours of work a day? From my personal experience I can say that such short time does not allow to do anything significant. Hardly did I turned on the computer and I had to leave and go to school. That's annoying for the entire team.
Good luck with founding your own company. I wish situation in Poland was entrepreneur-friendly, but unfortunately it isn't. Someone has to pay for all of those stupid social benefits.
The atmosphere in a start-up could be better than in the corporation, but what about some procedures like for example salary rises, holidays, or sick leaves? It may be difficult to talk about those things with a boss who is in fact your close colleague. It just seem to be more unstable in a long term.
2. Yes I would like to do it or just join the new one. It must be really cool to be your own boss and see how your own company is growing
For know without that much of experience I prefer a corporation. It's better to start and easier to have someone over your shoulder that can help you like a tutor or mentor. But after gaining some experience and becoming more independent i would love to try work in the startup. As like in the viedeo corporate always has a limit and to really blossom as a person and employee.
2. Would you like to set up your own company someday? Maybe you already did so – was it successful?
I only thought about it in dreams, but maybe some day in a group of people I know very good it would become possible to start a business and something creative and unordinary.
Both, corporations and smaller companies or starts-up have advantages and disadvantages. I believe that depends on person character and personality. In my case I know I would work better in smaller companies than huge corporations. Firstly, I like to be independent and manage me time by myself. In that system I'm the most effective.
Secondly, I love variety of my responsibilities. I'm organized, systematic person, who can handle many different tasks.
Thirdly, I love to be a part of projects, I get really involved and give 100% of myself.
2. Would you like to set up your own company someday? Maybe you already did so – was it successful?
Maybe some day if I think of a perfect idea for my company. I'm sill looking for inspiration and idea for some profitable business. I can't take care of things which I am not completely sure of.
I definitely would like to set up my own company one day. We will see when, where and with who, but it is surely something that I would like to try and experience in my life.
That's great that you are learning on those labs and you want to be the best at your job. With such attitude you'll certainly achieve a lot no matter if it would be a corporation, or a start-up.
I wish you good luck as your own boss :) In my humble opinion that's the best you can possibly achieve in terms of professional life.
I hope you will find a creative and innovative idea someday. With such idea and a lot of hard work you can build an empire.
2. Yes, I'd like to set up my own company someday but first I have to get more knowledge and experience.
I really hope that your attitude to work is, or will be recognised. I don't know if there is something more discouraging than lack of appreciation of exceptionally hard and efficient work.
Finding an idea is probably the hardest thing to overcome before founding a company. As for being not sure - sometimes we have to take a chance before the competition steal the opportunity.
The experience with own company is probably priceless. Successful, or not, it is not something you would regret.
Probably for the people with no or very small experience corporation is better - you don't have to work individually, you always have somebody to advise or even teach you. On the other hand, you can't be independent in your working and can't choose solution or technology.
For futher career, it's also good to work in a start-up, where you can learn to be more independet in your job, but also take more responsibility for it.
2. I wouldn't like to set up my own company. I don't like paperwork, thinking about financial issues and so on. I prefer to concentrate on my work, not other issues, so running a start-up isn't for me.
2. Yes, that would be a real challenge, anyway, before that, we have to have good ideas that can attract the market, and don't forget about financial calculations, otherwise everything is risky, besides, the most important thing is to enrich your knowledge first, because learning to run before you learn to walk is always dangerous.
2. Based on the answer to the first question that I am interested in the business concept, I would not mind participating in the organization of a startup company. So far I have not had such an experience. But it seems very interesting to me. I’m not quite sure what type of thinking I have, each of them has its own advantages.
2. Looking at how some employees are spoiled, I'm not going to start a business. The selection of bad employees at the beginning of business opening may be equal to its downfall. I do not want to take a risk.
2. I don't think I would ever want to start my own business. I've never seen myself in a leadership position, and I don't feel like a leader. Anyway, looking at the current CEO of the start-up in which I work, I can say that such a role is extremely difficult. I prefer to work at my own pace as an ordinary, gray employee. (At least for now :)
2. Only if some extraordinary good idea will hit me one day, otherwise I don’t wish for that.
2. I have not thought about it so far, it may change when I come up with some interesting idea.
I currently have my own economic activity, but its only for B2B contract reasons as a I am a programmer. In the future I wish I could run my own business, employ some workers and provide services from my field.
I have the impression that people working in a corporation do everything to work as little as possible - what I mean that they blame others for mistakes in their projects. Because of this situation it is hard to make friendly relations.
As I mention, it is easier to create a family atmosphere in a small company. Also you can see your influence on the company's development. I have never worked for start-up, but this type of business is closer to small-company than corporation.
2. In my opinion, everyone should open something of their own business. Of course, few will succeed, but all will start to respect private entrepreneurs.
Back to the topic, I would like to start up my own business, but currently, I don't have any ideas what I could produce. However, from time to time, I brainstorm to find new concepts.
2. My goal is to start my own business but first I need to gather some experience how the market works and maybe finish some postgraduate studies on how to run a company or on economy. Just to increase the chances for success.
1. I don't work yet, but I think I would choose a corporation. Why? Because the corporation has a documented workflow. Next month I will have to do internships, so I will probably go to a corporation because there will be mentors who can advise me on my job.
2. I don't have my own company, but I have my own business plan for the future that I would love to implement my ideas. Of course, start a business later.
In my opinion the most important is to have opportunity to put knowlenge into practise and learn new things everyday. Moreover I pay a lot of attention to a relationship between members in team. I think that it is crucial to build good relation and communicate freely together because because we can have more fun at work.
2. Currently I am not going to run my own business, because I think that it entails understanding and dealing with many issues, for example finance, accounting and marketing. I think that it is better to work in a company at the moment because I can broaden my knowlenge and I don't need to worry about things that I mentioned above. Perhaps in the future I will set up my business, as the proverb goes never say never.
2. In the future, yes. Someday once i have a good idea for a company I would like to set up something myself. However, before doing that there is so much to learn for me, from nearly every aspect I can think of.
2. It would be great to set up own company in the future. The knowledge, experience and luck are needed to make this dream come true. I know that it isn't easy but for someone who realy wants something there is no difficulty.
1. Which kind of a company do you prefer as a potential employee – a corporation, or a smaller company or start-up? What do you like about your choice and dislike about the opposite option.
I've never worked in start up. However, I had the opportunity to undergo several internships in large corporations. The beginnings have always been interesting in a positive sense. There were many things to learn, but over time it began to get monotonous. At start up, I think the situation is constantly developing.
2. Would you like to set up your own company someday? Maybe you already did so – was it successful?
I set up a company twice, a sole proprietorship and currently a company(sp z oo). The company I own is a branch of a family business, was created for tax and legal purposes and with expected results operates on the market.
What I don't like about corporations. 1. Treating an employee, 2. Promotion to a higher position, often requires a lot of dedication,
3.Development - sometimes difficult
2. I would like to start my own business, this is one of my dreams.
1. As a first job, I would like to have a corporate job: bonuses, fixed hours of work, paid leave, paid sick leave, and a good opportunity to learn how a large machine should work. But in the future, I'm thinking about creating something of my own. In turn, a startup is a great place for rapid development. Here you can see how to create this great mechanism, errors and their solutions.
2. I would like to. But it's more like having a business, not a corporation.
I am of the opinion that if we start with the harder work earlier, the more and faster we are able to achieve. As the first job I would prefer to get in a large corporation. Thanks to them you can usually develop and get certificates. Smaller companies are unlikely to guarantee this.
2.Would you like to set up your own company someday? Maybe you already did so – was it successful?
No, I prefer to focus on myself and my dreams, my loved ones. Establishing a company involves a lot of responsibilities. It also absorbs most of our time. I prefer to devote this time to things other than work, we have only one life and nobody will live for us, we spend enough time at work without it.
2. No. To create your own company you need a lot of knowledge, patience, effort and time.
2. I would never like to set up my own company. I feel like i don't have manager skills to do it. I would rather focus on my work as an employee, with much less paperwork than as a manager of company.
2. I'm not planning to start my own business. Running your own business requires a lot of responsibility. I prefer to do my job, not manage the entire company.
2. No plans. But I don’t know what will happen in the future.
I don't believe that something really extraordinary can be created intentionally when there is no cooperation in working team and it can be problematic when there is simply too many people working on their own parts of creation. Uniformity of work and agreement can be a real problem in large corporations.
2. I would like to work the most as a freelancer. So taking some orders and commissions from both privet people and companies or studios.
For now i've been only able to sale individual works on special artistic events or in internet so I guess I can't call it decent work (earnings are very irregular and uncertain) however, this is the perfect start to develop working as freelancer in the nearest future i hope.
2. Yes, when I get enough experience I'd like to start a small company. Maybe things would turn out fine, and It would be a big success, but even if it doesn't, I think it would be a great experience.
2. I would like to set up my own company someday. I have a lot of ideas and I want to create something unique and different. I don't know if I would be able to do it, but I would like to try.
Well, regarding the disadvantages, I would expect a lot of work and tight deadlines.
2) After some period of time when I will get a good experience from working in other companies, I plan to realize my own startup. Of course, it's necessary to have high skills in order to set up a company. That's why it will be useful to make new friends and have some contacts from "the previous companies" that I worked in. As we know a good company is where teamwork in a high priority.
2. Sure, it would be great, if I start my own company I'll get more benefits and income (better tax situation). I would be able to work for myself but not for someone and increase the value of my company and myself in future.
2. Yes, It’s my dream to run my own business in the future. I know that owning a company, which was established and developed by myself, would make me feel really fulfilled.
I would say that working in a nine-to-five job would be way much comfortable, but on the other hand, if you contribute to a startup at a very early stage, it might be really profitable in a longer perspective (like some shares in a company).
When I was in secondary school, I asked my dad to register a company for me and I try to manage a small tech vortal, selling advertisements, cooperating with hardware companies and offering SEO services. It was a great challenge at the beginning, but I quickly realized I didn't adapt to the very changeable environment and after some time it stopped bringing profit. I blamed Google and there new Search Engine algorithms for these, but it’s too offtopic I think :)
Would I set up my own company in the future? I definitely would like to. Working on a regular post might be well-paid but after some time you realize, you can't raise your salary over and over. To be financially independent you need to start your own business or start to invest your savings in a thoughtful way.
1. If I had to choose which place I'd rather work in, it would be most likely a start-up. I think a good atmosphere and small, familiar team, really pushes work forward and makes it enjoyable at the same time. Also I think that getting help in such place is much easier and overall everything process more smoothly. We can compare corporation to big machine, in which its employees act as small cogs. Of course those cogs are important, but I think they usually are distant to each other and can be replaced in any moment, unless it's really big and important cog ;). Start-up on other hand feels more friendly, people know each other much better, sometimes they started it all together and treat it like their real baby. Overall I think that it's much easier to give your best in such environment and we can grow up more easily.
2. Of course I'd like to start my own company. First I'll have to gain more experience and gather some funds through. Everyone feels happy if they are part of some success, but I think it's much better to be a father of it.
I think that as a beginner corporation might a better choice. There is more employees which gives you more people to learn from. I imagine that start-ups don't have as t much resources and time as big corporation. That is why it might be harder to teach young employees. However, If I had a lot of experience in my brach I would like to try working for a start-up. I don't like strict rules that are present in most of big companies.
Would you like to set up your own company someday? Maybe you already did so – was it successful?
I'd love to start my own company but first I would have to come up with a good idea for it. I think that starting your own business is attractive for many people. However, I don't want to start a company just for saking of owning it but to actually push into world some of my own ideas or innovations.
Now i work in big corporation and im enjoying it - I have never done overtime, i don't have to wear a suit, everyone are nice and there is no such thing like 'rat race'.
2. Yes, of course. I'd like to combine my hobby and making money. I want build my own products from my own ideas. However, starting company and developing 'things' is hard while working 8h a day in my current job :(
2. Yes, but only when I’m sure I’ve gathered enough experience to do it. Also, I need to know that my idea is one of a kind.
In my opinion, a corporation gives the best start, and your own startup can be a nice project when you earn yours.
I'm not sure yet, but I wouldn't want to have my own business. The cost of doing business in Poland scares me.
2. I don't feel very confident for now, but one day if I get cool idea for company - who knows, I will have to take a chance then
I'm currently working in small company and i think it's a great start for students that want to see how it is to be the employee. Small comapnies don't rush as corporations and you have more time to learn staff. On the other hand you won't achive as much as you could in company, but that's why i think you need to start slowly in small comapy and then move to bigger corporation to start your carrier.
2.Would you like to set up your own company someday? Maybe you already did so – was it successful?
I think it's a good idea but you need to learn from coworkers some basics first.
I don’t think I’d like working in a corporation. Not for a long time at least, maybe to gain some needed experience, but I wouldn’t love it as much as I love my current place of work.
I don’t think I would ever set up MY OWN company. Not in the IT market at least. I’m not afraid of the responsibility, but usually when you have your own company you don’t really do things you used to do earlier, you know ? I like my position and I don’t want to change it.
Maybe someday I’ll be tired of my job and I’ll open some bakery or something. You never know.
2. yes i would love to start my own little business someday
2. Of course I would like to start my own company, but I think that to run my own business you need experience in a selected field to be able to support and control employees.
I didn't think about starting my own company. But I think it will be a start-up.
2. I am in the process of starting a business, I hope it will work, but it's hard to predict.
2. Creating your own company requires responsibility. You are responsible for the success of the company, for the people who work for you. You have to be confident in your abilities and have a lot of patience. Setting up my firm would be a good idea, but I'm not sure I have all the right qualities.
Yes of course, I'm positive I will find some niche where I can develop my own business. The only one issue which disturbs me is Polish tax law.
2. I want to think that once I will build a startup that will grow into a huge corporation .
It doesn't matter to me. Rather, I try to select the company by development opportunities and the atmosphere that prevails there than the size of the company. All solutions have advantages. Startup gives you the opportunity to work with young people, you can be promoted quickly and you work in the latest technologies.
Corporations, on the other hand, allow access to specialists and work in teams. These companies are usually known by competitors and you have no problem changing jobs.
2. Would you like to set up your own company someday? Maybe you already did so – was it successful?
I am definitely striving to start my own business. I would not like to work my whole life in a corporation or startup. However, this is a large undertaking. Requires considerable financial outlays. I don't know yet what my company will be associated with. I will try to connect with many industries and create something unique. I do not exclude a company with friends.