Q: “I’m graduating soon and I’m interested in starting my startup one day. What do I do?”
Go work for a Seed/A company. Do everything and learn everything. Grind yourself as if it was your own company. Work 80 hours a week.
Most of these companies probably won’t have current openings. So you gotta hustle big time. It will be hard, nearly impossible – it’s like trying to get in AND create a new major in a college that doesn’t even accept new students.
If you want to be the next pizza franchise mogul one day, what would you do? You’d probably want to spend the next few years working at a pizza restaurant, hiding your ambition, trying to absorb every single thing about the pizza business.
And a software venture is probably 10x more complicated than a pizza restaurant.
“But what about the Zuckerbergs? Didn’t they start a business right out of college?”
Sure, you can definitely build a huge business right out of college, without any experience. Or you can build the next Domino’s without any previous experience in the pizza business. Not saying it’s impossible – it’s just far more difficult and unlikely.
“But aren’t we living in the world where everyone becomes a founder/solopreneur?”
If every single person becomes a solopreneur, who works at companies? Will Google have one employee? Saying everybody will become a solopreneur is like saying all armies will have generals only and no solders.
What’s important is alignment, not the title. If you know you’re part of an org that’s aligned with your personal mission and growth, the role and title are secondary.