As founder of several companies myself I always recommend people NOT to start startups. I will help or mentor them if they are really interested. Really interes

As founder of several companies myself I always recommend people NOT to start startups. I will help or mentor them if they are really interested. Really interested people will do it anyway. It looks today like everybody and their dog have to make a company, but first you need to have a very strong conviction that the world needs something that you provide. Starting a company is going to be very hard at first, specially when you are trained by school that effort always rewards you with results and you need a very strong force behind you to be able to face the difficulties. The great shock is for great students that are used to have good grades or have a great job but in real startup life they struggle. In a company they will succeed but on their own they will depress and enter a death spiral. It is hard for them, for their partners, for their parents, even for their mentors. You need a totally different set of skills than in a normal job, like the ability to manage yourself, manage risks, made decisions,make investments, choose your people, understand markets, creativity or selling yourself in front of others.