Some people have already mentioned the benefits of a startup, but if you want to start your own company there are a couple of reasons why experience in a larger

Some people have already mentioned the benefits of a startup, but if you want to start your own company there are a couple of reasons why experience in a larger company might also help you do that (aside from just starting a company). YMMV of course. 1) That big company might be your startup's competition. Knowing how they work might give you insight into how to beat them and others like them. 2) That big company might buy your startup or be a customer (if you're doing something B2B) Getting insight into how decisions get made in larger organizations will help you sell to the right people. You might think the supposed "insights" from these are obvious, but they might not be to someone who hasn't been in a big company for a long enough period of time. I'm still in school and I'll admit that I'm pretty clueless about these myself.