If all your experience is in the corporate world, then yes, I would recommend you join a startup first while there are startups available that will take you. Ev

If all your experience is in the corporate world, then yes, I would recommend you join a startup first while there are startups available that will take you. Even if you have to take a paycut to do so, it's likely going to be a lot more money than you would pay yourself in your own startup. Get used to the pace, risk, and general mindset of a startup first. There is a nontrivial adjustment period between working for big companies and working for startups. So I would highly advise you to go through that without the additional stress of running the startup and working on it.