Startup Dilemma: Better To Pursue A Startup Idea Before Or After College?

Like most people, I have my own startup idea and it isn't tech. Keep in mind that around 90 something % of startups fail. The dilemma here is that college is the last free time we get before we enter the real world. I don't want to commit to starting a business during my senior year that may fail and then leave me with terrible job opportunities on wall street afterwards. I want to work in IB but I also think my idea is worth bringing to life. Doing both at the same time would not be an option of course. What are your opinions? Take the safe route by establishing a career in IB or risk it all by pursuing my startup idea? Should I risk waiting until B-school where I'll have an established career of some sort by that time? I'm sure that I am not the only one who has thought about this dilemma before.

 

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