Entrepreneur to banking

After reading the "If You Could Do It All Again..." and the helpful comments with regard to entrepreneurship on this board, I started wondering what your experiences are with people having started their own company eventually moving into banking.

I am curious about this as I will be doing an internship at a top boutique this summer, after which I still have one year to graduation. Next to this I will start a company with a friend, which I am very much looking forward to. Although I believe we have a golden idea, I still take the overall chances of being succesful as an entrepreneur into account, meaning there is a large possibility that the company goes bust in a year or two/three.

Therefore I would like to know more about your specific experiences with regard to the possibilities of moving into banking or other industries after having started one's own company...

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