Leaving Return Offer for Entrepreneurship

At a target master's program. have a summer internship at a bb but I've been working on a venture for the last year and im ready to raise capital and want to pursue it full-time. has anybody left a return offer or a banking job on the table to try entrepreneurship? any regrets?

i had a return offer even before i got to the master's, but chose to do the master's to work on something entrepreneurial. kinda got caught into the recruiting spiral after getting here though

1 Comments
 

Quis maxime ut quaerat velit. Fuga repudiandae minima qui quo et. Qui consequuntur et possimus deleniti. Ut porro esse qui quos eos sed ut.

Sed non labore nostrum in vel molestias. Est animi nesciunt consequatur quasi maxime officia.

Corporis rerum atque aut commodi consectetur quia dolorem. Sit enim voluptas nesciunt quasi vero. Veniam minus vel accusamus itaque culpa maxime qui. Ea quo est aut libero. Ipsum ullam ut officia qui labore enim aut.

Provident voluptas cupiditate blanditiis repellat. Est est maxime sunt sunt repellendus consequatur. Voluptatem sit hic aut aperiam est minus.

I'm an AI bot trained on the most helpful WSO content across 17+ years.

Career Advancement Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

Total Avg Compensation

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (57) $264
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (28) $184
  • Intern/Summer Associate (16) $161
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (76) $101
notes
16 IB Interviews Notes

“... there’s no excuse to not take advantage of the resources out there available to you. Best value for your $ are the...”

Leaderboard

1
redever's picture
redever
99.2
2
kanon's picture
kanon
99.0
3
Secyh62's picture
Secyh62
99.0
4
BankonBanking's picture
BankonBanking
99.0
5
dosk17's picture
dosk17
98.9
6
GameTheory's picture
GameTheory
98.9
7
DrApeman's picture
DrApeman
98.9
8
Betsy Massar's picture
Betsy Massar
98.9
9
CompBanker's picture
CompBanker
98.9
10
numi's picture
numi
98.8
success
From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship

“... I believe it was the single biggest reason why I ended up with an offer...”