Career advice and help - Full-time vs Part-time MBA, IBD vs Amazon Sr Financial Analyst

I sincerely need your advice on my case. I'm a Big4 TAS manager in the bay area with 6+ years experience, having CFA, CPA and FRM, and received offer from Amazon as a Sr. Financial Analyst. I tried interviews for Corp Dev roles but not successful, one company offered me the position Corp Dev Associate, I'm still debating whether I should accept it. Last month I took GMAT and scored 690. My long-term goal is to do start-ups (co-founder or joining an early-stage start-up). Can I please obtain advice regarding the following 2 options: a. Stay at TAS, apply next year to a full-time MBA business school then jump into IBD/Corp Dev, then join start-up. b. Join Amazon, and apply for a part-time MBA degree in Berkley. Leveraging the network at Berkley and Amazon to find start-up opportunities. However, I don't know whether part-time MBAs are interested in start-ups. 

Can you please provide some advice? Thank you all!

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