Dropping sophomore SA position for my startup?

I'm a sophomore at a HYPSM school studying computer science and facing a dilemma. I have a sophomore summer IB SA position at a BB lined up, and was originally planning to go down the finance route long term. However, I've been talking with a few VC's recently about a startup idea I have, which seems pretty promising, and have scrounged together about 2 mm of committed capital. This seems like an incredibly opportunity and life changing if I can make it work. I really want to drop my IB SA position and just go full steam ahead with this. Any reason I shouldn't?

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VCs gave you $2M and gave you the option to do the internship?

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

No I'd have to give up my internship (and probably take a leave from school) to work on my startup

 

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