IB -> Entrepreneurship -> PE / VC

Exploring starting my own company and leaving my current role as 2nd year analyst after bonus hits early next year (will be 1 year after joining my current firm). Two questions: 

1. Is it reasonable to leave after a year for entrepreneurship purposes? 
2. Given likelihood of failure with any startup, I’m wondering if it would be possible to go back into finance and get a job at a PE / VC shop in 1-2 years after leaving IB 

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