Internship: Equity Research Intern at a Boutique vs Growth Intern at a startup ($10B Valuation)?

Hi, I couldn't get a strategy/consulting gig but received offers to these internships. Which would help me better for FT consulting? Might not be in an ideal situation, but this is what I have.

Equity Research at a boutique job-desc: standard ER gig. 3 past interns of the firm have gone to the MBB.

Growth Intern at startup (e-commerce, backed by Alibaba) job-desc: - Create and develop marketing strategies to acquire new vendors & to sustain continuous orders with existing vendors - Conduct competitive analysis for new vendors - Increase total purchase value on a monthly basis and to improve tier level on the following quarter - Compile reports consisting of merchant products and campaigns based on performance results - Build relationships with vendors

Background: past experience in big4 risk, semi-target

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