What is the career risk of entrepreneurship after 1 year of work experience?

I've come to the conclusion that the IB / PE route is not for me. I think even if I ended up at a megafund I would hate my life with the long hours and work that I didn't find fulfilling. I think ideally, starting and running my own business would bring me the most fulfillment and be the most exciting, even if im making a little less than if I stayed in IB. Say I take 2 years to try to start a business and fail. How much career damage would be done if I then tried to go back and get a job? I've also considered working at 40-50hr a week job and getting a business off the ground on the side before quitting to mitigate the risk. 

 

1yr is too little  - you should do at least 2yrs. Unless you have some hot business you can bring to market. 

"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
 

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