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I'm a strategists so I'm solving problems in advertising or looking for business opportunities for clients. In terms of degrees, it would depends on what role you're interested in e.g. as a developer you would need a degree in that, but for many other roles a degree is not needed or asked for. I did my degree is psychology but I was hired on my previous experience. Startups will always care more about what you have done vs what you studied. I have a video about skills to work in a startup which covers what skills are relevant.

I spent 3 amazing years there but have now moved on to working with startups directly as a strategist

@@lydsie1768 do you continue with your channel or do you have another channel? You explain things very well

@@vivianpurplemess Ah thank you so much. I really wan to start again, I just got busy. Do you think I should? and what topics would you be interested in?

That's brilliant well done!

Why u stopped making TH-cam videos??

@@jmeahra I think I lost the time and now am a bit nervous to come back. Is there any topic you want to know more about?

Yes, if u still working then show us your day life from morning to night, that will motivate us also ☺️

Totally agree. Honesty is a key one, no hiding from the challenges.

Take care of your mental health man, sounds like your manager is not valuing your work.

Working in one certainly helps the learning for sure. Which ones do you think would be a challenge to learn before?

So glad! How is your first 5 months going?

@@lydiataylor4598 Thanks for replying to me. It's going pretty well and I'm learning so much working as an intern at a start-up in Dublin. The only drawback is I'm not getting any stipend as it's an unpaid internship and finding it hard to find investors who are willing to provide funding for our project😕.

@@srikanthtangirala9191 Hi Srikanth, glad to hear it is going well. Can I ask how long your internship is set for?

@@srikanthtangirala9191 And do you have written equity agreement if you are working for free?

@@lydiataylor4598 Actually, it's a 3-month internship as it was supposed to end in December but I'm still continuing to work with the start-up in the hope of getting converted into a full-time paid position assuming the company is going to get funded and also to gain as much experience as I can. As much as I love to work here, I can't keep working for free for much longer as I need a source of income for rent and other expenses, especially during this pandemic situation. So I would probably leave the start-up if I get a job offer from some other company for a full-time paid position. To answer your 2nd question, I don't have any written equity agreement for working free.

Thanks so much. I really want to get back into videos, is there anything else which would be useful for you?

hahah they're big! what can I do

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I'm not sure what any of your comments mean

@@lydsie1768 Goodbye

not sure what you mean

That's brilliant, congratulations. As an engineer you will likely get really good exposure in a startup and be allowed to progress much more quickly than in a big corporate.

It's a super valid question and to be honest it really depends by startup and role. I'm going to do a video into this topic coming soon :)

Amazing! Great to hear you enjoy it. Any topic you would like advice on for your new adventure?

@@lydsie1768 when do you feel the working at start ups trend began. Has this been happening for a while and I am late to the party?

thanks so much Ana. Is there a topic you're interested in hearing more about?

Thanks so much! you're right, I do need to

Start with what problem can you solve or improve in the world and then you will find an idea for your startup.

So glad to hear that!

Hey Vidhya, sorry this took so long for me to reply and that's awesome setting up a local market office, well done. How are you finding the smaller working style now you're two months in? it's a really good question, would you like me to make a video on this?

Exciting stuff! If you want any advice or to chat, let me know :)

Hi Dhanush, sorry this took me so long to reply and congrats on the job. My advise would be to be constantly looking for ways you can proactively help. It's one thing to ask "hey can I help on this?" it's very different to offer 'Hey, I can help by researching into this topic. I can look at these three things and come back to you with finding in a week, would that be useful?". You want to position yourself as someone who goes above and beyond as in a startup that's what it really takes to succeed. And do what you say! Stay to deadlines, don't make excuses and step up when you can. I'm thinking of making more videos again, anything else you would like me to cover?

@@lydsie1768 Yes

@@dhanushu3341 What else is it you would like covered?

@@lydsie1768 I also wanted to know if i had joined the right start up or no !!!! , is there any way i could know that ??

@@dhanushu3341 I guess it depends what you mean by 'the right startup', right in what way?

Hey Vaughn, exciting to hear you are looking at startups. I would say if you have startup networks in your area, make sure you go to events. E.g. I'm in london so I got to a lot of tech talks, think tank events and use a site called Unicorn Hunt to as they have networking sometimes. The other thing you can do is target startups you are interested in, so find out who won recent competitions from incubators for example, find a company you are interested in and then contact a key person at that business via linked in or email (if you can find it). If you go down this route, be very direct and how you can help them, how do you solve a problem for them and how you are passionate about them specifically. They likely get a lot of emails so your approach matters. I hope this helps!

Hey Chase! That's exciting, I hope it goes well. For me I think I wish I knew the realities of business growth more. The biggest learning I had is that whilst I may know the company inside out and be a very important member of the team, there will be hiring decisions which can be difficult for you to accept in your first startup. For example, it's not always the case that companies hire from within, often when there are external shareholders, growth decisions need to look impressive to the board so you may not get the standard official 'title growth' you would get in a corporate. You have to be ok with that in your first role in a startup for sure. Hope that is useful :)

Hey! For me it actually was not a scary decision. I knew from when I first met the founder that I really belived in the business model and actually it solved a lot of frustrations I had in my job at the time. Yes you do loose out on things like good holiday (in my case), health care, corporate perks but you learn much faster so to me I think it's it's like a career shortcut for a few years. My 2 big factors were, 1 taking a less competitive salary - which long term is not an issue as often salaries grow as the business grows in most startups. Also a factor is having a not such a good job title as you don't have hierarchy levels in a small startup. This is a bit annoying but I also think experince will always over shadow title. . Hope that helps :)

Hey Tony, is really would depend on what the start-up specialises in. Are you a developer?

No. But I have some experience in a range of languages.

@@notalotaboat Ofc you only need technical skills going into a technical role. So you would start non very specialised e.g. Front end development/ back end or full stack. Then with experience you specialises e.g. AI solutions, or marketplaces. Hope that helps.

Thank you for this information

haha I actually don't know. What about?

@@lydsie1768 A life update? What are you up to one year later?

That's awesome! God I feel like I have learnt a lifetime more since I posted this video. My top tips now would be 1) Get a mentor or a group of other new entrepreneurs around you early on, 2) you dont always need to have the answer so put investigating above fast solutions and 3) if you grow beyond 20 people, make a concious focus on culture.

I donlt had them just for a year but came off last December

yes!

Hey, I'm glad you liked it. Hmm not really to be honest. We always have people give a little summary about themselves and posit it with their favourite GIF on the all company Slack channel. When you make it to a year you have to do a dance but that is it really :)