I agree, if I wanted to do that, my start up failure would be interesting. As it is, it’s probably of very limited use. My appeal is to get people to consider what they would do if their start up failed and how useful that would be for their other line of work. Entrepreneurial experience is of basically no use in academia, as far as I can tell.
Having the story to tell might not serve you that well if you stay in academia (though increased self-knowledge should help quite a bit). But I’d generalize my previous comments to say that you’ve picked up meaningful CV/interview capital if at any point in your career you end up leaving academia.
Hello Jon
I agree, if I wanted to do that, my start up failure would be interesting. As it is, it’s probably of very limited use. My appeal is to get people to consider what they would do if their start up failed and how useful that would be for their other line of work. Entrepreneurial experience is of basically no use in academia, as far as I can tell.
Having the story to tell might not serve you that well if you stay in academia (though increased self-knowledge should help quite a bit). But I’d generalize my previous comments to say that you’ve picked up meaningful CV/interview capital if at any point in your career you end up leaving academia.