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Is it better to get startup experience or experience with a more formal organizational structure?

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  1. Priyanka Srinivasan
    Priyanka Srinivasan

    Verkada Vice President Product Marketing • 5y

    In general, if you’re early in your career and trying to learn the nuts and bolts of marketing, I’d go for a startup only if you can work for someone who has more experience / has done it before. I’ve seen a lot of early career folks go to startups where the people above them are just as clueless about best-in-class marketing as they are. That’s not going to be a valuable experience for you.However, if you can find a small company where you’re working under someone who has a lot of experience, i ...Read More

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  2. Ben Geller
    Ben Geller

    Former Director, Product Marketing & Demand Generation at You.com | Formerly LinkedIn • 2y

    For candidates who are early in their careers, there's a huge benefit to getting experience with a more formal organizational structure. Larger companies tend to have well-thought-out best practices, and a deep bench of resources and mentors to tap. On the other hand, startup experience can be more challenging for an early hire, where you have to learn by hustling and have access to fewer resources/mentorship on the team. This can create bad habits and blind spots around what best practices shou ...Read More

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