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Want to skyrocket your career? 🚀 Join a startup with less than 20 people!

18 Feb 2025 · 1 min

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In this concise advice video, the speaker urges viewers to fast‑track their professional growth by joining a startup that has fewer than 20 employees. He outlines a step‑by‑step LinkedIn strategy: search for companies showing a 11‑50 employee signal, examine the people and jobs pages, and contact the founder directly. He recommends crafting a compelling LinkedIn message thread, locating the founder’s email, and pitching what you can contribute. While acknowledging that a corporate role may pay more immediately, he argues that the intense exposure, hands‑on experience, and deep understanding of how a company operates that a tiny startup provides will pay off substantially in the long run.

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The best thing you can do yourself is to join a startup with less than 20 people. How, you ask? Easy peasy. Head to LinkedIn and find companies with fewer than 20 people. Look for 11-50 employee signals on the page. Check out the people and jobs section and directly reach out to the founder. Craft a killer LinkedIn thread, find their email, and drop a message about what you want to do and what you can offer. Jump into that startup vibe. It will demand a lot from you, but trust me, the exposure and understanding of how company functions will pay you big time in future. Sure, your corporate friend might make more money right now, but you will be gaining skills and insight that will make you more successful later on.