In what doing a PhD is like starting-up a business.
Many people think that scientists (those little PhD students) don’t quite fit to be an entrepreneur. Scientists are too rigid, have no business experience, and an idealistic view of the world (which is quite true). Well, I have a different perspective regarding scientists’s entrepreneurial skills. I think that scientists and particularly PhD students have a lot of potential to become great entrepreneurs (holding myself a PhD). Let me show you why. There are several points where entrepreneurship compares with doing a PhD:
