Startups are hard work and most will fail.

However,  most students and early career professionals will become more future-ready T-shaped adaptive innovators if they work hard and learn fast at one or more startups.

Steve Miller (IBM Analytics) sent me these interesting reads:

Check out one experience about how hard it really is to spin up a company.
http://techcrunch.com/2016/04/28/bitlock-crowdfunded-a-smart-bike-lock-in-2013-what-happened-next

Then there’s this.
http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/18/9758214/coolest-cooler-amazon-kickstater-shipping-production-delay

A good list of successful ones in terms of raising money.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest_funded_crowdfunding_projects