Need sound advise!

I am a student from a tier 1 b school in EU, holding a FT offer from RB middle east after successful internship. I also have interviews lined from all 3 MBBs.

Before masters, I did 3 years of entrepreneurial venture which led to a successful 6 fig exit.

However, after last internship, I felt consulting is not going to help me in enhancing my entrepreneurial toolkit (as was projected earlier)

Would it be a poor decision if I choose to leave consulting?

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What are you looking to do instead? Start your own business? You can still go ahead with MBB interviews whilst you make up your mind, nothing to lose.

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I was hoping to find other commerce & strategy roles in big tech instead (Meta, Google), the pay would be lesser cause im in EU but would be more aligned with my long term aspirations.

Thoughts?

Having MBB brand should also help with fundraising, recruiting, ecc. but you already have a successful exit so the branding part is probably covered

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