Entrepreneurial Feel to company...

... is a DAMN LIE!!Ever notice how companies put that in their company description: "XYZ company has a very entrepreneurial feel to it" and then goes on to say " we seek employees who have an entrepreneurial spirit"

Yes, its all lies.

Allow me to elaborate. My resume clearly points out my entrepreneurial nature. After working for 2 solid years as a software engineer, i quit to work a start-up. That dream ended after 9months and I moved into a Product Manager position at another start-up. I worked there for 9months before moving to pursue a Masters degree in Marketing.

I agree that it looks like i switched jobs rather quickly but is that really so? Start-ups are always 50-50 and I was young enough to be able to take the risk. Naturally, I went to work another start-up. If you've ever worked for start-ups as a youngster, you might remember how painful the scenario of going to work for a corporate might have sounded like. Yes, i should have stuck around longer as Product Manager, but that was my only mistake.

Yet, every time I get interviewed ( a miracle in itself) I am constantly asked about the job-switching. They don't see it as entrepreneurial venture gone wrong but rather as s0meone who'll be fickle. I've been at IBM for nearly 9months now, almost as long as my PM job, and my manager only has good things to say about me.

So then, why is it so hard to get taken seriously by "Entrepreneurial-feel-to-" companies???