My startup's based around the tech I was studying for my PhD (I dropped out to do the startup, my research was leaning more real-worldy than academic, and to stay in academia I'd have had to go in a direction I didn't like). I'm pretty sure (in fact I've more or less been told) I could get the PhD within a couple of years without too much hassle, either full time or part time. I agree with another commenter's point that I might not actually enjoy it though!
Computer science is a little different from chemistry, though, it seems easier to jump in and out of academia like that.
Once you've started it's generally OK to take a year off, however if you turn to down an acceptance most places make you start from square one. So as such it might be a good idea to take the PhD position, do that for a year, and then re-consider.
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My startup's based around the tech I was studying for my PhD (I dropped out to do the startup, my research was leaning more real-worldy than academic, and to stay in academia I'd have had to go in a direction I didn't like). I'm pretty sure (in fact I've more or less been told) I could get the PhD within a couple of years without too much hassle, either full time or part time. I agree with another commenter's point that I might not actually enjoy it though!
Computer science is a little different from chemistry, though, it seems easier to jump in and out of academia like that.
Once you've started it's generally OK to take a year off, however if you turn to down an acceptance most places make you start from square one. So as such it might be a good idea to take the PhD position, do that for a year, and then re-consider.