u/I_Got_A_wholeCAKE

I am still in the applying part of internships. I too have never done an internship before

Normally do people do an unpaid internship as their 1st internship? So they can put that as a work experience in their resume and do better internships next? Or paid ryt from the start?

Also I was only applying to startups? Am I doing smtg wrong? Are startups a bad choice? Should I apply for medium sized companies?