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Oh boy, are you wrong. Age is just a number, an abstraction, it has nothing to do with starting a startup or anything else. If you can't start a startup for wh
by prakash 19y ago
Oh boy, are you wrong. Age is just a number, an abstraction, it has nothing to do with starting a startup or anything else.
If you can't start a startup for whatever reason, put yourself in the position to start a startup before starting a startup -- you might not be able to control some things, but start with the things you can control.
Rose Blumkin started her second business that competed with Warren Buffet, at age 98, after selling the first one to Warren Buffet.
It's all in your head my friend, start there and remember, you only have to get it right once.
And, finally, a quote I read from Marc Andreessen "Take acute pain now in order to avoid years of chronic pain."
- mrtron 19y agoI don't think everyone is ready to start a startup at any specific age. It requires planning, study of what works and what doesn't, and a huge commitment. But I definitely agree with you in the 'you only have to get it right once'. You can make 1000 mistakes that don't really have too much of a negative impact on your life, but the one really good move you make could make your startup a success.
- yters 19y agoI don't get why people make such a big deal about financial freedom (living off of interest). As far as I can tell, it can easily be achieved with about 5 years and a decent job. http://www.thewavemag.com/pagegen.php?pagename=article&articleid=21827 http://www.thewavemag.com/pagegen.php?pagename=article&a... Of course, maybe I'm totally missing something.
- alaskamiller 19y agoAge is a number but social constraints are real. He's describing things that people of older age usually have. Kids, family, mortgage, car payments, college savings, taxes. Let's not kid ourselves at thinking when you turn 30, 40, 50, or 60, you have the equal same amount of spark and vitality as you did when you're 20. There's a reason why it's called risky.
- Prrometheus 19y agoThere are biological, psychological, and social differences between a 25 year old and a 45 year old, none of which are in favor of the 45 year old. For example, the highest prize in Mathematics is the Fields medal, awarded every 4 years to the most outstanding mathematician under 40. Only once was there a problem with the age limit as all the important work in mathematics is done by young minds, anyway. The almost exception, by the way, was 41.