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I feel either this essay is targeted at young founders or there's just a general bias toward them at YC. Should mid-thirties founders even bother?
by callmeed 17y ago
I feel either this essay is targeted at young founders or there's just a general bias toward them at YC. Should mid-thirties founders even bother?
- theBobMcCormick 17y agoI think older founders might actually be at an advantage in some ways. Someone else in this thread mentioned that one of the problems with organic startup ideas is that so many aspiring startup founders have similar interests and are at similar stages in their life. Maybe that could be an advantage for older startup founders. They're more likely to have interests (and therefore itches to scratch) outside of the typically crowded startup scene. If my theory is correct, it'd also similarly be an advantage for organic startup founders who are woman, or who live far outside the valley, etc.
- pg 17y agoThere just happens to be a natural connection between organic ideas and young founders. We've funded lots of people in their 30s.
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- subbu 17y agoI guess mid-thirties should probably look at the other type of startups: those that you decide, from afar, are going to be necessary to some class of users other than you