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You're paying way too much attention to the press and PR about the tech scene. "According to research by Vivek Wadhwa, an academic and tech entrepreneur, and t

You're paying way too much attention to the press and PR about the tech scene. "According to research by Vivek Wadhwa, an academic and tech entrepreneur, and the Kauffman Foundation, the average age of successful start-up founders in these and other high-growth industries was 40. And high-growth start-ups are almost twice as likely to be launched by people over 55 as by people 20 to 34." Do the things now that you won't be able to do once you've got a family (assuming you haven't started one already.) Take a few risks, learn more than a few things, and stretch yourself in ways that aren't comfortable. You've got plenty of time—what you lack right now is perspective. Work on that. [1] http://business.time.com/2013/03/14/ask-the-expert-the-best-age-for-a-start-up-founder/ http://business.time.com/2013/03/14/ask-the-expert-the-best-...

PatentTroll 10y ago
There are great stories about later in life success stories too. Just yesterday I was reading about Tom Clancey. In his mid 30s he was an insurance salesman. His first book published when he was 37. Not that I want to be an author, but that's a great story. Another one I think of is that John Boehner was a plastics salesman at age 41. Not that he's a role model at all, but clearly he had talents and abilities that were not being fully exploited as late as his early forties. Life is long, and while people like us may have missed the whole "teenage Internet entrepreneur/genius" train, there are lots of exit ramps to fortune and glory throughout your 30s and 40s.
- karmajunkie 10y ago
  Also worth noting: not every success story looks like 100M exits and millions of users. My market has about 4000 customers tops (or about 50 enterprise-level clients) and were a front-runner in the industry. It's never going to garner much in the way of investment but we feel pretty successful even so.
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PatentTroll 10y ago

There are great stories about later in life success stories too. Just yesterday I was reading about Tom Clancey. In his mid 30s he was an insurance salesman. His first book published when he was 37. Not that I want to be an author, but that's a great story. Another one I think of is that John Boehner was a plastics salesman at age 41. Not that he's a role model at all, but clearly he had talents and abilities that were not being fully exploited as late as his early forties. Life is long, and while people like us may have missed the whole "teenage Internet entrepreneur/genius" train, there are lots of exit ramps to fortune and glory throughout your 30s and 40s.

karmajunkie 10y ago
Also worth noting: not every success story looks like 100M exits and millions of users. My market has about 4000 customers tops (or about 50 enterprise-level clients) and were a front-runner in the industry. It's never going to garner much in the way of investment but we feel pretty successful even so.
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