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The article talks of old and the young as if they were different people. All of the old people were young people once. If you consistently try to build busines
by 1ba9115454 8y ago
The article talks of old and the young as if they were different people.
All of the old people were young people once.
If you consistently try to build businesses through side projects, or other means, there's a good chance you're getting better at it as the years go by.
So it shouldn't come as a surprise to find you may eventually succeed.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> The article talks of old and young people as if they were different people. They are different people. > All of the old people were young people once. All ex-Communists were once Communists, yet Communists and ex-Communists are still different people.
- jiveturkey 8y agoyes. every 10-15 yrs or so, you are a different person entirely. search for dan gilbert. here’s his ted talk. https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_you_are_always_changing/transcript https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_you_are_always_changin...
- indogooner 8y agoRight. It would be more instructive to see what percentage of old entrepreneurs are first-timers.
- ganeshkrishnan 8y agoAlso subjective to define successful. I started at 16 but by no means million dollar business. Just barely enough to feed myself. Then moved on to consulting and finally now a startup
- TomMarius 8y agoIt'd be even better to know their work experience.
- jmartrican 8y agoIn the article Zuck is quoted as saying "Young people are just smarter" or something to that affect. If that's the view of the Valley as a whole, as the article alludes to, does the Valley think that people get dumber as they get older or that young people are just coming out of HS/college smarter?
- collyw 8y agoOld people are wiser.
- zxcmx 8y agoI think if he had been older when he made that comment it would have been more interesting. Personally I just read it as “young person pretty sure that young people are smarter”.
- technofiend 8y agoSo has he set the date for his retirement, yet? I mean the board should have his ouster lined up by the time he hits 30, right? Oh crap! He's already 34. Nice knowing you Mark but it's time to move over, old man.
- detaro 8y agoIf you look at the linked source article, it seems like it's mostly "hire young people, they'll be more willing to go all-in on work" (vs people with distractions like kids or ideas about work-life balance)