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Old man here (30's), co-founder was 29 at application time. Age didn't seem to come into it in our case! We got an interview with only an idea, and we receive

Old man here (30's), co-founder was 29 at application time. Age didn't seem to come into it in our case! We got an interview with only an idea, and we received positive feedback from the partners. We weren't accepted at the time, though. YC (and other incubators) said they wanted a working prototype before investing. That's tricky, since we're in biotech; we've had to do a lot of front-loaded grinding in order to bootstrap a molecular biology lab, but now we're getting close to presentable results. I suppose if it were easy, everyone would do it! If we had been accepted, it would have been a rush, since co-founder was pregnant (baby is 2 yo old now!), but since we're married, it makes it easier to find synergy between work and family, heh. We have little man's grand parents right next door, and they've been a big help as we got rolling early on. Could any YC alumni speak to the family issue? The program is pretty short, but there is space for YC teams and alumni to set up a babysitting ring/play group for people in this situation. How did you guys handle pulling up stakes with your kids for a season? There are some googlable good outcomes, but I'd also be interested in hearing about the challenges as well.

jaabe 8y ago
Is 30 old? I work with enterprise architecture in the public sector of Scandinavia, sometimes on a national strategic level. It’s rather rare for anyone under 30 to make valuable contributions. It’s not unheard of, but it’s rather rare. Most people under 30 are only a few years into their careers, a few are only just finishing their degrees. On top of that, a good deal of people are starting families in their early thirties. Maybe there is just a huge difference of culture, but to me it seem, that the prime years career wise seem to be between 45 and 65. It's a little different for startups and founders, where a lot of people start below 25, but the second most common age group in startups is above 55, with an average age around 45-50. Data source: https://entrepreneurblog.ey.com/2017/03/01/ivaerksaetterdanmark-i-tal-og-tendenser/ https://entrepreneurblog.ey.com/2017/03/01/ivaerksaetterdanm...

jaabe 8y ago

Is 30 old? I work with enterprise architecture in the public sector of Scandinavia, sometimes on a national strategic level. It’s rather rare for anyone under 30 to make valuable contributions. It’s not unheard of, but it’s rather rare. Most people under 30 are only a few years into their careers, a few are only just finishing their degrees. On top of that, a good deal of people are starting families in their early thirties. Maybe there is just a huge difference of culture, but to me it seem, that the prime years career wise seem to be between 45 and 65. It's a little different for startups and founders, where a lot of people start below 25, but the second most common age group in startups is above 55, with an average age around 45-50. Data source: https://entrepreneurblog.ey.com/2017/03/01/ivaerksaetterdanmark-i-tal-og-tendenser/ https://entrepreneurblog.ey.com/2017/03/01/ivaerksaetterdanm...