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This is true for “successful tech companies” but not for “mega successful tech companies” (e.g. Top 10 of all time, like Apple Google Microsoft Facebook Amazon
by paggle 7y ago
This is true for “successful tech companies” but not for “mega successful tech companies” (e.g. Top 10 of all time, like Apple Google Microsoft Facebook Amazon Netflix etc.) There you will find the median age closer to 20 than 30.
- jacques_chester 7y agoJohn D. Rockefeller was 31 when he founded Standard Oil. Andrew Carnegie was 57 when he founded Carnegie steel.
- throwaway082729 7y agoOne thing I'm curious when I hear about entrepreneurs that started late is what they did leading up to it. That's a key difference in 21 year olds and 35-year olds. Are the 35-year olds doing something in common leading up to it that makes them more likely to be successful?
- P0l83q4p1Hw3Ul 7y agoMy understanding is that JDR started his business at 20, got into oil at 24, bought out his partners, started a new partnership, and then ended that partnership at 31, naming the part of the business he got Standard Oil.
- jacques_chester 7y agoHe did, which kinda underscores the argument that entrepreneurs with prior experience and connections have a higher chance of success.
- hello_newman 7y agoFor what it's worth, Reed Hastings founded Netflix when he was 36, and Jeff Bezos founded Amazon when he was 30.
- paggle 7y agoSure, now average them with the other companies like Microsoft Google Facebook Apple etc
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