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This assertion has little to no scientific or mathematical basis. Here's how you too can make up a sensational headline: 1) Start with an assumption 2) collec
by startupper 19y ago
This assertion has little to no scientific or mathematical basis.
Here's how you too can make up a sensational headline:
1) Start with an assumption
2) collect data points that prove your assertion -- leave those that don't out of the calculation.
There is no 'right' age to start a company. No age is too old.
-KFC was started by Col. Sanders when he was 50 something.
-John Warnock co-founded Adobe when he was 42.
There are many more examples, but those are only a couple off the top of my head.
EDIT: The comments in the valleywag piece contain a few more examples like Jim Clark.
- mechanical_fish 19y agoLet me guess: most failed startups are also run by 20 and 30 year olds. I intend to wait until I'm 87 to start my company. We all know of failed startups that were founded by 20, 30, or 40-somethings, but you almost never see a failed startup with an 80-year-old founder. I'm sure that means something.
- startupper 19y agoWhy not start one when you are 10? Seriously though, I started my first one when I was 11 -- and no, it was not a lemonade stand ;). Profitable too.