> It may well be easier if you're "old", since you've already had a chance to establish a career and make yourself hireable You're assuming something about age

> It may well be easier if you're "old", since you've already had a chance to establish a career and make yourself hireable You're assuming something about age discrimination.... > I can imagine it takes some balls to try to start a business immediately after graduating (or instead of going to college) Huh? Why are you assuming that a youngster is less hirable/desirable after the biz that they start fails? They're not, they're more hirable/desirable, at least in the US. (Of course, if they weren't very hireable before, that may carry over, but we're not talking about those folks.) > unless you have a pretty good parental safety net. That's not particularly relevant.