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Too much analysis of software giants. It's all industry specific. 2/3 Intel founders were about 40. Sam Walton did not own a store until at least age 35. Bell
by erosenbe0 5y ago
Too much analysis of software giants. It's all industry specific.
2/3 Intel founders were about 40. Sam Walton did not own a store until at least age 35. Bell founded AT&T, maybe in historically relative terms the most successful tech company ever, at 37. Jensen founded Nvidia about 30. Warren Buffet bought up Berkshire in his late twenties.
- georgewsinger 5y agoThis is a great response, especially RE Intel & Bell Labs. Jensen and Buffett both count as "young" though, I think? In any event all of these founders are below the age of 45?
- erosenbe0 5y agoTrue. I'm just countering the tendency to think that pure youth is best. That seemed to peak with the Elizabeth Holmes mess. Had she gained five years of experience and a more grounded plan of attack with the same level of charisma and ambition it may have turned out more favorably.
- jimhi 5y agoThis is a very optimistic view considering every part of her methodology was and always will be physically impossible without completely changing how we understand biology.
- erosenbe0 5y agoThe implausibility was obvious even at the level of basic sciences. When I heard about Theranos, I checked the units on my last test from an established lab. Glucose and cholesterol -- which can be done with finger pricks -- measure in mg/dl. A standard blood test like a total thyroid test measures in ng/dl so that's one million times higher resolution. Free thyroid is in picograms/dl !!