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Most successful startup founder I know is north of 60. He's been at it a decade. He recently got handed multiple billions to expand from 500 HC. Secret ingre
by urthor 4y ago
Most successful startup founder I know is north of 60. He's been at it a decade.
He recently got handed multiple billions to expand from 500 HC. Secret ingredient: two decades at Mckinsey.
Biggest trend other than experience is TIME. Most businesses take a DECADE to really get going.
- bolton_strid 4y ago
- atlasunshrugged 4y agoReally, the secret ingredient was McKinsey? Maybe I'm biased but except for one person, I've never worked with McKinsey folks (and working in Germany you work with many) and thought they'd be great entrepreneurs
- lawrjone 4y agoI think I failed to communicate this nuance in the article, but my major point was how to most quickly develop the experience you'd need to start your own company. I'd imagine McKinsey is a great place to see loads of companies and be exposed to a lot of useful stuff. But it probably won't pack as much relevant experience into as short a time as several years in a start-up 5-10x'ing in size. Hiroki Takeuchi and Matt Robinson – two of the GoCardless founders – both left McKinsey to start GC. I'd imagine that experience was incredibly useful, though you'd have to ask them if they think it's more or less valuable than seeing things at a different start-up beforehand.