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Wow, raganwald is 50?! I still remember when he stood up at the first YC Startup School to respond to pg's assertion that startups are for young people with no
by jbellis 14y ago
Wow, raganwald is 50?!
I still remember when he stood up at the first YC Startup School to respond to pg's assertion that startups are for young people with no obligations to say, What better example to set for your kids, than to do something meaningful? This was in 2005; I thought he was in his mid thirties.
(At the time I had two kids of my own; now I have four and a company. And for what it's worth, I think my oldest is proud of his dad.)
- raganwald 14y agoWe weren’t really arguing, just making two important but somewhat orthogonal points about the same subject :-) First, when you’re young and childless IS the best time to start a business, you have less to lose and a greater chance of success. Second, just because you aren’t young or aren’t childless is no reason not to start a business. (Caveat: It may be a reason you will not succeed financially!) You could simplify this by saying, today is a better day to start following your dream than tomorrow, for any value of today.
- heretohelp 14y agoThe dude is freakin' ageless. I hope to look that good at 50!