Don't let the press fool you: there are plenty of founders aged 30+ building innovative businesses. The average age of a startup founder is 40: http://www.thed

Don't let the press fool you: there are plenty of founders aged 30+ building innovative businesses. The average age of a startup founder is 40: http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/08/20/innovation-grows-among-older-workers.html http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/08/20/innovation-... Also, YC has plenty of founders over 30: http://blog.zencoder.com/2010/09/21/doing-y-combinator-in-your-30s/ http://blog.zencoder.com/2010/09/21/doing-y-combinator-in-yo... Personally, I founded my first company in YC when I was 30 (Parse).