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> The average age of first-time entrepreneurs in all industries is 43; in tech industries, the average age is 39. This obviously doesn't mention how successful
by w1ntermute 14y ago
> The average age of first-time entrepreneurs in all industries is 43; in tech industries, the average age is 39.
This obviously doesn't mention how successful those older entrepreneurs go on to be.
I'd like to know if there is a significant difference in the success rates of tech companies started by 18 year olds and 28 year olds. Does it actually make empirical sense to start a company when you're 18, or do those 10 years of working drastically improve your chances such that you should hold off?
- aagha 14y agoI remember reading a free years ago--I can't remember the source--that older entrepreneurs were, on average, more successful than younger ones.
- doorhammer 14y agoI'd be totally interested in (being spoonfed) research on that, just out of interest. I think my bumper-sticker take away, though, would be "it's never too early to try and it's never to late to get started."