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This is abhorrent ageism, and completely wrong. Peter Thiel, 31, Paypal, 37, Palintar. Larry Elison, 33, Oracle. Reid Hoffman, 35, Linked In. Evan Williams, 35

by tensor 13y ago

This is abhorrent ageism, and completely wrong. Peter Thiel, 31, Paypal, 37, Palintar. Larry Elison, 33, Oracle. Reid Hoffman, 35, Linked In. Evan Williams, 35, Twitter. Mark Pincus, 41, Zynga. Arianna Huffington, 54, Huffington Post. Can we stop making things up? Maybe five minutes of research would be good? You know, there is a place they teach these things.

wellboy 13y ago
Founders that had had successful startups before don't count. That's why I was referring to "experience BEFORE you try to do your own thing." And yes there are a few startup founders that were older than 30, I give you Larry Ellison. However none of the 4 horsemen had founders >30, plus the other founders except for Peter Thiel had already sold their previous startups. Regarding Palantir, they had Peter Thiel as a cofounder, I don't give you that one.
- tensor 13y ago
  Again, you may want to do some research. Many of those I listed are first time founders. Your attitude mirrors the also incorrect idea that scientists must make their name before 30. That too, was studied and found to be completely wrong. I can only assume that this attitude comes from arrogant young people who want to think they are special.
- wellboy 13y ago
  I don't want to be ageist or anything, I just like discovering facts. Except for Peter Thiel who was 31, 1 year above, only Larry Ellison is a first time founder, all the other ones where very successful before. Huffington Post is not a billion dollar company, since it was acquired for US$315 million by AOL 2 years ago.
  - tensor 13y ago
    I'm not sure if you are intentionally lying, or just didn't bother, again, to do any research. Reid Hoffman started his first company at 30. Mark Pincus at 29 (just one year shy!). Excluding Huffington simply because it didn't meet your arbitrarily set profitability threshold is unfair. Hell, even Google had Eric Schmidt help run the company at the start. Eric was 46 at the time, though surely you claim "but he's not a founder!" Data is somewhat hard to collect for this topic, but see: http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/28/peak-age-entrepreneurship/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/28/peak-age-entrepreneurship/ > The research shows that an older age is actually a better predictor of entrepreneurial success, and that three other traits also correlate strongly to success: strong fluid intelligence, high openness, and moderate agreeableness.

by tensor 13y ago

wellboy 13y ago

Founders that had had successful startups before don't count. That's why I was referring to "experience BEFORE you try to do your own thing." And yes there are a few startup founders that were older than 30, I give you Larry Ellison. However none of the 4 horsemen had founders >30, plus the other founders except for Peter Thiel had already sold their previous startups. Regarding Palantir, they had Peter Thiel as a cofounder, I don't give you that one.

tensor 13y ago
Again, you may want to do some research. Many of those I listed are first time founders. Your attitude mirrors the also incorrect idea that scientists must make their name before 30. That too, was studied and found to be completely wrong. I can only assume that this attitude comes from arrogant young people who want to think they are special.
wellboy 13y ago
I don't want to be ageist or anything, I just like discovering facts. Except for Peter Thiel who was 31, 1 year above, only Larry Ellison is a first time founder, all the other ones where very successful before. Huffington Post is not a billion dollar company, since it was acquired for US$315 million by AOL 2 years ago.
- tensor 13y ago
  I'm not sure if you are intentionally lying, or just didn't bother, again, to do any research. Reid Hoffman started his first company at 30. Mark Pincus at 29 (just one year shy!). Excluding Huffington simply because it didn't meet your arbitrarily set profitability threshold is unfair. Hell, even Google had Eric Schmidt help run the company at the start. Eric was 46 at the time, though surely you claim "but he's not a founder!" Data is somewhat hard to collect for this topic, but see: http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/28/peak-age-entrepreneurship/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/28/peak-age-entrepreneurship/ > The research shows that an older age is actually a better predictor of entrepreneurial success, and that three other traits also correlate strongly to success: strong fluid intelligence, high openness, and moderate agreeableness.