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Flipside, if she started 99dresses at age 32, would it have failed for the same reasons?

• carrotleads 12y ago
  She would not have had teh same idea but if she did, she would have dealt it lot better IMO. The advantages of age( if you are still open minded & not set in your ways) is huge but seems discounted in the YC and VC world. from y'day https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7930428 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7930428 from long back https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7455757 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7455757
  • balls187 12y ago
    While YC and VC are nice social proof, the best social proof is a healthy business with customers and growth. I mean, total kudos for being 19 and following her passion. I know at 19 there would be no way I could have been the dominate force I am at 34. And I wonder what I'll be like at 54. Probably look back and think, "Man I didn't know anything when I was 34"
• VLM 12y ago
  At that advanced age, due to ageism in the tech field, by the time it failed, she would be lucky to be hired as a people greeter at walmart, much less be permitted to "ultimately do something great". At her current age, she will be OK. You can do great things as a retail cashier, or a waitress, its just easier to do great things when your job has at least something to do with it.