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I noticed that the application asks for age of the founders. How does this factor into the equation?
by rdlecler1 12y ago
I noticed that the application asks for age of the founders. How does this factor into the equation?
- tlb 12y agoWe ask founders what impressive things they've done: older founders have had more time to do things. I roughly take the quotient (amount of impressive achievements) / (age - 15).
- porter 12y agoso I guess 15 year olds get an unfair advantage regardless of what they've achieved.
- amirmc 12y agoIs it a negative signal if you're older but still only find one or two things you feel are 'impressive'? One of the things I noticed is that older founders I've met wouldn't bother with YC because it's for 'young folks'.
- rdlecler1 12y agoBite to self: find a 14 year old felon with a long rap sheet, and bring him on as a co-founder.
- outericky 12y agoI seem to answer the age question every application period....[1]. That said. We were 36 & 37. Not the oldest they'd ever seen, but one of the oldest in our batch. But there were a few of us over 35... [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7342396 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7342396