I wrote something related: http://blog.samaltman.com/advice-for-ambitious-19-year-olds http://blog.samaltman.com/advice-for-ambitious-19-year-olds If you have

I wrote something related: http://blog.samaltman.com/advice-for-ambitious-19-year-olds http://blog.samaltman.com/advice-for-ambitious-19-year-olds If you have a low personal burn, you can jump right into a startup. If you have a lot of personal expenses, you probably need to save money before starting a startup. As a side note, people sometimes criticize YC as being unfriendly to older founders because we don't provide enough money. I always encourage founders with big financial obligations to save up some money before starting a startup--it'll make things far less stressful. This is a huge advantage of being a recent college grad--you generally have very little in the way of obligations.