Is There Really a Perfect Age for Building Successful Startups?
<p>The average age of a successful entrepreneur is supposedly <a href="https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/this-is-the-average-age-of-successful-startup-founders/446147#:~:text=Using%20confidential%20administrative%20data%20sets,their%20company's%20founding%20is%2042." rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">somewhere around 40 years old</a>. I’ve been thinking about that stat a lot recently since I just turned 40. Is 40 really the age when entrepreneurs reach their startup prime?</p>
<p>When I was a young, fresh-out-of-college entrepreneur in my 20s trying to build my first billion dollar startup, I distinctly remember my fellow young founders and I being skeptical whenever we encountered “older” people (i.e. my age now) at startup networking events pitching their companies.</p>
<p>Were we being ageist? Clearly! But could you blame us? Every famous entrepreneurial success story features founders who achieved success when they were young. They were college drop-outs who built billion dollar tech companies or Silicon Valley “bro-grammers” bouncing between YCombinator, 500Startups, and whatever other accelerator was popular at the time. If the tech press was to be believed, what chance did an “old person” have of succeeding as an entrepreneur?</p>
<p>Of course, the data tells us otherwise. The data tells us older entrepreneurs are more successful. So why does the culture of entrepreneurship promote youth when all the data clearly shows that startup nirvana begins around the time of your first prostate or breast cancer exam?</p>
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