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    1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 13 Oct 2020

      At what age, when you choose to defer starting a startup because you need to get more experience, does the probability that you're lying to yourself cross 50%? Jessica thought 26. I thought 24. But somewhere in the mid 20s probably.

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    2. Ernesto Diaz-Aviles‏ @vedax 13 Oct 2020
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      What do you think about this? "Relative to founders with no relevant experience, those with at least three years of prior work experience in the same narrow industry as their startup were 85% more likely to launch a highly successful startup."https://hbr.org/2018/07/research-the-average-age-of-a-successful-startup-founder-is-45 …

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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 13 Oct 2020
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      Look at how they qualify companies as startups. It's laughable.

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        1. Gerry McGarry‏ @gerrymcgarry 13 Oct 2020
          Replying to @paulg @vedax

          What's your definition?

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        1. Pablo Eder‏ @pablothee 13 Oct 2020
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          That's why their conclusion starts with "In light of this evidence, why do some VCs persist in betting on young founders? We cannot definitively answer this question with the data at our disposal" Also dismiss the outliers, despite outliers being the point.

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        1. Akshay Ranjith PT‏ @akshay_ranjith 13 Oct 2020
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          The criteria to differentiate start-ups and companies is rate of growth?

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        2. Jacques de Vos‏ @jacdevos 13 Oct 2020
          Replying to @paulg @vedax

          “These highest-performing firms were identified based on employment growth. The age finding is similar using firms with the fastest sales growth instead, and founder age is similarly high for those startups that successfully exit through an IPO or acquisition. “. Laughable?

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        3. Kaustuv Sen‏ @kaustuvs 13 Oct 2020
          Replying to @jacdevos @paulg @vedax

          If you restrict to the Valley ecosystem, only tech startups targeting multi-billion $ mkts and growing >100%/yr count. However, most successful non-tech biz started by 40+ year olds. By revenues (and by mkt cap, still) those “non-tech” biz still the majority of the economy

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