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It’s funny how almost nobody invests in anybody past 40. You can get paid, even paid very well, but not invested in. If it looks like investment in an individual, look again. It will actually be investment in something adjacent like a privileged network position.
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This is a good default btw. Humans fall off an investment-worthiness cliff at 40. Under 40, almost everybody is investment-grade if you look from the right angle and are prepared to do a bit of psyche fixing. Above 40 almost nobody is. Humans turn into bonds at 40 at best.
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A major reason is that it’s just more expensive to invest in anyone above 40. Typically they have a partner and often kids and houses too. More constraints, higher minimum viable bet, lower risk appetite. But those are not the core. Some sort of cultural phase transition.
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Middle age is a better defined life-stage than people realize. It’s not a vague opt-in transition to cringe you choose. It’s as well-defined and inevitable as adolescence. It’s just not very well characterized except in terms of crappening health and cultural tropes.
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But so much less risk though. What kind of investing in the person do you have in mind beyond education, mentorship? And if it's in their ideas, is it a lindy effect? If they haven't been a successful founder so far, they're less likely to be in the future?
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