Age and High-Growth Entrepreneurship

Re:Age and High-Growth Entrepreneurship by kozikow on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @12:52AM (#16799049)

I would like to see the data broken down by startup profile. I suspect that the ideal age differs between B2B and B2C startups.

B2C have smaller chance of success, but the success is bigger. Ideal B2C founder is young. Most of enormous tech successes (e.g. Facebook, Google) are B2C companies founded by founders before 30.

B2B have higher chance of success, but the success is smaller. Ideal B2B founder is middle-aged. There are more succesfull B2B startups than B2C starups, what increases the total mean.

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Re:Age and High-Growth Entrepreneurship by AstralStorm on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @06:22AM (#16800291)

Please provide examples of B2C success that are other than Apple, Google or Facebook founded by people under 30. (No, Microsoft is B2B.)

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Re:Age and High-Growth Entrepreneurship by Infernal on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @11:53AM (#16802287)

Jeff Bezos was 29 when he decided to quit his full time job and 30 when he founded Amazon. Close enough?

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Re:Age and High-Growth Entrepreneurship by Dibbles on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @07:16AM (#16800487)

A lot of media companies (videos, games, music) are essentially B2C and often founded by younger people.

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