The 20-year-old entrepreneur is a myth, according to study

Re:The 20-year-old entrepreneur is a myth, according to study by arzel on Monday April 23, 2018 @09:37AM (#16903264)

i always enjoy reading these articles, because others like myself who have had their startups acquired at a young age are beating the stigma.

but i feel as though in this day of age there’s so many “companies” who claim to be “startups.” sure, they may have the experience, just not the capital.. and with that it completely changes everything.

anyways i’m 21 and had a “startup” (an app) acquired at 18. now back in school, i can understand the articles perspective. i’m only 21 and i feel like i only really have 10% of the knowledge, compared to someone who is 40 and who has so much more experience then me.

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Re:The 20-year-old entrepreneur is a myth, according to study by RobertRoberts on Monday April 23, 2018 @09:58AM (#16903417)

I started doing freelance work when I was about 24, and didn't really start my company until 26. But now that I am in my early 40s, I feel a lot more confidence and patience. But I can say that if I hadn't worked on my own business during those years, I wouldn't have the experience I have now with people, my area of expertise and business in general.

But I do wish I had had some experience working at a larger corporation though, but I feel that it would have made me complacent, and it would have been harder to justify being "poor" to build my own company. Absolutely worth it though. I hope you keep going and do well.

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