Re:Entrepreneurs, The Clock Is Ticking On Your Career
by chrisyeh on Saturday May 12, 2012 @07:40PM
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Many top VCs explicitly prefer younger founders. Vinod Khosla doesn't back older founders, and Paul Graham stated he wouldn't accept any first-time founders older than 35. Both of these gentlemen are legends who are attractive to any entrepreneur.
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Re:Entrepreneurs, The Clock Is Ticking On Your Career
by Daniel_Newby on Saturday May 12, 2012 @08:09PM
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> Both of these gentlemen are legends who are attractive to any entrepreneur.
Really? Suppose a successful 45 year old with a net worth of $750k decides to ditch his chief engineer job for a startup. If he decides YC could help him not lose perspective, is PG going to turn him down cold? If his self-funded proof of concept gets traction, is Khosla going to have a secretary blow him off?
Probably not. The college kids only mentality is public relations, not an actual policy.