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Re:When It Comes To Founding Successful Startups, Old Guys Rule by mingyeow on Monday September 07, 2009 @02:11PM (#809516)
what is the argument about?

older guys have a better chance of starting successful companies because of their experience

younger guys have a better chance of starting fundamentally disruptive companies PRECISELY because they have no experience.

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Re:When It Comes To Founding Successful Startups, Old Guys Rule by ojbyrne on Monday September 07, 2009 @03:17PM (#809602)
Assuming this is actually the case, I guess the argument is about which has a better ROI. If, for example, your first category is proportionally 1000% more likely than the second, and the return on investment is less than 1000% in the second category, then it makes sense to fund the first category disproportionally. Not saying that is the case.
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