The Average Age of a Successful Startup Founder is 45

Jason James
1 min readFeb 7, 2019

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https://hbr.org/2018/07/research-the-average-age-of-a-successful-startup-founder-is-45

We’re often bombarded with exceptions: the kid who graduates from Harvard at 16, the college dropout who is innovating innovation — heck, even at church there’s usually the one guy whose story is about turning his life around after starting hard drugs at the age of 12.

Humans are attracted to contrast and stories inspire. We should absolutely celebrate others, especially those who overcome hardship. Their success is our success.

But it’s also okay if you’re not the next Steve Jobs.

Stay curious. Stay consistent.

Stay hungry.

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Jason James

Design, systems thinking and business for the common good. http://jasonmjam.es Twitter: @jas0nmjames