The Billion-Dollar Age

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The mindset and psychology of successful entrepreneurs and founders. It delves into the personal attributes and challenges faced in building a billion-dollar business.

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The perfect age to start a startup is not 20 and is not even 35. A good example of this is Ray Croc. By 52, he was selling milkshakes. Then at 54, he met with the McDonald's brothers and by 59, he was an empire when it came to franchising. So whenever I hear someone that says that you are too old to start a startup, I think about Charles Flint starting IBM at 61. Ariana Hington starting the Hington Post at 55 years old. Robert Noise started Intel at 45. Chip Wilson started Lululemon at 42 or even Reed Hoffman who started LinkedIn at 36. We glorify 20 year olds like it's the only way when the data is actually different. Founders who are 40 are actually 2.2 times more likely to build something successful. And the average age of 1 billion plus companies is actually 45 years old. Why? Because with age comes depth. If you're raising money, go to startupf fundraising.com and supercharge your

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