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		theplague42 on May 20, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “It’s hard to take risks if you don’t have a safet... Most successful startup founders are in their 30s and 40s. Providing a link: https://www.kauffman.org/what-we-do/research/2009/04/educati...

zpeti on May 21, 2019 [–]

That's not actually relevant to what I'm saying.

The more relevant question would be, what % of 20-30 and 30-40 year olds start businesses?

I'm not surprised most become successful over 30, it takes time to learn.

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