surprising trend: for years it felt like a substantial fraction of the most impressive tech founders were under 28 or so. in the past few years, very few of them are. what changed?

Sep 17, 2022 · 8:48 PM UTC

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(i think crypto is part of the story, but definitely not all of it)
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Their ages
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Overprotected spoiled youth that doesn’t want to work anymore and that thinks they get everything without any effort.
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Young people don’t aspire to be founders anymore, they aspire to be tiktokers or YouTubers
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Low hanging fruit has been picked, applications are going deeper (and will be more impactful) requiring understanding of the problem (which on the enterprise side requires experience with the problem).
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Their age.
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It’s very simple actually: Young + Broke = Fearless Middle aged + money = Content Younger people are more likely to risk Younger founders will always have the riskier outlier approach which when works creates great returns As for the past “FEW” years … well Covid Duhh
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hbr.org/2018/07/research-the…
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Golden tethers. The same tech founders paid the next generation incredibly well, and loaded with amazing perks... satiating one's hunger can be an incredibly effective killer of ambition.
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They're staring at crypto and meme stock charts all day, or TikTok
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“Older” founders who are coming off of a decade+ bull run feel more comfortable taking big swings. I have a lot of friends in this boat.
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