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WHAT IS THE RIGHT AGE TO START A BUSINESS?

What Is the Right Age to Start a Business?

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It seems like today's startups and small businesses are being led by 20-something wunderkinds. So, if you're over 30, does it mean that it's too late to start your own business? We asked our Bplans.com executive team, as well as friends on LinkedIn, and they had some interesting answers. "What is the right age to start a business?"Maybe that's the wrong question...

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  • WHAT IS THE RIGHT AGE TO START A BUSINESS?

  • CONSIDERMark Zuckerberg

    Co-founded Facebook at 20

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    Kevin Systrom

    Co-founded Instagram at 26

    Naveen Selvadurai

    Co-founded Foursquare at 27

    Steve Jobs

    Co-founded Apple Inc. at 21

    Bill Gates

    Co-founded Microsoft at 20

    Hayley Barna

    Co-founded Birchbox at 27

  • SO

    I HAVE TO BE YOUNG?

  • NOT SO FASTJohn Pemberton

    Invented Coca-Cola at 55

    Ray Kroc

    Started McDonalds at 52

    Colonel Harland Sanders

    Founded KFC at 65

    Henry Kaiser

    Founded Kaiser Permanente at 63

    Mary Kay Ash

    Founded Mary Kay, Inc. at 45

  • GREAT,

    ILL WAIT UNTIL IM OLDER.

  • ACTUALLYTHE POINT IS:

    THERE IS NO RIGHT AGE

    TO START A BUSINESS.

    THATS NOT WHAT MATTERS

  • WHAT DO ENTREPRENEURS

    HAVE IN COMMON,

    REGARDLESS OF AGE?

  • THEY NEVER STOP TRYING

  • BUT, IM NOT GOING TO INVENT THE NEXT FACEBOOK.

    IF I WAS GOING TO INVENT FACEBOOK, I WOULDVE INVENTED FACEBOOK!

  • Photo: The Social Network / Columbia (2010)

  • IF YOURE UNDER THE ILLUSION THAT YOU

    NEED AN INNOVATIVE IDEA IN ORDER TO

    SUCCEED, YOU COULDNT BE MORE

    WRONG.

  • WHILE YOU MAY NOT HAVE INVENTED

    FACEBOOK, YOUR SUCCESSWHETHER OR

    NOT THE IDEA IS ORIGINALWILL

    LARGELY DEPEND ON YOUR

    ABILITY TO EXECUTE IT.

  • BUT, DONT TAKE MY WORD FOR IT

    Photo: Reading Rainbow / Public Broadcasting Service (1983-2006)

  • WHAT OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM HAS TO SAY:

    Dont worry about being behind. Dont worry about the prodigy kids who started their first business in middle school. Dont worry about the folks who went straight from their MBA to their first business.

    Just start your thing, and work, and learn, and in no time youll be an old hand.

    Josh Cochrane VP of Product Development

  • WHAT OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM HAS TO SAY:

    I started my first tech company when I was 38 and my second business when I was 42. It was actually in my favor to start at those ages because I had years of experience behind me in management, marketing, sales, networking, and partnerships.

    Caroline Cummings VP of Business Development

  • WHAT OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM HAS TO SAY:

    Age also brings wisdom, experience, and patienceall qualities that investors look for. Having the experience of managing people, learning from mistakes, and learning from data are all things that will make your startup run smoother, rather than slower.

    Noah Parsons Chief Operating Officer

  • I started my own business at 45go for it. - Ann, HR Specialist

    WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING:

    There are always circumstances that determine when you should/shouldn't start. Sometimes the perfect time comes up, but sometimes, your passion has to override

    that. And as long as you have a solid plan and determination, your age is irrelevant.

    - Kevin, Company Founder & Business Strategy Manager

    Source: http://bit.ly/LI-RightAge

  • WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING:

    You can start a business at any age young or old, each has advantages and disadvantages and all have challenges. But then what business old or new doesn't have challenges?

    - Marion, Business Success Strategist

    I believe it's never too late! Follow your passion. - Bonnie, Mobile and Local Marketing Expert

    It is never too early or too late :) So go ahead, follow your passion and learn as much as possible from your network.

    - Antoine, Finance Manager

    Source: http://bit.ly/LI-RightAge

  • SO WHAT YOURE TRYING TO SAY IS,

    IF I HAVE AN IDEA, PASSION, AND NEVER STOP TRYING,

    MY AGE WONT MATTER?

  • YOU GOT IT, DUDE!

    Photo: Full House / Warner Bros. Television (1987-1995)

  • GO GET EM!

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