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Research: The Average Age of a Successful Startup Founder Is 45

Harvard Business

To focus on businesses that are closer in spirit to the prototypical high-tech startup, we used a variety of indicators: whether the firm was granted a patent, received VC investment, or operated in an industry that employs a high fraction of STEM workers. These averages, however, hide a large amount of variation across industries.