Joined at 22 as a junior sysadmin. 4.5 years later we've sold to google and the possibilities are endless. It was a "hit the ground running" kind of job that never limited me and was filled with more responsibility than I could have ever dreamed of in a first job. Because it required me to be a master of duct tape there are some gaps in my knowledge but I hope to fill that at google.
Poll: how old were you at you first startup?
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Re: Poll: how old were you at you first startup?
#62Poll results in pie chart form http://hackernewspoll.appspot.com/2721141
it's missing percentages
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#63I don't want to end the buzz around childhood memories, but business are legal entities/organizations, I really think lemonade stands and mowing lawns should not count as start-ups :/ Most articles I've read link successful startups to founders aged 30+. In fact, in this data from less than 2 months ago (from Founders Institute) - http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/28/peak-age-entrepreneurship/ , the under 20s are less th…
also, current poll data suggests that 37% of start-ups are founded by someone under 20.
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#65I'd be interested to hear the same poll for 'first successful startup, for your definition of successful' as well.
I've gone through 2 startups, but of which were unsuccessful (lack of funding / too far ahead of the market).
Hoping this third time is the charm (and I'm now also 2 age brackets up).
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#66I don't want to end the buzz around childhood memories, but business are legal entities/organizations, I really think lemonade stands and mowing lawns should not count as start-ups :/ Most articles I've read link successful startups to founders aged 30+. In fact, in this data from less than 2 months ago (from Founders Institute) - http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/28/peak-age-entrepreneurship/ , the under 20s are less th…
also, current poll data suggests that 37% of start-ups are founded by someone under 20.
The poll measures first startups, not all startups. Since successful founders have often started less successful ventures previously, the data makes more sense than you'd think.
Re: Poll: how old were you at you first startup?
#6714 - 19: Involved with multiple start ups and web projects
19: Joined Ustream full time
23 (current): Left Ustream 2 weeks ago to start something new
Re: Poll: how old were you at you first startup?
#68My first startup was in 1995, in Silicon Gulch - we were at 665 Third Street in San Francisco. I was 24 years old.
I still haven't shaken the bug.
EDIT: That was my first tech startup. If we're talking _any_ startup, it was in 1991, at age 20, starting a print magazine that became my full time job for the next 4 years.
I was dropping out of college before it was considered a good career move!
Re: Poll: how old were you at you first startup?
#69When I was in 3rd grade, I took a small safe to school and tried to convince my fellow students to deposit their lunch money with me. I was completely serious. so while the venture sadly was not a success I believe it counts.
You would have done better if you were able to convince the local bully to shakedown the kids that didn't bank with you... ;)
Re: Poll: how old were you at you first startup?
#70First "startup" was a music company I made which lasted 1996-1998. I had been composing music since 1994ish and got really good so decided to get a few people and make a music company. That is, multiple "artists".
We actually got quite popular on the Internet but then I got a girlfriend.