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Re: What is the average startup entrepreneur age? ie your age (I am 26 almost)

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Post by aarontait » Thu, Sep 06, 2007, 12:58 AM UTC

19... Looks like I'm the youngest one... Suckers!

Re: What is the average startup entrepreneur age? ie your age (I am 26 almost)

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Post by rbitar » Thu, Sep 06, 2007, 1:13 AM UTC

26

Re: What is the average startup entrepreneur age? ie your age (I am 26 almost)

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Post by pg » Thu, Sep 06, 2007, 1:15 AM UTC

The avg for the last YC batch was 24.5. Range: 19 to 35.

Re: What is the average startup entrepreneur age? ie your age (I am 26 almost)

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Post by DocSavage » Thu, Sep 06, 2007, 1:26 AM UTC

pg wrote: post #26

The avg for the last YC batch was 24.5. Range: 19 to 35.

Do you have the range for applicants?

Re: What is the average startup entrepreneur age? ie your age (I am 26 almost)

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Post by nostrademons » Thu, Sep 06, 2007, 1:28 AM UTC

24 and 26 (me).

Re: What is the average startup entrepreneur age? ie your age (I am 26 almost)

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Post by curi » Thu, Sep 06, 2007, 1:30 AM UTC

pg wrote: post #26

The avg for the last YC batch was 24.5. Range: 19 to 35.

24.5 mean or median?

Re: What is the average startup entrepreneur age? ie your age (I am 26 almost)

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Post by pg » Thu, Sep 06, 2007, 1:31 AM UTC

DocSavage wrote: post #27

pg wrote: post #26

The avg for the last YC batch was 24.5. Range: 19 to 35.

Do you have the range for applicants?

It's huge. Roughly 12 to 80.