A recent post by HBR addressed the biased towards young founders in the SV but according to their "quick and dirty" research:
22% of billion USD SV founders were 20-24 at age of founding.
19% 25-29;
22% 30-34,
35% older than 35
2% younger than 20
Is Y Combinator biased towards young founders?
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Re: Is Y Combinator biased towards young founders?
#2The better (and more accurate) correlation to examine is: are young founders biased towards YC? I am willing to bet that the majority of applications to YC are from young founders. This is reflected in the people who get accepted.
Not to mention I'm surprised you thought you'd ever be able to get a clear answer to such a loaded question on HN.
Re: Is Y Combinator biased towards young founders?
#3The better (and more accurate) correlation to examine is: are young founders biased towards YC? I am willing to bet that the majority of applications to YC are from young founders. This is reflected in the people who get accepted. Not to mention I'm surprised you thought you'd ever be able to get a clear answer to such a loaded question on HN.
That's actually a very good point.
Also, what is a young founder? Under 25, under 35?
This is the article I was talking about: http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/04/how-old-are-silicon-valleys-top...