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Startup founders should be at least 23 and should first work for another company for a few years
Drawn from what Paul Graham said, then moved away from
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What Paul Graham actually said
- Paul Graham · held 2 years Co-founder of Y Combinator and Viaweb
No longer holdsI once wrote that startup founders should be at least 23, and that people should work for another company for a few years before starting their own. I no longer believe that, and what changed my mind is the example of the startups we've funded.
Their words nowBut the best way to get experience if you're 21 is to start a startup.
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