Paul Graham
Co-founder of Y Combinator and Viaweb; essayist at paulgraham.com.
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Startup founders should be at least 23 and should first work for another company for a few years
Their words thenI put the lower bound at 23 not because there's something that doesn't happen to your brain till then, but because you need to see what it's like in an existing business before you try running your own.
Nowsaid
Our readingNo longer believes this.
Their wordsBut the best way to get experience if you're 21 is to start a startup.