Super interesting perspective, especially as someone who is deep in the corporate world and hoping to expand my horizons! What do you think of Harvard's publication that showed the average age of a successful funder is 45. Do you think that is because they founded other businesses prior, had more at bats and ultimately succeeded years down the line OR that they built up the life skills / knowledge at established firms, saw how things were done (good and bad) and went out on their own in mid 40s? I assume you would say the former, but reading your piece now gave me a new perspective on how to analyze that dataset (aka did they just become a founder at 45 or were they founders for the last 2 decades and just now hit "success").
Erik, I really appreciate you taking the time to share your journey as well as offer insights
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Super interesting perspective, especially as someone who is deep in the corporate world and hoping to expand my horizons! What do you think of Harvard's publication that showed the average age of a successful funder is 45. Do you think that is because they founded other businesses prior, had more at bats and ultimately succeeded years down the line OR that they built up the life skills / knowledge at established firms, saw how things were done (good and bad) and went out on their own in mid 40s? I assume you would say the former, but reading your piece now gave me a new perspective on how to analyze that dataset (aka did they just become a founder at 45 or were they founders for the last 2 decades and just now hit "success").
Here is the research I reference:
https://hbr.org/2018/07/research-the-average-age-of-a-successful-startup-founder-is-45
Love this inaugural post, not the least of which is the discovery of Marlon Craft