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Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 25, 2021
Additionally, research has revealed that the average age of the founders of technology companies in the United States is a surprisingly high 39 - with twice as many over age 50 as under age 25. With longer life expectancies and greater health in later life, older generations are moving to start new firms -- and mentor young entrepreneurs.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 7, 2019
In the Kauffman Foundation Survey of nearly 5,000 companies that began in 2004, nearly two-thirds of the founders are now between the ages of 35 and 54. With longer life expectancies and greater health in later life, older generations are moving to start new firms -- and mentor young entrepreneurs. These trends seem likely to persist.
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Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 21, 2016
In the Kauffman Foundation Survey of nearly 5,000 companies that began in 2004, nearly two-thirds of the founders are now between the ages of 35 and 54. With longer life expectancies and greater health in later life, older generations are moving to start new firms -- and mentor young entrepreneurs. These trends seem likely to persist.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 8, 2013
In the Kauffman Foundation Survey of nearly 5,000 companies that began in 2004, nearly two-thirds of the founders are now between the ages of 35 and 54. With longer life expectancies and greater health in later life, older generations are moving to start new firms -- and mentor young entrepreneurs. These trends seem likely to persist.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 3, 2012
In the Kauffman Foundation Survey of nearly 5,000 companies that began in 2004, nearly two-thirds of the founders are now between the ages of 35 and 54. With longer life expectancies and greater health in later life, older generations are moving to start new firms -- and mentor young entrepreneurs. These trends seem likely to persist.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 8, 2011
In the Kauffman Foundation Survey of nearly 5,000 companies that began in 2004, nearly two-thirds of the founders are now between the ages of 35 and 54. With longer life expectancies and greater health in later life, older generations are moving to start new firms -- and mentor young entrepreneurs. These trends seem likely to persist.
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