The tech world is saturated with stories about 20-year-old kids founding million dollar companies. Are there any interesting stories in Silicon Valley about older folks who achieved success well past their prime?
(Note: I deliberately chose not to define how old 'old' is. I'm curious to see what folks here think.)
That's not to say that I specifically will wind up being a "success story", I'm just saying that I believe pretty strongly - in general - that older entrepreneurs can succeed. In fact, I'd say being older has a lot of advantages in general. The biggest downside for a lot of the older set seems to be this idea of "I have a wife, house, kids, etc., so I am now more risk averse or have less flexibility" or whatever. And there's possibly something to that, but since I have no house, kids or wife, I can't really relate.