On: My startup failed, and this is what it feels like

[balls187]

Flipside, if she started 99dresses at age 32, would it have failed for the same reasons?

[carrotleads → balls187]

She would not have had teh same idea but if she did, she would have dealt it lot better IMO.

The advantages of age( if you are still open minded & not set in your ways) is huge but seems discounted in the YC and VC world. from y'day https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7930428

from long back https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7455757

[balls187 → carrotleads]

While YC and VC are nice social proof, the best social proof is a healthy business with customers and growth.

I mean, total kudos for being 19 and following her passion. I know at 19 there would be no way I could have been the dominate force I am at 34.

And I wonder what I'll be like at 54.

Probably look back and think, "Man I didn't know anything when I was 34"

[VLM → balls187]

At that advanced age, due to ageism in the tech field, by the time it failed, she would be lucky to be hired as a people greeter at walmart, much less be permitted to "ultimately do something great". At her current age, she will be OK.

You can do great things as a retail cashier, or a waitress, its just easier to do great things when your job has at least something to do with it.