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		Tech Media Wall Street Markets Strategy Sports Lifestyle Travel Politics Latest Video Monday, May 23, 2011 "Old People Suck At Startups" Who is going to be a successful entrepreneur? Prolific early stage investor Ron Conway's firm SV Angel gathered responses from 300 founders to try to answer that question. It's not an exact science, but it seems young co-founders doing their second startup tend to produce better results than older sole founders on their first company. Or as Michael Arrington put it today, "Old people suck at startups." Why is it that younger people have a tendency to succeed? Conway speculated that older founders are more cautious and will take earlier, cheaper exits for security, whereas a younger founder will let their company brew for a while, gaining value.  Read » Also On SAI Today: 26 Amazing Things You Didn't Know About Facebook 10 New Firefox 5 Features You Should Be Excited About Here's Everything You Need To Know About Microsoft's Big Windows Phone 7 Event Tomorrow Loosecubes, The Startup That Wants You To Work Anywhere Besides Your Office, Actually Has A Pretty Cool Office Advertisement < CHART OF THE DAY: Netflix Now Has More Subscribers Than Comcast (And Every Other Cable Company) CHART OF THE DAY: LinkedIn's Stock Price Over The Last Year – And Then, Today CHART OF THE DAY: Where LinkedIn's Revenue Comes From Share this email: Buzz Facebook Twitter Digg Reddit StumbleUpon The email address for your subscription is: dwyld.kwu.careers@blogger.com Change Your Email Address | Unsubscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe to the SAI RSS Feed Business Insider. 257 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010 Terms of Service | Privacy Policy

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