When you picture a successful startup founder, who do you see?
The business world often glamorizes young male founders as harbingers of rapid achievement and revenue generation, but the reality looks a bit different.
Research suggests that women-founded companies generate more revenue despite receiving less in investments, and a 2020 study revealed that some of the most successful founders in the U.S. are in their 40s.
In fact, the latter study found that the average age of U.S. founders of highest-growth new ventures was 45 — and that those in their 20s had the lowest likelihood of executing a successful exit or creating a highest-growth firm.
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