20s is the Best Age to Build a Great Company


Bangalore: In the current startup ecosystem, most investors look for startups with an experienced management team.  They want someone who has experience forming teams, writing business plans, building products, and managing a P&L.

But these days a number of successful entrepreneurship can be seen coming from the young and ill-experienced 20-somethings.

Here are a few facts that prove this unbelievable statement:

Some of the Most Successful Entrepreneurs and Their Age:

Founders of Google:  Sergey Brin (25) & Larry Page (25)

Founders of Apple:  Steve Jobs (21) & Steve Wozniak (26)

Founders of Microsoft:  Bill Gates (20) & Paul Allen (22)

Founder of Facebook:  Mark Zuckerberg (20)

Founder of Wal-Mart:  Sam Walton (26)

Each one of them was between the ages of 20 and 26 when they founded the most successful companies of our lifetime.

One of the main reasons that young entrepreneurs can build amazingly successful companies is that they don’t have anything to lose. Most of them are used to living in a cheap college dorm and surviving on cheap food.  They seldom have any mortgage, a car payment, or a built-up lifestyle to maintain.