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I pray that we will be more unified after the tragedy of this past weekend.

Melania struck the perfect note that “dawn is here again.”

Join me in prayer for this great nation. 🇺🇸

Congrats to repeat Wimbledon 🎾 champion Carlos Alcaraz. Talent in 21-year-old legs is hard for even the legendary Novak Djokovic to overcome.

But business is different. In fact – older is better.

Did you know? A 50 year-old founder is twice as likely to achieve upper-tail growth as a 30-something founder.

Age and experience are your secret weapons.

Comment below and let me know if we’re on the right track.

Table of Contents

• Pull to Eject

  • Your 4th Quarter

• Modern Tools

• Old School Wisdom

• Free Knowledge

• Recommendations

• Visual Crapshoot

Pull to Eject

Facts matter.

Despite what you’ve been led to believe, the average age of successful entrepreneurs is 45.

Ageism is alive and well in the startup world. Only facts can defeat the farce of the 25 year old unicorn.

Oh sure - there are a few lightening strikes like Jobs, Gates and Zuckerberg. But they are the outliers.

Simply stated, older entrepreneurs have more success.

There is plenty of data to back this up:

1. 2020 Age and High-Growth Entrepreneurship study

2. 2019 Never Stop Creating : A Preliminary Inquiry in Older Adults' Everyday Innovations

3. 2011 Is There a Peak Age for Entrepreneurship?

Inc. Magazine surveyed over 2.7 million startups and found that the average age is much older than we’ve been told.

Inconvenient facts indeed.

As if I needed yet another reason to not trust media narratives.

In fact, a 60-year-old startup founder is 3 times as likely to found a successful startup as a 30-year-old startup founder.

Here’s just a short list of olderpreneurs and their age at launch:

• Henry Ford (40) - Ford Motor Co.

• Leo Goodwin (50) - Geico

• Ray Kroc (52) - McDonalds

• Charles Flint (61)- IBM

• Vera Wang (40)- Bridal boutique

• Bernie Marcus (49) - Home Depot

• Bill Porter (54) - E-Trade

• Chaleo Yoovidhya (53) - Redbull

• Julia Childs (50)- TV Chef

• J.R. R. Tolkien (56) - published Lord of the Rings

• John Warnock (52) - invented PDF

And Morris Chang (55) who just might have created the world’s most important company in Taiwan Semi. “He wasn’t successful despite his age. He was successful because of his age.”

Your 4th Quarter

So, what are you going to do in your 4th quarter?

It is late in the game. But it’s not over.

The best teams find a way to win late.

Experience and age can be foundational to a new venture. And other factors are also key.

The ideals of youth are great, but success comes from execution - which is only gained by experience.

Science proves that your experience, your skills, your connections, your expertise, and yes – your age – are on your side.

Start putting all that to work for you.

Not for someone else.

Now go launch something 🚀 

Modern Tools

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Old School Wisdom

It’s not the 20-somethings. Gen Xers and Baby Boomers are just as likely to start businesses and reinvent themselves later in life. 

Never Too Old to Get Rich is an exciting roadmap for anyone age 50+ looking to be their own boss and launch their dream business.

Free Knowledge

Experience can lead to profitable businesses.

Small Business Resource center for Olderpreneurs.

Recommendations

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📰 Marketing Memos : Proven Marketing Tips for Founders

🌟 Creator Spotlight : Interviews and Creator Economy success stories every Friday.

💬 Intent : Helping tech talent become more intentional with their career

🛠️ MGMT Playbook : Practical management insights straight to your inbox every Wednesday.

🏆 IDiyas : Weekly patent newsletter highlighting the most prolific inventors, engineers, executives and entrepreneurs.

Visual Crapshoot