Are Older Entrepreneurs More Successful?

Is success related to age, and is there any difference between older entrepreneurs compared to younger generations?

Together we are today going to kill once and for all the myth about age, entrepreneurship, and that older entrepreneurs have a disadvantage.

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Since we grew up as small kids, we always looked up to older people as a kind of authority, as they normally had much more knowledge of certain things due to their experience. How did they get the experience? Well, time for sure has something to do with the whole thing.

The whole world knows about the famous, successful, and very young entrepreneurs at the time they became famous. The most famous of this “Hall of the Fame” can be mentioned by Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, David Karp, Niel Patel, Blake Ross, Matt Mullenweg, and many many more.

The reason why we regularly recognize these youngsters to be extremely successful is that they fall outside the frame we are accustomed to with successful young entrepreneurs.

And What About The Older Entrepreneurs?

What all the successful young entrepreneurs have in common is that their successes have been based on or surrounded by the digital world. The younger generation grew up side by side with the rapid evolution of the digital industry, explaining why you can find so many young successful digital entrepreneurs.

Therefore, we often and wrongly view entrepreneurship as something earmarked for youth.

Just remember these successful entrepreneurs who got their breakthroughs as older entrepreneurs.

Harold Stanley founded Morgan Stanley at the age of 50

Gordon Bowker founded Starbucks at the age of 51

Ray Kroc started McDonald’s at the age of 52

Yoshisuke Aikawa founded Nissan at the age of 53

Ariana Huffington started Huffington Post at the age of 55

Kawasaki Shozo founded Kawasaki at the age of 59

Amadeo Giannini founded Bank of America at the age of 60

Charles Flit founded IBM at the age of 61

Harland Sanders founded KFC at the age of 62

Age Is Also a Number For Older Entrepreneurs.

Circumstances, not necessarily logical ones, mold people into a sort of perception of how the profile should look like for different jobs, adventures, and even fashion.

What separates true entrepreneurs from the rest is not to fall into these pre-constructed frames made by leaders in the different segments of society. Real entrepreneurs, whether younger or older, follow their passions and convictions.

View the video and experience the surprise of how we look at age in the online marketing industry.