Thinking You Are Too Old to Start Up ?...

You’re Never Too Old To Start Up

BY SAMUEL DODOBI NAR-OKUNOR

Look At These Famous Entrepreneurs

Mark Zuckerberg and the current lot of 20-something CEOs are ruining it for people like us who’re facing a mid-life crisis.They  assume that youth is a necessity, or at least a major benefit, when starting a business.

But do you actually have to be young? Is there such a thing as being too old to start a thriving businesses? (According to Dr. Juan Enriquez, a renowned Harvard researcher and TED fellow, the average age of the successful start-up founder is 54 years of age. Thats right, 54!)

Now there's a conference specifically targeting this demographic of entrepreneurs. This infographic gets back at those young pricks and proves why it’s never to late to start your own venture.

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Did you know?

• McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc sold paper cups and milkshake mixers till he was 52
• Harry Potter author J.K.Rowling was a single mom on welfare till she was 31
• Harrison Ford was a carpenter till his 30s
• Zara founder Amancio Ortega was a shirt shop helper till he was 30
• Evan Williams co-founded Twitter at the age of 35
• Niklas Zennstromm was 37 when he created Skype
• Arianna Huffington started Huffington Post at the age of 54

Still not convinced? Here’s more:

In my opinion, age does not have to be a limiting factor when starting up a new venture. People place perhaps too high a value on being young when discussing creativity and ideas generation. But the reality is older people possess something younger people lack: namely experience, expertise, judgment, and performance and don't need the same education as younger people do.Startups are not just for bright young things – age brings indispensible wisdom to new businesses