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Benefits to being a young founder

September 2026

Benefits to being a young founder:

[1] You can't half-ass anything. You have to work harder and longer to make up for your lack of experience at the beginning

[2] You don't have some built-up persona or status to protect, so you have nothing to lose and can go for extremely ambitious visions

[3] You're malleable. You haven't sunk years into one way of doing things, so admitting you're wrong costs you nothing

[4] You expect things to be extra hard, so you do not get discouraged at challenges

[5] You see hippopotamuses in clouds. You imagine in color

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