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