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Are Older Entrepreneurs The Best Entrepreneurs?

The Horizons Tracker

Indeed, venture capitalist Paul Graham once quipped that he rarely backed any entrepreneur older than 32. But, crucially this trend held even when looking specifically at high-tech industries and companies that had registered patents and received VC funding. Fear of missing out.

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How Corporate HQ Can Get More from Innovation Outposts

Harvard Business Review

The logic is that if you are present where new trends, ideas, talents, and start-ups are generated you might be able to recognize and assimilate them into your firm’s innovation pipeline. The company no longer has any operations at all in Silicon Valley. They worked with little coordination and control from HQ.