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Contrary to popular belief, middle-aged entrepreneurs do better

  • Written by Alex Maritz, Professor of Entrepreneurship, La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University
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Bill Gates was 21 when he and Paul Allen registered Microsoft. Steve Jobs was 22 when he and Steve Wozniak launched Apple. Mark Zuckerberg started Facebook in his Harvard dormitory.

The biographies of these tech billionaires who achieved great success in their twenties has helped cement the perception that entrepreneurship...

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