We certainly don’t vet on the basis of age. We’ve had 19 yr olds and 60+ yr olds. I was 43 on the program. Yes it’s true that most of the applicants are younger and that youth is a reasonably good proxy for higher energy and career / location flexibility, but we do value life experience and do seek older applicants. One can imagine a particularly good founding team being made up of a younger person with their strengths and an older person with their experience.
What thoughts do you have about older applicants?
We certainly don’t vet on the basis of age. We’ve had 19 yr olds and 60+ yr olds. I was 43 on the program. Yes it’s true that most of the applicants are younger and that youth is a reasonably good proxy for higher energy and career / location flexibility, but we do value life experience and do seek older applicants. One can imagine a particularly good founding team being made up of a younger person with their strengths and an older person with their experience.