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Actual Lesser Known Traits of Successful Founders: 1. Private high school 2. Supportive parents/mentors/friends (most likely parents, if on the younger side) 3.
by ancornwell 16y ago
Actual Lesser Known Traits of Successful Founders:
1. Private high school
2. Supportive parents/mentors/friends (most likely parents, if on the younger side)
3. Sleep deprived, yet energetic
4. Addiction-prone
5. Nothing to lose
Just a few trends I have noticed over the past year.
- joshuacc 16y agoA spouse capable of financially supporting the founder while things are starting out seems common as well.
- ancornwell 16y agoAlso a very good point. Being surrounded by supportive people improves focus for sure.
- timr 16y agoI don't think a private high school education is necessarily universal, but in my experience a lot of founders in the valley are from wealthy (or at least, extremely upper-middle-class) backgrounds. You rarely see founders who put themselves through college by working at pizza joints -- those dudes are working for the guys who went to Harvard via trust fund. It's a little-discussed phenomena amongst the yammering classes, but a lot of startup founders have nothing to lose but pride.