There are significantly more "non-traditional" families today than there were 50 years ago and assuming that older entrepreneurs had to be in the same kind of traditional situation (married, kids, house in the suburbs) isn't much better than assuming only young people can start companies.
There are dual income, no kids couples, there's divorced people, there's never been married people.
It would be great if everyone stops assuming that everyone else is the same as you.
> It would be great if everyone stops assuming that everyone else is the same as you.
This seems unnecessarily snarky. OP didn't say "all > 30 year olds have these issues", he was talking about his own experience and how it shapes his startup aspirations.
I agree that I was overly snarky, though only slightly. I disagree that Kids & Mortgage is still very common. Maybe just common, and even then, there's often additional nuance (second marriage, renting not mortgage, etc.)
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There are significantly more "non-traditional" families today than there were 50 years ago and assuming that older entrepreneurs had to be in the same kind of traditional situation (married, kids, house in the suburbs) isn't much better than assuming only young people can start companies.
There are dual income, no kids couples, there's divorced people, there's never been married people.
It would be great if everyone stops assuming that everyone else is the same as you.
> It would be great if everyone stops assuming that everyone else is the same as you.
This seems unnecessarily snarky. OP didn't say "all > 30 year olds have these issues", he was talking about his own experience and how it shapes his startup aspirations.
Kids & Mortgage is still very common.
I agree that I was overly snarky, though only slightly. I disagree that Kids & Mortgage is still very common. Maybe just common, and even then, there's often additional nuance (second marriage, renting not mortgage, etc.)
When did I say "everyone is like this"?
My point was merely that co-founders with very different lifestyles may not be terribly compatible, and that age is not a good predictor of that.