What is the future of Silicon Valley people after they turn 35? Are there great opportunities for entrepreneurship?

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Similar to Silicon Valley, we also have a famous quote from Eileen Chang that is often repeated: "Become famous as early as possible", as if people no longer have the capital to start a business after they are past the age where they can call themselves young. Even if you can still achieve success in middle age, you can't avoid saying that you are "forever 18" or "forever 25", as if the words contain the argument of "I succeed because I am young". Recently, too many young people in their early 20s have entered everyone's sight because of starting a business, especially some of them have the halo of "unicorn company founder" with a golden edge.

Therefore, some people who are over 30 or 40 years old are too shy to talk about their dreams, thinking that they have entered the twilight of entrepreneurship. But the following excerpt from Quora's questions and answers (What do Silicon Valley people do after 35?) can inject some motivation into you and rekindle your entrepreneurial dream.

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Question:

If you haven't achieved something big or moved into management by the age of 35, your career in Silicon Valley may be over (you can easily understand that most people can't achieve such achievements before the age of 35). So I'm curious about how those Silicon Valley people who can't reach the end of success at the age of 35 envision their lives after the age of 35.

In fact, all the respondents to this question pointed out through analysis or examples that the founders of a typical Silicon Valley startup are all over 35 years old. Many answers also pointed out that employees over 35 years old have more advantages. ——Answer Wiki

◆So don’t rush to “die” at 35, your spring has just begun. Under this question, the following answers appeared

Answer 1:

◆Answerer: Susan Wu, Hacker. Entrepreneur. Investor.Susan Wu, hacker, entrepreneur, investor. The answer was written on September 26, 2013.

It’s a silly question, but what’s even sillier than that is the culture we all accept without questioning the extreme worship of young, rock star, male founders.

The premise of this question is also not in line with the logic of entrepreneurship. If you believe that your career will end if you don’t achieve something or become a manager before the age of 35, then you are not a true entrepreneur. Because being an entrepreneur means that you have the courage to start, to push forward, and to develop even if there are difficulties and obstacles on your way forward, and one of these difficulties and obstacles may be that your youth is far away from you.

But the fact is, there are always some smart and ambitious young entrepreneurs who can stimulate middle-aged entrepreneurs to ask themselves, "Do I really need to continue to endure pain and distort myself to fit the stereotype of entrepreneurs?" Thankfully, I saw a lot of responses saying no.

I saw a lot of correct answers, and I was happy and grateful. They revealed the mysterious false proposition that "successful people must be young". But these examples only involved male entrepreneurs. In order to avoid some sensitive people thinking that "success in Silicon Valley at an advanced age" is limited to men, I volunteered to compile a list of female entrepreneurs over 35 years old.

*Less well-known companies are marked

• Sandra Lerner, co-founder of Cisco at age 29, founded Urban Decay Cosmetics at age 40

• Rashmi Sinha, founded Slideshare at age 37

• Caterina Fake, co-founded Hunch and Founder Collective after age 35; founded Findery; and became a board member of Creative Commons

• Robin Chase founded Zipcar at age 42 (note: the largest car rental website in the United States), Buzzcar at age 52 (note: a French peer-to-peer car rental company), and Veniam at age 53 (note: a Wi-Fi hotspot company)

• Mitchell Baker founded Mozilla at age 35

• Helen Greiner, founded iRobot at age 23 and CyPhy Works at age 41

• Linda Avey, co-founder of 23andMe at age 46 and Curious at age 51

• Janet Kraus founded Circles at 28, founded Spire at 40, and became CEO of Peach at 47.

• Jules Piere, who founded Grommet at age 48 and launched Fitbit and SodaStream

• Jean Hammond, co-founder of AXON Networks at age 41, co-founded Quarry Technologies at age 48, and is now co-founder of Learn Launch and Learn LaunchX

• Lisa Gansky co-founded GNN at age 34, Ofoto at age 39, and Mesh Ventures and Mesh Labs at age 51.

• Katie Rae, who founded TechStars Boston at age 42

• Sukhinder Singh Cassidy founded JOYUS (Note: video e-commerce platform) after the age of 35. Before that, he was the chairman of Google APAC (Note: Google Asia Pacific) and LatAm (Note: Google Latin America)

• Mariam Naficy founded Eve.com at age 28 and Minted at age 37

1. The theory that you can still be successful after the age of 35 is not limited to the technology industry. This belief also exists in all creative industries: writing, music, scientific research, etc.

2. If you ask me to explain the word "Silicon Valley", I think it is related to the rapid development of technological innovation, which often requires the nourishment of venture capital.

Answer 2:

#It's already so exciting, let me give you another injection of chicken soup - a short paragraph left by Netflix's CEO:

Well, I started a DVD rental business under the name Netflix when I was 37… and I didn’t have my first video stream until I was 47… so life after 35 wasn’t too bad, except for the extremely difficult task of staying up late.

Answer 3:

◆Here’s another V-ed answer to continue adding blood to you: Steve Blank, hailed as the contemporary “innovation guru” by Harvard Business Review, has started eight businesses and is the author of The Secret History of Silicon Valley and Four Steps to the Enlightenment, written on November 9, 2014.

I was 43 when I started Epiphany, one of my 8 startups.

I began my second career at age 49, teaching at Stanford and Berkeley.

I wrote Four Steps to the Epiphany when I was 50.

I found that my interest in taking "red-eye flights" (flights that depart late at night and arrive early the next morning) quickly diminished after I turned 40. But fortunately, I also learned a completely different life lesson accordingly.

Answer 4:

◆Another respondent named Morgan Ramsay left the following message on April 7, 2014:

I once interviewed Nolan Bushnell, co-founder of Atari (Note: Atari, the world-famous computer game), and I dedicated a passage from this interview to the topic of "Many entrepreneurs became famous in their 20s single-handedly."

Nolan said at the time:

There is a strange phenomenon now. Entrepreneurs will not choose to start their entrepreneurial career in their 40s. Even starting in their 30s is considered old. In a way, I was the youngest entrepreneur in Silicon Valley. My experience may have paved the way for young entrepreneurs like Gates and Jobs. After all, such a young entrepreneur seemed really strange at the time.

Answer 5:

◆Then, we caught another big shot, Tim Westergren, the founder and CEO of Padora. Are all the female readers staring at him? This answer was written on October 24, 2013.

I founded Pandora when I was 35. I think your 30s and 40s are the best time to start a business. Because you are more mature, have more life experience, and have more knowledge...

Answer 6:

◆Remember the woman named Robin Chase mentioned in the first answer above? She left her own experience on September 25, 2013.

I founded Zipcar when I was 42.

At the age of 47, he founded GoLoco.

At the age of 52, he founded Buzzcar.

At the age of 54, he founded Veniam.

I learned a lot of new things and was exposed to a lot of new areas in this series of experiences. Oh, and I also raised three children, who are really very torturous little demons. In short, I have done a lot after the age of 35.

◆Of course, in addition to the above, there are many inspiring answers under this question on Quora to refute the saying that "you have to be famous in Silicon Valley as early as possible." Although it feels like you have no position to contribute answers if you have not achieved anything, after reading the above opinions, you can always gain a lot of positive energy and face your future life more positively.

#So are you also someone who is proud of your middle age even though you are no longer young? Or are you still working hard?