Is it too late to start a new company? Hell no!

Self doubt has killed more dreams than failure.

Forbes looked at the life of the top 100 founders on it’s most successful founders list. It shows that 35 is the most common age to start one of the top companies in the world. They excluded the companies that were inherited, and where governments were heavily involved. So does success come with a deadline? What’s the best age to achieve success? BI India looks at some of the crisis periods one goes through in their life in their quest for success(with some help from the guys at Funders and Founders.

‘The Critical Period’ – Do it Early
Musical talent is usually discovered in the first ten years of one’s life. New languages cannot be learned without an accent after the critical age of 16. Most successful computer programmers started coding as children, and gifted athletes commonly celebrate their twentieth birthday as a celebrity. That can make you feel like a loser if you’re 30 and can only boast of a College degree. However, that’s a false impression.

The Mid-Life Crisis
In life, most people succeed mid-life. That’s about 35 for the current generation. In our minds we expect major life achievements to happen around the middle age, otherwise – the mid-life crisis.

The Quarter-Life Crisis
With teenage CEOs making news headlines, one can feel like a late bloomer even at 25. Since today we expect to live longer than today’s average life span of 78 years, at 25 you can reasonable think you are through a quarter of your life. This is a newer term than the good old mid-life crisis.

Late Bloomers are Not Losers
Is it better to be an early achiever or a late bloomer? For the world it does not matter. Is it too late for you at 60 to start a new company? Never.

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