The Entrepreneurial Stereotype
Entrepreneurial Stereotypes on Display at SXSW – GigaOM
From a SXSW panel on startups with both Paul Graham (Y Combinator) and David Cohen (TechStars):
- Median age of TechStars & Y Combinator is 27.
- They don’t like to accept older entrepreneurs since it’s more difficult to find two founders who are willing to move to a new place to risk it all.
- If you want venture capital, you have to go to the Valley.
- No one wanted to back an entrepreneur without a co-founder.
- There are very few women, less than one in 10.
How far ahead is the valley from Boston or NYC?
