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Most successful entrepreneurs are older than you think

  • Written by Benjamin F. Jones, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategy, J. L. Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Most successful entrepreneurs are older than you thinkMany associate entrepreneurship with youth – like Mark Zuckerberg, who famously started Facebook as a student at Harvard.AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File

The romanticized image of entrepreneurs is a picture of youth: a 20-something individual with disruptive ideas, boundless energy and a still-sharp mind. Silicon Valley has bet on this image for...

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