[blawson]

The paper doesn’t appear to be able identify more than the age distribution of the founders from the dataset, unfortunately.

Would be interesting to know how many of the successful older founders were unsuccessful younger founders previously.

[tibbetts]

Or moderator successful younger founders. Using the first startup as a launching point is even easier when you clear a few million than when you “fail”.

[mcbreezy]

There would be another important lesson: don't give up! (it's a true cliché, yes)