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This.

I think the best way for you to ensure funding is to have revenue traction. One thing that trumps ageism (and all --isms) is greed. If you show revenue growth and traction, these greedy VCs will swallow all their rhetoric and blog posts, get down on all fours and wag their tails like puppies to get a whiff of your term sheet.

Note that Valley VCs are well-documented ageists: "Vinod Khosla told a conference that “people over forty-five basically die in terms of new ideas.” Michael Moritz, of Sequoia Capital, one of the most pedigreed firms in the tech world, once touted himself as “an incredibly enthusiastic fan of very talented twentysomethings starting companies.” His logic was simple: “They have great passion. They don’t have distractions like families and children and other things that get in the way.”" [1]

[1] https://newrepublic.com/article/117088/silicons-valleys-brut...