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Marriage is not the only way to acquire the skills mentioned.

At 15, I was living in a small village in Chile, without parents. There were 2 English speakers in this town, and we learned to work together to learn a new language, adopt a new culture, reconcile differences, and more.

Those experiences have shaped my outlook on everything from relationship management to problem solving to effective communications.

IMHO, a great way to become an effective entrepreneur is to immerse yourself in high stress, difficult situations that require on-the-fly problem solving over and over again.

I just mean that married people have experience partnering closely with another person to achieve shared goals, and will have hopefully developed some strategies to do that effectively.

And dealing with young kids, which sometimes is the same as dealing with some founders :)

I'll say this: a start-up experience is excellent preparation for marriage.

Your marriage is more important to your long-term success than your start-up is, too.