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You might want to go way back (I realize you were 8 when this was published but that's ok!) and read this:

http://www.paulgraham.com/sfp.html

The thesis of what eventually became YC was that young people would do just as well with a startup as those that were older but people were biased against them so they were underrepresented and hence there was an opportunity there. (At least that's how I remember it going down as I followed along way back then)

Here is one quote from the "Age" section of the linked article:

"The 2005 summer founders ranged in age from 18 to 28 (average 23), and there is no correlation between their ages and how well they're doing."

Won't be a problem joining as a young person. May be a problem getting accepted at 30+

I believe sam was 19 when he joined(not sure though)

Average age accepted for YC??