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Age of the eldest entrepreneur @YCcombinator = 66?

I sure want to know more about this person, and their start_up!

I'm a relatively older entrepreneur too, fall right on the right side of the median. Recently I had been been thinking of applying to YC. But couldn't convince myself for it, and my age was one of the reasons.

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I'm the 66 year old founder, Ken Shear, and our company is Booktrope (my co-founders are 54 and 45). I've been around the block a few times but YC has still been the most valuable educational experience I've ever had. I can vouch for this, YC is no respecter of age, in the best sense. The partners might be quite a bit younger than I am, but years beyond me in experience of starting and growing a business so I've learned an enormous amount from talking with them and from their insights into how startups are done. For my own part, a while back I was working for a judge and one of his colleagues, amused or unhappy at something I'd done, asked me how old I was (in that tone, you know). I asked him, did he mean, intellectually, emotionally or chronologically? He wouldn't say, and neither would I. So, the other thing about YC is probably, there's incredible value to be gotten from it and it doesn't depend on your age, but on how you enjoy it.

That really shouldn't be an excuse. Go and apply! Nothing is stopping you and you'll never what could have heppened. Gl

This grabbed my attention, also. Anyone know of this entrepreneur and his/her start-up?

please go and apply. if you need inspiration check http://fundersandfounders.com/too-late-to-start-life-crisis/

This is great, thanks for the encouraging note!

whats the downside to applying?

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