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Genius in a dorm room?: The myth of the young entrepreneur

 

 

If you think it’s too late to start your own business, think again.Lets hear it for the youths!

A new study challenges the myth of the typical entrepreneur as  some incredibly gifted college kid who started their high-growth companies in their dorm rooms (think Bill Gates or Michael Dell). The Kauffman Foundation’s study, The Anatomy of an Entrepreneur, sheds light on the average entrepreneur and their motivations after surveying 549 company founders of successful businesses in aerospace, defense, computing, electronics and health care.

What does the average entrepreneur look like? CLICK HERE for some of the findings:

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