The Best Entrepreneurs Are Older, Have Less Ego

What attributes does a founder need to make his or her startup thrive?

There are plenty of myths floating around Silicon Valley, augmented by the legends of hot-headed young Turks such as Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg, that you need to be in your 20s with a rigid mindset and a hefty ego. But they’re the outliers, according to an extensive survey conducted by one startup incubator.

For the last three years, the Founder Institute has had its applicants perform a battery of personality and aptitude tests. Then it tracked those applicants — more than 15,000 test-takers as their startups launched. The goal: see if any personality traits could be matched to revenue growth and market traction.

Chris Taylor

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