In today’s NYT, my colleague Tyler Cowen writes:
Michael S. Dell (of Dell Inc.) sold stamps to collectors when he was 12 and Bill Gates founded Microsoft when he was 19. Facebook, the social networking site, was the brainchild of Mark Zuckerberg, a Harvard University sophomore at the time. A study
by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor showed that the United States
was unusual among developed countries in having a higher business
start-up rate among its 18- to 24-year-olds than its 35- to
44-year-olds.But why has America produced so many successful young entrepreneurs?
Ben Casnocha, 19, author of the new book “My Start-Up Life: What a
(Very) Young C.E.O. Learned on His Journey Through Silicon Valley,”
offers clues.
Tyler’s right. And do read Ben’s terrific book.
