Tech Entrepreneurs Older, More Educated Than Stereotype
| May 3, 2008 |  View for printing |
The study also found the 45% of the tech startups were established in the state where American technology entrepreneurs received their education.
Contrary to the popular perception that technology and engineering entrepreneurs are in their teens or 20s, a study spanning from 1995 to 2005 found that just 1% of American founders were teenagers.
Most American technology and engineering business founders were middle-aged degree-holders, according to a study by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. The study's researchers, from Duke and Harvard universities, found that the average and median age for people founding tech companies was 39.
By K.C. Jones InformationWeek
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