Comments on: Mitch Kapor & Mark Zuckerberg at the Startup School http://blog.adamnash.com/2007/03/28/mitch-kapor-mark-zuckerberg-at-the-startup-school/ The personal blog of Adam Nash Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:29:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Hitchhiker’s Guide to 650 :: Getting Old :: June :: 2007 http://blog.adamnash.com/2007/03/28/mitch-kapor-mark-zuckerberg-at-the-startup-school/#comment-7886 Sat, 02 Jun 2007 00:33:10 +0000 http://psychohistory.wordpress.com/2007/03/28/mitch-kapor-mark-zuckerberg-at-the-startup-school/#comment-7886 [...] 10. You are too old to work for facebook [...]

]]> By: Chris Yeh http://blog.adamnash.com/2007/03/28/mitch-kapor-mark-zuckerberg-at-the-startup-school/#comment-3834 Sun, 01 Apr 2007 06:27:15 +0000 http://psychohistory.wordpress.com/2007/03/28/mitch-kapor-mark-zuckerberg-at-the-startup-school/#comment-3834 As a guy who used to be young, and is now a doddering 32, I think that Mitch is incredibly wise in his admonition that people hire for real diversity, not just the EEOC definition.

But as a corollary–if I were forced to staff a startup with just one type of person, I would pick 20somethings who think anything is possible.

]]> By: Adam Nash http://blog.adamnash.com/2007/03/28/mitch-kapor-mark-zuckerberg-at-the-startup-school/#comment-3683 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 18:18:37 +0000 http://psychohistory.wordpress.com/2007/03/28/mitch-kapor-mark-zuckerberg-at-the-startup-school/#comment-3683 Nice to see you found my blog, Melinda! :)

Your comment made me think that people in their 20s also suffer a lot more turnover than other age groups… something to consider when you’re trying to win the marathon and not the sprint.

Adam

]]> By: Melinda http://blog.adamnash.com/2007/03/28/mitch-kapor-mark-zuckerberg-at-the-startup-school/#comment-3678 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:25:34 +0000 http://psychohistory.wordpress.com/2007/03/28/mitch-kapor-mark-zuckerberg-at-the-startup-school/#comment-3678 Fascinating. Zuckerberg’s quote is so typical!

My experience is that managers like him are the key cause of turnover at their companies, which is a big hidden cost for any company in the valley right now due to the labor shortage in both engineering and parts of marketing.

My opinion is that age alone isn’t an indicator of leadership, but at least you can usually count on the mature members of the team to be able to focus, execute with discipline and have some perspective on all the angst in a start up. In particular, there is no evidence that the best marketers break out in their 20s.

So, your proposal’s about right in my opinion. A few grey hairs and lots of excited and hard working new folks.

Nicely done, and brilliantly articulated.

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