Starting a Biotech Startup at 24 - TOO YOUNG?

Most startup founders that make it to the news are the crazy, young ones that drop out of college. But that's not what happens in real life - particularly in biotechnology. The average age of successful startup founders is 35 to 45 years old, which increases to 47 in biotechnology.

As soon as I embarked on this journey, I knew it would be an unusual route for someone my age. But has it had a positive or a rather negative effect on our journey?

In this video, I want to share my experience as a 25-year-old biotech startup founder. Mind you, I'm sharing my thoughts based on the experience I've had so far, considering it's ONLY the beginning. This is just my very humble opinion, and that might change as we grow the company.

Would love to hear your thoughts!

00:00 I knew I wanted to be a startup founder
01:29 The event where everything started
02:53 Figuring out what to do next
05:12 Advantages and disadvantages
05:40 Disadvange 1: Not being taken seriously
07:43 Disadvantage 2: People thinking you're part of the staff
08:24 Disadvantage 3: You lack experience and connections
09:54 Advantage 1: You can leverage your lack of experience
11:36 Advantage 2: You can take more risks
13:17 Advantage 3: Empathy
14:57 Conclusion

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