Why it’s never too late to start a business

Did your opportunity to start a business pass you by?

Nope, and here’s the proof…

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Harland Sanders — KFC (age 62) Charles Flint — IBM (age 61) Dietrich Mateschitz — RedBull (age 60) Ferdinand Porsche — Porsche (age 56) Nicolas Hayek — Swatch (age 55) Julie Wainwright — The RealReal (age 53) Ray Croc — McDonald’s (age 51) Frederic Mazzella — BlaBlaCar (age 50) Bernie Marcus — Home Depot (age 50) Adi Dassler — Adidas (age 49) Estée Lauder — Estée Lauder (age 48) Tony Ryan — Ryanair (age 48) Sam Walton — Walmart (age 44) Henry Royce — Rolls Royce (age 43) John Warnock — Adobe (age 42) Eric Yuan — Zoom (age 41) Robert Noyce — Intel (age 41) Christian Dior — Christian Dior (age 41) Henry Ford — Ford Motor Company (age 40) Aneel Bhusri — Workday (age 40) Ingvar Kamprad — IKEA (age 40) Liu Chuanzhi — Lenovo (age 39) Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel — Chanel (age 38) Masaru Ibuka — Sony (age 38) Hugo Boss — Hugo Boss (age 37) Reid Hoffman — LinkedIn (age 36) William Boeing — Boeing (age 35) Marc Benioff — Salesforce (age 35) William Procter — Procter & Gamble (age 35)

Meanwhile…

Research shows the likelihood of founder success INCREASES withe age.

And…

71.8% of the people using LinkedIn are aged between 25 and 54.

(Of the remaining 28.2%, only 3.8% are over 55.)

Which means…

IT’S NOT TOO LATE.

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What next?

Here at DQventures, we’re looking for 5 more people who have a great business idea but haven’t QUITE worked out how to start.

If you get selected…

We’ll work with you, for the next 6-to-12 months, while you continue to earn your salary, to:

• Validate your business concept.
• Prove there’s a market.
• Launch a prototype.
• Generate demand.
• Find your first customers.
• Get your first income and/or investment.

If it doesn’t work, stay in your job.

If things go well, join your company as CEO and 80% shareholder.

Sound good?

Get in touch.

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