65% founders of American start-ups are older than 30 years old

LinkedIn, founder of the United States Data statistics chart Sina Science and technology Beijing Time September 2 Morning news, the United States professional social networking site LinkedIn, Thursday released data show that 65% of the founders of the first venture in the United States at the age of more than 30 years old. If a LinkedIn user lists himself as a "founder" or "co-founder" of American companies in his profile, and the company is founded in 2000, the total number of employees is between 2 and 200, and LinkedIn classifies the person as "founder of The Venture". In addition, LinkedIn excludes small law firms, consulting firms, real estate companies and limited liability companies.　　After that, LinkedIn compiled data on the age, personality and preferences of the founders of these startups. According to the data, the first three of the most entrepreneurial business schools in the founders of American start-ups are Stanford Business School, Harvard Business School and MIT's Sloan School of Management.　　Specifically, the Founders ' favorite university courses are technical majors (except civil engineering), while care and management are the least interesting areas. The data from LinkedIn also shows that the founders of semiconductor and pharmaceutical start-ups have previously had industry experience, while the founders of retail, consumer goods, leisure tourism and professional training have no relevant experience.　　The founders of pioneering enterprises with academic background are mainly in the fields of nanotechnology, biotechnology, medical equipment and so on. According to LinkedIn's data, 65% of entrepreneurs are more than or equal to 30 years old, and only 2% have been on multiple ventures since the initial start-up of the founders.　　The most widely distributed areas are New York, California, Utah and Colorado. The most prolific entrepreneurs include Adobe, Apple, EBay (including PayPal), EA, Google, Microsoft, SGI and Yahoo. In particular, the entrepreneurs ' relationships with LinkedIn are most closely linked to venture capitalists, bloggers and headhunters. (PEI)