Derek Sivers: How to start a movement. Is There A Peak Age for Entrepreneurship? Editor’s note: Adeo Ressi, is the founder of The Founder Institute and TheFunded.com In this guest post he argues against ageism when it comes to to entrepreneurs.
Ressi is 39. The recent articles proclaiming that 25 is the peak age for entrepreneurship deserve a considered and factual response. The demographic and racial profiling that has plagued venture capital and tech entrepreneurship has a new friend—ageism. This has to stop. Mozilla CEO Stepping Down. John Lilly, the CEO of Mozilla, is stepping down from his post and moving to venture capital firm Greylock Partners, according to AllThingsD.
Lilly became the CEO of Mozilla in January 2008, when he was promoted from the COO position. His move comes just as the non-profit revealed detailed plans for Firefox 4.0. The AllThingsD report states that Lilly will be joining Greylock Partners as a venture capitalist, although he could eventually create another startup. How Many Hours Should a Startup Employee Work? Every so often I get drawn into the debate about startup employees and how much they should work.
Should you hire workaholics? Is it expected that startup employees work 100+ hours per week? Should they be online all the time, constantly available and ready to go? It depends. And it’s up to you.