Marc Andreessen on how to think about taking the leap to start a startup

The best reason is just because you can't tolerate not doing it. Right. Like this is the kind of thing where if you have to be advised into doing it, you probably shouldn't do it. You just have such a burning sense of this has to be done. I have to do this. I have no choice. What if it's going to lead to a lot of pain? Yeah, look, so like it's going to put you in a social tunnel for sure. Right. The truth is, all the successful founders are working 80 hour weeks. They form very strong social bonds with the people they work with. They tend to lose a lot of friends on the outside or put those friendships on ice. Like that's just the nature of the thing for most people, that's worth the trade off. The advantage maybe younger founders have is, for example, if they're not married yet or don't have kids yet, that's an easier thing to bite off. Can you be an older founder? Yeah, you definitely can. Many of the most successful founders are second, third, fourth time founders. They're in their 30s, 40s, 50s. The good news with being an older founder is, you know, more, which is very helpful. The problem is, okay, now you've got like a spouse and a family and kids and like you've got to go to the baseball game. And so it's life is full of difficult choices. Yes.