Jason M. LemkinCEO, SaaStr · Co-Founder of SaaStr AI, SaaStr Fund, Adobe Sign

The Power of Mature Founders: Why Experience Matters in Startups

4 May 2024 · 0 min

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Short conversational excerpt from a May 4, 2024 YouTube video by Jason M. Lemkin titled "The Power of Mature Founders: Why Experience Matters in Startups." The speakers contrast young founders' volatility—extreme highs (selling secondaries, conspicuous spending) and lows (despair)—with the resilience and appeal of mature founders, especially under stress. The clip emphasizes gravitation toward mature founders.

They know that if that child gets sick, it's going to be much worse than a recession. But the young, young founders, their volatility.
Is very extreme.
In the highs, they're selling secondaries and buying Gucci's. And in the lows, they're absolutely.
On the floor.
And I'm really seeing the power of the mature founder. And gravitating towards them. Are you as well.
I get a point about maturity. I do think that you can be passionate at any age. You can be passionate at 80 or 90 about your startup. But I do think that passion is so important. Right. What you're doing. So I hear the comfort. I think we have to be careful. Let me answer the question differently. I think we have to be careful in tougher times. What we take comfort in.