Here are a few key takeaways: • There are a lot of myths about founders. Forget them. Founders of billion-dollar companies started at any age—half of them were thirty-four or older—and came from all kinds of backgrounds. Age was a nonfactor.

Results aren’t everything. Indeed, they’d better not be, because results always come later—and later is always too late.

As a twentysomething, life is still more about potential than proof. Those who can tell a good story about who they are and what they think they want leap over those who can’t.