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What it’s like launching a startup in your 50s, according to three first-time founders

Mature startup founder
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With famed entrepreneurs like Mark Zuckerberg finding their feet as founders in their 20s, it’s easy to be mistaken into thinking most business owners get started as a young adults – but that isn’t always the case.

Research published earlier this year found that 32% of British people aged 55 or over said they have been thinking about starting a business this year – and almost a quarter have acted on it.

As the average retirement age rises along with life expectancy, adults in their 50s and beyond are being offered more opportunity to evolve their experience into launching their own businesses.

UKTN spoke to three people who became first-time founders in their fifties to get their perspectives on the benefits and challenges of launching a startup later in life....