You’re probably right that the best startups come from people who have great experience in the thing, but plenty of profitable startups get founded by kids out of college. The risk/reward tradeoff is probably different in tech. I think the best AI safety field-building startups were founded/scaled by people with experience in fieldbuilding (e.g., my experience with an EA UQ, Dewi’s experience with EA Cambridge, Agus’ experience with CEA, etc.), but the bar might be surprisingly low.
You’re probably right that the best startups come from people who have great experience in the thing, but plenty of profitable startups get founded by kids out of college. The risk/reward tradeoff is probably different in tech. I think the best AI safety field-building startups were founded/scaled by people with experience in fieldbuilding (e.g., my experience with an EA UQ, Dewi’s experience with EA Cambridge, Agus’ experience with CEA, etc.), but the bar might be surprisingly low.