Where to find founders in their early 20s?

Question

I'm 20. Last year I launched a fairly successful SAAS startup. I recently dropped out to work on it full time and moved to NYC. I have friends here but they're all in college and I'd really like to meet people who went down the same path as me in life.How can I meet other people like me?

cpach · Accepted Answer

In NYC, there ought to be at least one meetup group for startup founders?! I would have a look on https://www.meetup.com/BTW, did you consider applying to YC? You don&rsquo;t have to move permanently to SF to join.

smarm52 · Answer

Probably any wealthy peoples kids would fit that bill.

codegeek · Answer

"How can I meet other people like me?"Do you really want to restrict yourself to meeting people in their 20s ? If you expand your horizon a bit, plenty of exciting founders in their 30s,40s or even 50s .

flessner · Answer

Hi, I am 21. First I didn't want to comment as I am not a founder (yet), but I actually had an idea: My university actually runs a rudimentary founders program/startup accelerator for students.Maybe the institutions near you do the same, I am sure your input would be invaluable there and also the (future) founders would be right in your age range.

zarathustra333 · Answer

NYC based and would love to connect! https://ellispinsky.com/

hiAndrewQuinn · Answer

You're on a rare vector, no doubt about it. It'll be tough.You can try milling about various startup accelerators, I guess. You might find a few who did what you did, and they tend to have a younger crowd.

noashavit · Answer

Meetups, happy hours around conferences and events, and lean our your VC contacts they should have their own events/dinners, and can intro you to like minded founders regardless

mrbirddev · Answer

This is what I do when I was an undergrad. I used alumni startup products and went their meetups so I got to know the founders in person.

whateverevetahw · Answer

Discord

rd · Answer

College

Where to find founders in their early 20s?

I'm 20. Last year I launched a fairly successful SAAS startup. I recently dropped out to work on it full time and moved to NYC. I have friends here but they're all in college and I'd really like to meet people who went down the same path as me in life.
How can I meet other people like me?

In NYC, there ought to be at least one meetup group for startup founders?! I would have a look on https://www.meetup.com/
BTW, did you consider applying to YC? You don’t have to move permanently to SF to join.