I was 20 and in college, so I suppose I had zero professional experience. However, I had soft experience with sales, etc., and bootstrapped for over 5 years, so that was my experience. Start soon, fail fast! https://www.producthunt.com/prod...

I suppose you could say almost 6. I started my business around 18, but had been doing freelance work here and there since I was 13. I'm proud to have been in business since 2009, and I wouldn't have imagined where I am at today.

I had four years of experience - 1 year in business analytics and then next 3 years in machine learning and deep learning. Currently I am building in the analytics space using my experience in AI and Analytics. We are having a launch on PH on 17th August. Would appreciate if you guys follow our product SayData to get notified. Would love your upvote and reviews!

I started Requestly as a side project while I continued to work. I was having 5 years of experience by that time.

I started my first without having any experience. It eventually had to shut down.The one i am starting currently is with 5 years of development experience .

More than 8 years in software engineering. Currently, I'm working with my project OpenQR, and I'm recognizing the need to learn a lot about areas I haven't ventured into before. Marketing and growth are new things for me. It's fascinating because, once again, I'm embracing the challenge of something entirely fresh. 🚀

My business is a consulting company, so I had to gain a lot of experience to gain the confidence to get out there. It took me 13 years.

I started my first company when I was 22, and sold it when I was 27. Before that I only worked for 2 years as a freelance developer.

8 years, but I have been exploring different things, without really sticking to one particular niche. Starting my own venture was just an extension of this "let's see what happens" mentality. I don't think this desire to explore will ever wane 🙃

I had no experience when I started my first business at 18. Today, it's a fond memory, but it's also a surefire way to fail if you're not surrounded by the right people. I wouldn't recommend it 😂

Zero, but fortunately I was not alone. My cofounder had 10 years experience, he made a lot during the first years.

I had 0 experience with a funding of 65k USD, I made many mistakes, which means I've leanred too much stuff.... it was better than studying in harvard business school

I started with Zero experience after much thoughts on what could change or what could be that hasn't been, genuine tranformative ideas don't center on Too much experience, you ain't looking for a job, but creating something extraordinary out of the vace of imagination. I started with passion and building more Success bridges.

none. i had zero experience. i learned everything on the fly. fortunately i had 2 friends that had experience. i ended up becoming our pseudo CEO, only because i worked harder, and was more desperate

5 years as well (seems like a sweet spot) although I am a true believer that year of experience don't really matter, if you have a good idea and are passionate enough you'll figure it out and make it happen.

I'm about to start it now and I have about 6.5 years of experience 😬 I should have probably done it last year though. I thought I wasn't ready but working yet again for another startup confirmed that I was and that I'd rather work for myself.

About 20 years for me. I started designing and building websites in 1998. For some reason, I always had the mentality that everyone else was always ahead of me, and there was no point in starting. I'd just get lost in the vast sea that is the internet... until I realized that my own inaction was the real problem all along!

About a decade worth of experience. Looking back, I think I might have waited too long. I wish I had started my own business earlier when I had less obligations.

No time like the present. I started my first business at 16 - Landscaping. I quickly gained customers and learned that it wasn't for me - I wasn't passionate about the industry, so the excitement waned quickly. My next venture became the largest job board in Western Canada. With this business, I was excited about what we were building, wanted to get to know our customers better, and was driven to find product/market fit. I've had the good fortune to build a few successful businesses, yet I learned much more from the ones that didn't work. When do I need to lean into the problem? When do I need to quit? How do I surround myself with the right people? You learn much more when things go wrong because the pressure forces you to take inventory and review. My take - Ship it!

I started playing around with personal projects and businesses when I was around 25, so I guess I had about 2 or 3 years of experience working for a company.