How many years of experience did you have before starting your own business?

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 was 30 with 5 years of field experience when I started my startup...

Almost 6 years, but we should all remember, if you've got a brilliant idea, you can pick up everything you need along the journey – learning as you go is all part of the adventure! 🚀

I am a beginnner, still in college. But am working on my own business.

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.

More than 10 years.

3 Years

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 🙃

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

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!

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

I started at 15, so I didn't even have work experience 😀

Near 5 years.

3 years.

Just couple of years.

I had 5.5 years of experience in the SaaS industry before I started my own business.

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...

Started in college during undergrad. Major learning was that passion plays a key role towards running your own business. Starting early has numerous advantages. Failing fast, learning from it & being patient would be the key since when you are younger you did expect faster outputs while succeding in markets take time. Experience helps with bringing in knowledge which can reduce numbers of failures & how you process it