subject: What Do You Mean, You're Too Old? [print this page] So don't let your age get in the way of your financial success, especially if you're a little older than the average entrepreneur. Cut that excuse right out of your thinking, and go for it. After all, if you want to win that lottery, you've got to buy the ticketeven if you think it's the eleventh hour, two outs, bottom of the ninth. If you don't try, you really will loseand that's a shame.