Startups aren&#x27;t about &quot;bleeding edge tech&quot; though. Startups take ideas and technology and build innovative products that solve real problems. What those products are built on can be <i>anything</i> - it doesn&#x27;t matter whether the tech was invented 5 minutes ago or 5 decades ago, if it solves the problem better than any current solution then that&#x27;s a good thing, and that&#x27;s what the startup should use.<p>I would much rather work on something with desktop publishing and business intelligence for 10 years and look back knowing I helped people solve an actual problem they had than look back knowing I worked on the shiniest new toy before anyone else.