Medication for Older Entrepreneurs

July 15, 2008

Entrepreneurs in their thirties or forties often marvel at 20-something entrepreneurs who seemingly can work for days without sleep. Now firmly entrenched in the mid-thirties, I am more and more aware of the limitations of my aging body. Of course much of my problem would be solved by more cardio, but I digress. Mike Arrington is writing about the hottest drug in Silicon Valley - Provigil. The perscription drug is labled for narcolepsy, but entrepreneurs find that it allows them to concentrate better, work longer hours and has the side effect of causing weight loss. The military has used the drug for F117 pilots with great success (pilots can remain effective for 88 hours without sleep on the drug). Mike jokes, “Perhaps some enterprising venture capitalist will start requiring founders of their companies to get a prescription in order to close on an investment.” (Note: I will NOT be filling a perscription for Provigil)