This 29-Year-Old Entrepreneur Was Rejected by 35 Potential Employers. Now, He’s the Co-Founder of a $1 Billion Startup. Here’s How. Posted by April 26, 2016 Leave a comment on This 29-Year-Old Entrepreneur Was Rejected by 35 Potential Employers. Now, He’s the Co-Founder of a $1 Billion Startup. Here’s How. Dan Kan, the lesser known co-founder of autonomous driving startup Cruise Automation, which was recently purchased by GM, took a windy road from college to Silicon Valley.