“Life” merely opposite to the lyrics from the band group, Blink 182, young entrepreneurs have found their niche in internet entrepreneurship. Instead of studying for a chemistry exam or playing Halo 2 in college, these students devoted their time and effort in creating a new face to the Net. These ambitious workers have revolutionized the world by “playing the trends” of today, and updating the world with what we know today as the Internet. Here are some of our young geniuses that started their websites with a book called HTML for Dummies.
Mark Zuckerberg, Age 24
Founder of Facebook
-Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, started his business at age 20. He launched the popular website from his dorm room in Harvard. He is now the world’s youngest self-made billionaire to have the fifth most trafficked site in the United States. This FB CEO wanted “people to behave better” on the Internet and seek better options when on the Internet. There is not much here to be said about Mr. Zuckerberg, because if you are not one of the 80 million users on Facebook, then you are out of the “loop”.
David Karp, Age 22
Founder of Tumblr
-When Tokyo programmers and executives found out that David Karp was only 17 years old, they were embarrassed to know that they have been calling a kid in New York at 4 A.M. to solve their problems. This young 22-year-old founded Tumblr, a blogger website that uses quick, mixed-media posts. Although the site does not compare to the 80 million users on Facebook, the numbers for Tumblr is growing by 15 percent each month. Comparing to Facebook, the website is more attractive when you first sign in, and it gives people more ease and control. So at the end of the day, instead of looking at pictures that other people took of you at parties and reading pointless profiles, Tumblr incites people of more meaningful and more connected content and information about people’s lives.
Matt Mullenweg, Age 24
Founder of WordPress
-So what am I using to type this blog? “Oh yeah, it’s WordPress!” WordPress is a blogging tool that a young 19-year-old man developed while majoring in jazz saxophone in high school. This savvy entrepreneur has developed something so intricate, but easy to use by users and businesses. The community blogging website created by Matt Mullenweg, was launched in 2003 and has been a phenomenon ever since. Mr. Mullenweg’s determination for creating an expensive project has been well received. He started with a b2/cafelog blogging software, then developed a hub called Ping-O-Matic. He recently quit working for CNET to pursue WordPress. This ambitious man has created his way to the top and has made something that is personal and business oriented.
There are many other early CEO’s, such as Blake Ross, creator of Firefox, and Dwight Lee, of Table Xchange CTO, who have gained success. We all know and use these websites because it is our culture today. There are billions upon billions of Internet users today, and it doesn’t take a “kid” to understand that a business is well made through the Web. All it takes is some insight, ambition, and creativity to make something that is successive and applicable. I hope this blog, as a young entrepreneur and internet user, can jump start you to a new business that is tangible through the internet world.
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