“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.

Have you found your soul mate or soul match on Twitter? Or have you even imagined of finding a loved one on Twitter?

Twitter has become so popular like Facebook that you can find anyone, anywhere! Matching with someone like you who likes going to Quaker Steak and Lube on Tuesdays, walking all day in Central Park in New York City, or reading books in Barnes and Noble on a Saturday is POSSIBLE. All you need to do is register an account and start searching…What Twitter provides is the function to keep someone updated on news and people that are closely related to you or people who you care about. Some might find it creepy, but most find it a good way to keep tabs on a person or see how the person is doing in life.

Just recently, Twitter found a “loved” one on its own with a new search engine called Summize. Summize found Twitter and wanted to optimize the website with better filtering and searching capabilities. Users can now search for personal interest updates on emerging and growing trends in the world today. People can now find reviews and posts from other users who have similar interests and post them up on Summize. There are many users out there who can search for other users with same interests, posts, blogs, and updates. So go to summize.com and see how you can relate to others!

You walk into grocery stores and find coupons that shoot out of aisles, and you wonder if there are any good deals. Likewise, you hear a story from a friend that XBOX 360 decreased in price just yesterday. You ask yourself how in the world does Mr. Good Deal find out about these prices. Little did you know, the Internet grows about as much as google-users search on the google website. There are millions of deals, coupons, samples, and ads around on the Internet, but people do not know about them. Smart, frugal shoppers and bargain hunters update their “deals” on shopping websites and show off their shopping skills so that buyers can buy something comfortably.

Wanting to be a smart shopper as well, I decided to compile a bookmarked folder, marked as “DEALS”. If I needed something for a good price, I knew where to look. Also, if I happend to be bored one day, I would have to open a deals website and see if I could buy a “bag of crap” for a very inexpensive price. So here is a breakdown of some of the best websites a deal can get you:

1) www.woot.com

-This online store and community based website sells one item per day until the item is sold out or the next day approaches. Then a new item appears and then that item can be purchased. Items are randomly chosen to be sold, ranging from a “bag of crap” to an expensive watch. They are hyperlinked to their own websites, such as shirt.woot.com, which they sell one shirt per day at the price of $10. They also hyperlink to other websites that give away deals and coupons. Another site that is similar to woot.com is justdeals.com. They sell one item per week to give buyers a chance to decide on the item.

2) searchalldeals.com

-This website has a compilation of deal and coupon sites. They are all hyperlinked from this one website, which helps users to browse more conveniently and more efficiently. Sites that are heavily used are fatwallet.com, spoofee.com, dealsplus.com. These sites give users the latest discounts, coupons, and deals in online stores and in retail stores. Most of these sites include pictures and details to show buyers a preview of what they may be potentially buying. dealsofamerica.com is a site similiar to the ones in searchalldeals.com.

3) ubid.com

-The other two websites that I mentioned are  deals sites that provides a “one-a-day” deals and that provides you many sites with deals. This last website gives a deal through a low auction, and items that can be purchased in multiple quantities. So if one item is bought, the same item could be purchased soon. Although items appear randomly, one can view items and see a brief description of what is to be purchased.

I hope that you can find a few deals through this list of websites, and one day, I hope you buy a HDTV at a lower price than your neighbor’s t.v. price. Also if you are a “random” person who likes to see and buy “random” things at a cheap price, this is your chance. So what better timing during a recession to post something like this, so that we can purchase things that we want, at our own price!