Saturday, August 14, 2010

16 Year Old Boy Creates Online Company Worth A Million Dollars In Just 2 Years

Christian Owen

As a Small Business Major in college and "someday hopeful" owner of my own successful business this article from Gizmodo naturally intrigued me. Here we have this 16 year old boy from Britain, Christian Owen, who with nothing more than self-determination, a computer and a good idea created a million dollar business without ever really having to leave his room.

It just goes to show that the landscape of the business world is changing fast and if you have enough passion to get your great new idea out there for the world to see, there is an opportunity for you to be successful.

Excerpt from Gizmodo Article 
"The British teen—who lives in Corby, Northamptonshire—got his    first computer age seven. Three years later he got a Mac and taught himself web design. Four years later—at age 14, in 2008—he started his first company. It was a simple site that some of you may know: Mac Bundle Box. The site was pretty, rooted into Apple's own design guidelines and style...." (via Gizmodo)
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