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Barons Before Bedtime
One of Bradley Ziegler’s favorite days is the day after Christmas, when the bargain bins at Toys “R� Us and Wal-Mart are filled with marked-down DVDs and GameCube games. As he has done for the past two years, Bradley will pick up an armful of $3.99 games and movies and then auction them for up to 10 times that on eBay to regular customers from Kentucky to Cyprus.His computer is off by 9:30 each night (a house rule), but he likes the fact that he can make $50 or more before breakfast the next morning. Because on eBay, nobody knows you’re 15 (or cares if you’re asleep).
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For some time now, teenagers have been looking to entrepreneurs as pop icons — whether Gates or Trump — as much as they have to rock stars and athletes. Having your own business has become very cool; having your own business before your 20th birthday indescribably so.
via Steve Rubel.
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Alex Vig on January 26th, 2007 2:42 pm
I can relate to this article very well. Im an underage entreprenuer trying to make it big before my 20th birthday. I love the fact that I have the opportunity of being financialy independent before ive finished college. I think trend of being young and owning your own business is due to teenagers these days seeing that they have an opportunity to “grow up” faster and start providing for themselves.
Tony on January 29th, 2007 7:08 am
Great story! I can only wish I was that smart at 15. This is the kind of thing I like to hear about!This kind of activity should get more attention and I believe it is going to. I know Forbes just ran an article on the most successful biz owners under 25 and it was very inspiring.
Blog of Leonid Mamchenkov » Businessmen are getting younger on January 31st, 2007 2:00 pm
[...] This is from another one at Business Opportunities Weblog: For some time now, teenagers have been looking to entrepreneurs as pop icons — whether Gates or Trump — as much as they have to rock stars and athletes. Having your own business has become very cool; having your own business before your 20th birthday indescribably so. [...]
brad on May 1st, 2007 2:27 pm
thanks i am the guy in the article i appriciate ur support
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