Comments on: Ben Casnocha – 12 Year Old Technology Entrepreneur

By: peter

peter — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:49:45 +0000

A highly motivating story and i have alot of respect for these young entrepreneurs. At 12, I think i could hardly pass my courses. hehe

By: Nick Grimshawe

Nick Grimshawe — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:24:04 +0000

Wow. What an inspirational story. I love to hear stories where young people get involved in the internet and have the sheer self-confidence to keep going and follow a course of action that most of us even in later years can’t duplicate.
I really hope they are teaching this kind of thinking in schools now. Think what could happened if we liberate a few more kids with this kind of passion.

Of course, kids with that kind of passion seem to find away to liberate themselves.

Nick

By: Missy

Missy — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 01:57:11 +0000

I think alot of people would be shocked to see/read about just how many young (as in under 15) online entrepreneurs there are.

There is Ashley Qualls of Detroit who makes $70,000 a month through her myspace layout site/business (see link below), there is 15 year old Harrison Gervitz who has a staff in India and makes a ton from various internet marketing ventures, and then there is the 17 year old founder of web stats site, StatCounter.

I could go on, but you get the idea.

Bryan: You’re a great writer and an even better storyteller. I really enjoy reading your stuff.

By: Ben Casnocha

Ben Casnocha — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:47:17 +0000

Thanks for the shout-out!

You can check out my book at: http://www.mystartuplife.com

By: juan22

juan22 — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:57:03 +0000

The internet is changing the way people, especially young ones, make money. It is great to see young people improving business.

By: Blaine Moore

Blaine Moore — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:47:37 +0000

I was at a conference in Austin this summer, and one of the attendees was a 12 or 13 year old kid.

He was doing a pretty good job of networking, too.

By: Wayne Liew

Wayne Liew — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:22:54 +0000

What an inspiring story to hear off. Although I started blogging quite young but I really must give my salute to people like Carl the Kidblogger and Ben here.

They started younger than me and they are now more successful than me. These wonderful examples will be my benchmark as I will still be fumbling around the Internet.

Really inspired by this story. Thanks for it, Brian.

By: arham

arham — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 09:23:20 +0000

Respect,it is an inspirational story to hear..

that’s should be my or any kind of inspiration to get rich through Internet

http://Road-entrepreneur.com

By: arham

arham — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 09:22:23 +0000

Respect,it is an inspirational story to hear..

that’s should be my or any kind of inspiration to get rich through Internet

By: John Sadler

John Sadler — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 08:51:54 +0000

Wow Bryan at my ripe old age of 57 it is an inspirational story to hear. My grandkids are not that old yet but who knows in this world, everything is possible for them. Young Ben knew what he wanted and went for it!

By: Jeremy Steele

Jeremy Steele — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 05:27:32 +0000

It’s amazing how many young kids are getting successful businesses and such early on. All I did when I was 12 was get into a few small tech e-zines – wish I was smart enough to sell software back then.

Still… one has to ask whether or not it hurts the more important side of life – the social aspects. I mean, were they able to do regular teen stuff during that time, etc. I’ve talked to a few 14-17 year olds who have pretty good careers going and most of them say it is hard for them to stay social and pursue their dreams at the same time, and that they spend more time on the phone yelling at 30 year olds than they do doing normal teen things.

I sure hope the young entrepreneurs these days can juggle social life and their career around – I didn’t have much of a teen social life (for different reasons) and I regret missing out in it all every day.

By: bloggernoob

bloggernoob — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:23:03 +0000

Respect! You have to love the internet. anyone can become a millionaire. Its not easy or fast but if you keep working on it, you can get there. even if you don’t reach millionaire status not bad making money just type punching letters and number into the keyboard in the comfort of your own home.(with or without your pants on) this guy ben and the girl who founded whateverlife are my two of my web heros. and im like a dinosaur. nice article mr clark