Suhas is now21 years old, When he was just 14, this guy from Bangalore, India founded a company called Globals, Inc in San Jose, California. The reason for trying his luck in the United States rather than his native country was because there are laws in India that prevented him — then as a minor — to start a company legally. Starting with only 4 employees, he now employs around 400 students between India and the U.S.A.
He jokingly shares that he wants to retire at the age of 24. Right now, he’s a workaholic and national icon who’s listed in India’s record books as “The World’s Youngest Chief Executive”. He’s also terribly frugal and has shockingly turned down a $100 million investment from a VC firm. So far, he’s doing very well on his own, with 200 clients throughout the world, offices in 11 countries and software products that address market niches such as software for schools akin to an electronic class register that tracks the grades and attendance of students. Another product his company has developed (and is a candidate for a patent), is a data management tool that would help IT companies decrease their workforce and lower their costs.
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These talented young people have done a lot to attract vast opportunities to their doorsteps. I’m curious to see how their lives and careers will shape up in the following years. If you’ve heard of any other such “super kids” out there, drop me a line here as I’d like to hear about more stories of this nature too. It’s a way of showing our kids — or anyone, in fact — that sky’s the limit. You can do anything if you set your mind to it.
Don’t you wish you could have started so young?
Other Resources:
More on the 13 Year Old Entrepreneur
Technology’s Next Generation
Whiz Kid is a Tech Muse
Full text On:http://www.thedigeratilife.com/blog/index.php/2007/06/11/5-of-the-youngest-entrepreneurs-on-their-path-to-success-and-riches/
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
The Liverpool Cultural Cafe
The Liverpool Cultural Cafe.
Bowness, a Merseyside native, explains: "After learning about the cultures of Fiji, after bringing employment and investment to that area, I became passionate about doing the same in my home city." His latest project aims to get 25,000 people to pledge a donation of GBP 20. The pooled amount of GBP 500,000 will be used to launch a platform for local talent—musicians, comedians and other artists. A bistro by day and bar by night, the Liverpool Cultural Cafe will be staffed by 12 trainees from low opportunity backgrounds, who will be trained by local businesses. Liverpool Cultural Cafe's 25,000 investors will be able to influence the venture's development through an online community developed for the project.
If the initiative doesn't work out, not much is lost, since investors don't hand over their twenty quid until 24,999 others have agreed to do the same. If it does work, this could be a model for other civic groups to follow to get ventures off the ground without relying on government subsidies. One to watch in 2008!
Website: www.liverpoolculturecafe.com
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Bowness, a Merseyside native, explains: "After learning about the cultures of Fiji, after bringing employment and investment to that area, I became passionate about doing the same in my home city." His latest project aims to get 25,000 people to pledge a donation of GBP 20. The pooled amount of GBP 500,000 will be used to launch a platform for local talent—musicians, comedians and other artists. A bistro by day and bar by night, the Liverpool Cultural Cafe will be staffed by 12 trainees from low opportunity backgrounds, who will be trained by local businesses. Liverpool Cultural Cafe's 25,000 investors will be able to influence the venture's development through an online community developed for the project.
If the initiative doesn't work out, not much is lost, since investors don't hand over their twenty quid until 24,999 others have agreed to do the same. If it does work, this could be a model for other civic groups to follow to get ventures off the ground without relying on government subsidies. One to watch in 2008!
Website: www.liverpoolculturecafe.com
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How to Create Your own Channel
HooQs enables you to enjoy your favorite videos and music straight from your mobile phone or wireless device – without any installation or hassle.
You can build your own channels from various media sources and HooQs delivers them straight to your mobile phone, and creates a personal mobile portal that is tailored just for you.HooQs is a new video app which lets you create your own channels and then send them to mobile devices or enjoy them online. If you’re not creatively inclined, just subscribe to channels already compiled by other users. To find or create channels, simply run a search (by category or keyword). Select the videos or channels you want, and add them to your feed. You can also keep track of what other users are watching by adding them to your watchlist and subscribing to their feeds. It’s also easy to send feeds to mobile phones; just select the “Send to Mobile” option which appears after viewing the video. The site is completely free of charge, and works on any video-enabled mobile device.
More at:http://www.hooqs.com/
You can build your own channels from various media sources and HooQs delivers them straight to your mobile phone, and creates a personal mobile portal that is tailored just for you.HooQs is a new video app which lets you create your own channels and then send them to mobile devices or enjoy them online. If you’re not creatively inclined, just subscribe to channels already compiled by other users. To find or create channels, simply run a search (by category or keyword). Select the videos or channels you want, and add them to your feed. You can also keep track of what other users are watching by adding them to your watchlist and subscribing to their feeds. It’s also easy to send feeds to mobile phones; just select the “Send to Mobile” option which appears after viewing the video. The site is completely free of charge, and works on any video-enabled mobile device.
More at:http://www.hooqs.com/
With Zaloca you can see who will be at your destination resort and when.
Zaloca is an exciting new way to meet people, there is no better way to meet singles than when you're on vacation with friends, with Zaloca you can see who will be at your destination resort and when.Zaloca is the place for you to visit. There you can search who is going where, share who you are and where you're going, and chat with other Zaloca community members. But what's best, you can meet them when you travel.
More at:http://www.zaloca.com/
More at:http://www.zaloca.com/
LectureShare lets intructors post lecture notes to their students—or the world—quickly and easily
LectureShare lets intructors post lecture notes to their students—or the world—quickly and easily. Create an account, create your course, and in only minutes you can be posting announcements, documents, and media that your students can access easily. There's no frustrating software to learn, and no course web page to maintain. We feel instructors’ time is best spent with students, not struggling with problematic course management software or maintaining their own webpages.LectureShare has created a space for professors to share their course information on one single website; course leaders can upload multimedia, documents, and class notes. On the flip side, students can access LectureShare by logging into their account and viewing all the material for all of their courses on one page. Additionally, students can receive course notifications by e-mail, SMS text message, or RSS feed. Site registration is free for both professors and students.
More at:http://www.lectureshare.com/
More at:http://www.lectureshare.com/
How To Manage Your Online Business With GenevateStore Tool
Their goal is to make it easy for you to run your online business. GenevateStore makes it easy to review and improve your store’s performance by offering one of the most comprehensive reporting packages in the industry. They’ve integrated GenevateStore with Urchin’s award winning e-commerce reporting application.
In addition to dozens of advanced e-commerce reports, you’ll receive standard reports on site traffic, and visitor demographics.
They continually strive to provide you with great tools to fuel your success.
Genevatestore.com offers a program where store managers can have their inventory, sales, and statistics all together on one screen in a plain and readable fashion. The main page is a store overview with constant updates on new orders, new customers, edited products, sales, transfers, etc. There is also a statistics section with annual and monthly sales, and total customers. Below this section is the inventory alert where products that are about to run out are posted for re-ordering. These main displays can be modified to suit the needs and brand image of the company. Subsequent pages include detailed accounts of product categories, product data, coupons, content, and reports. The reports offer clients many types of reports that are updated with every transaction and displayed in a professional graph or chart. Order reports, revenue reports, and product revenue reports are available for constant review and will help the company keep a clear view of their progress and direction. Other reports are available including information on clients and traffic.
More at:http://www.genevatestore.com/
In addition to dozens of advanced e-commerce reports, you’ll receive standard reports on site traffic, and visitor demographics.
They continually strive to provide you with great tools to fuel your success.
Genevatestore.com offers a program where store managers can have their inventory, sales, and statistics all together on one screen in a plain and readable fashion. The main page is a store overview with constant updates on new orders, new customers, edited products, sales, transfers, etc. There is also a statistics section with annual and monthly sales, and total customers. Below this section is the inventory alert where products that are about to run out are posted for re-ordering. These main displays can be modified to suit the needs and brand image of the company. Subsequent pages include detailed accounts of product categories, product data, coupons, content, and reports. The reports offer clients many types of reports that are updated with every transaction and displayed in a professional graph or chart. Order reports, revenue reports, and product revenue reports are available for constant review and will help the company keep a clear view of their progress and direction. Other reports are available including information on clients and traffic.
More at:http://www.genevatestore.com/
Upload Free Files
YouSwap.com is a very basic site that doesn’t offer the users extra options. If you want to send you friends a file, do it here. It is free, easy, and hard to mess up.
The site format is utterly easy to use which is great news for grammas and people who have been living under a rock for the past 10 years. There are three steps that are hard to mess up: add files (they suggest selecting multiple files at a time), fill in recipient email address(es), and finally click upload. In the second step the sender also has the option of attaching a message and their personal email address. YouSwap.com does not ask users to register or pay which is a plus. When the user clicks “Upload!” the site shows the progress of the files being sent and then follows up with a page displaying the sent files so users can be sure that the files were sent and which ones they were. YouSwap.com is the tool to keep everyone in touch and updated on families, high school and college friends, travelers, and Internet boyfriends.
more at:http://www.youswap.com/
The site format is utterly easy to use which is great news for grammas and people who have been living under a rock for the past 10 years. There are three steps that are hard to mess up: add files (they suggest selecting multiple files at a time), fill in recipient email address(es), and finally click upload. In the second step the sender also has the option of attaching a message and their personal email address. YouSwap.com does not ask users to register or pay which is a plus. When the user clicks “Upload!” the site shows the progress of the files being sent and then follows up with a page displaying the sent files so users can be sure that the files were sent and which ones they were. YouSwap.com is the tool to keep everyone in touch and updated on families, high school and college friends, travelers, and Internet boyfriends.
more at:http://www.youswap.com/
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