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How a 16-Year Old Kid Made His First Million Dollars

gizmodo.com — This British boy—who lives in Corby, Northantshire—got his first computer age seven. Three years later he got a Mac a... Aug 13, 2010

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hamfisterAug 13, 2010Buried

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"I'm sorry, Mom, we're gonna have to let you go. Dinner was terrible."

popeaterAug 13, 2010Buried

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Amazing kid. You know your "The man" when you're 16 and your parents work for you.

zomgflamerAug 13, 2010Buried

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So he sells ads , repackages over priced apps and takes advantage of mactards. I ripped off bunch of wanna be hipsters with my pot during high school, no one praised me.

debatorAug 13, 2010Buried

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$50 that Christian reads this comment, realizes I knew he would read this comment while I was writing it, starts smiling, then laughs, and then says "man, I need this guy's PayPal so I can give him that $50".

Oh, hey Christian.

ldrummeraxAug 13, 2010Buried

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realmdownAug 13, 2010Buried

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"You're grounded until I'm re-hired with a raise. Now take the garbage out."

yokozukaAug 13, 2010Buried

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More ambition in this kid than 99% of the adults I know, including myself.

matzahmanAug 13, 2010Buried

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Sounds like Macheist. Copycat anyone?

ingramanAug 13, 2010Buried

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Boy does that make me feel bad.

maximilenAug 13, 2010Buried

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THANK GOD THIS IS NOT AN ARTICLE ABOUT FRED.

hediggmeAug 13, 2010Buried

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Get rich or die sitting on your ass reading digg.

flyinfoofighterAug 13, 2010Buried

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I was just thinking the other day the internet needs more ads and special offers...

amnesianAug 13, 2010Buried

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Wait, I thought we hate rich successful people here...

CAPITALISTIC PIG!!! TAX THAT FAT MOFO!

shroomtimeAug 13, 2010Buried

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Some adults? More like most adults.

mpenetrabletacoAug 13, 2010Buried

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He's done more at 16 then most have by 40.

tgc1Aug 13, 2010Buried

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How did you use You're right in the later part of your sentence and mess it up in the beginning?

executexAug 13, 2010Buried

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Sometimes a bit of luck and connections seems to help in these web businesses. I know plenty of talented ambitious teenage web developers with genius ideas who simply aren't as lucky.

widescreenweissAug 13, 2010Buried

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akairennAug 13, 2010Buried

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"What kids thinks about starting a pay per click advertising network? And do you know what goes into that? Gimme a break."

Oh, please. Back when computers were all beige monstrosities, I thought about the market potential of offering, y'know, not-completely-f**king-ugly computer cases.

Instead of acting on it, I instead opted to slowly download porn via 28.8.

wussAug 13, 2010Buried

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you can make the worlds first automatic sleeve roller

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