Kid Entrepreneurs

" Never too early to start a business Bill Gates was only twenty years old when he started Microsoft -- tonight's power Aggies -- look at some entrepreneurs who got their start. At an even earlier age with us now rod Kurtz of ink magazine if you don't have a subscription -- If this isn't broke -- Y -- now is good time to look -- up and secondary stuff I mean it's it's great -- let's start with an eleven year old number five hum -- and -- who work day."

" They are eleven year old twins and they happen to be proprietors of the best lemonade stand in America. That there is every every every summer I think dot com we do a contest kids all across the country sending photos and stories about their stands to reason and we got a rap riff around them the best in the land day. I thought the lemon shark stand they've raised about a thousand dollars 20% of what I might say they gave to charity. The cool thing about this is -- they -- wrote a business plan got help from friends and family great story good for them are -- for Aaron Swartz that -- web pioneer. He started to date for what he does look fourteen there's no doubt anyone's -- in his early twenties and this is a trend that we're seeing that with the advent of computers of course in the Internet that kids can sort Hathaway. In their bedrooms to get a start he's had his hands and a whole bunch adventures at this point and I think that's really the take away here that the web. There's not only leveled the playing field made it easier for entrepreneurs to start young around another guy that tech field number three then that. Cuts no job yes now he among other things he's the author of the book called might start up life and what that's based on. At age twelve he started hacking away on the computer he's not quite as inspiration from Apple Computer's think different I have absolutely Saudi daddy firing -- again a web company computer company they're sort of in the business of E government that they help government agencies. -- a little more digital and simplify their operations. Number two action also -- As pronunciation -- and hope that. But he is a ninth grader believe it or not and he is a card game called element TO -- I'm pronouncing that right. And it's really an educational card game that deals with chemistry. But it makes -- fine he sort of realizing the great thing about this -- he tested it out it is school and so I think something like 82% of kids. Love this they thought it was a great way to learn better than any other game on how to get back it's granddaughter who's now yeah are not well lie about world war and end of Bangalore India so us. -- paying off now again he started a website at age twelve in India I started a company still around called global switches. -- when he was fourteen at the web company another. -- example this trend. Here's the interesting distinction he was named a young global leader. By the World Economic Forum he's known as early twenties but quite a distinction. Quite young man who were seen as more and more this and as someone who covers partners it's great to see billionaire yet not yet it would probably be closing in on."