[mdlug] OT: CEO? Whatever: 17-year-old runs $1M business designingMySpace pages for teens

[Morris, Tim]

$5million for myspace templates?

WTF?

--  Tim Morris - UGS PLM Software

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From: mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org [mailto:mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org] On Behalf
Of Jeff Hanson
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 8:34 PM
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Subject: [mdlug] OT: CEO? Whatever: 17-year-old runs $1M business
designingMySpace pages for teens

Not Linux related but I thought it was interesting since the young
lady is in Southgate, MI:

crainsdetroit.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070917/SUB/709170352/1033
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Like most CEOs, Ashley Qualls worries about staying one step ahead of
her competitors, works long hours and keeps a sharp eye on her roughly
$1 million in revenue.

Unlike most CEOs, Qualls isn't old enough to vote.

The 17-year-old Southgate entrepreneur has been building her online
business for two years. She started by showing off Web page designs to
her friends and has watched traffic grow to 7 million unique visitors
each month to her site, according to Google Analytics. She has
declined offers of up to $5 million for her business.

Her concept seems simple enough. Her Web site, www. whateverlife.com,
provides designs that teenagers can use for their www.myspace.com
pages.
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