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

[Aaron Kulkis]

Morris, Tim wrote:
> $5million for myspace templates?
>
> WTF?
>

This is why top-40 music is always such crap...

The primary purchasers are people who have disposable income
which is beyond their current capacity for reason.

> --  Tim Morris - UGS PLM Software
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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
> To: MDLUG's Main discussion list
> 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
> /toc
>
> 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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