17 year old girl owns a $1,000,000/yr site.

[tonyfloyd]

If we all had great developing skills, more of us would be rich imo.
Problem comes on relying on developers & we know most of them are a pain in the ass.

Good luck to this girl, she has her head screwed on really well.
I love the fact also they were a working class family living in a flat.
Good on her :yes:

i hear ya.....where do u even find good/reliable developers??

 

[Keyboard Cowboy]

i hear ya.....where do u even find good/reliable developers??

It's not so much the actual developer skills that got her site famous (developing in terms of website functions etc), it was her unique layouts etc for myspace pages.

For a loooong time, she hadn't even optimized for se traffic (and I mean, at all), it was purely word of mouth (and we all know how many gazillion myspace sites are out there). Quality stuff brings visitors - content is king :yes:

 

[tonyfloyd]

site is a pain in the ass to navigate....imo

 

[dcristo]

Good on her. That's what you call an entrepreneur!

 

[QuantumBeam]

Great concept!
:thumb:

 

[dolansco]

I don't see whateverlife anywhere in the post you linked...

http://www.namep * ros.com/member.php?userid=54644

 

[jazzpetals]

That site is full of popups, and yes, a pain to navigate but good for her.

 

[DomainMagnate]

site is a pain in the ass to navigate....imo

What did you expect it's for teenage girls :lol:

~MG

 

[jdk]

That was on our local news a couple weeks ago. Very interesting

 

[MDSandB]

Sounds too good to be true...but if its Best of luck to all young lads in US who are trying to Woo her ;P

Thatz a lot of money up for Grab

 

[GT Web]

It's definitely a cool story. She obviously had a brilliant idea and executed it perfectly.

That being said, from what I remember she dropped out of high school to work on this site, which is a mistake in my mind. Things on the internet can change so fast - her site could be worthless in a year or two. Without a high school diploma she could run into problems in the future...

 

[PRED]

Moral of story, create an interesting site, that is a must have resource for a large group, put time, energy and love into it, not starting it just to make $

Often it seems to happen like this, THEN the moola comes a flowing

Daddy Pred next,........ perleaaasssee ! :smilewinkgrin:

 

[sashas]

she's not too bad looking either...can anybody get her phone number?

oops...I'm committed already..

 

[jestew]

It's definitely a cool story. She obviously had a brilliant idea and executed it perfectly.

That being said, from what I remember she dropped out of high school to work on this site, which is a mistake in my mind. Things on the internet can change so fast - her site could be worthless in a year or two. Without a high school diploma she could run into problems in the future...

Imagine going into a job interview at age 19 and showing your future manager your resume that says "Owner of a million dollar company 2004-2009." Who wouldn't sell their high school degree for a million bucks? I would have done the same in a second. You can get your GED which is accepted by most colleges in about 45 Min.

 

[bensd]

Good for her running a site from 14 and making money from it, however i really cant seen how that site makes millions.

Looks like a PR stunt to me - i suppose it saves spending $$$$ on advertising

 

[VisualDigits]

OMG She's responsible for making MySpace what it is today (ugly alternative to Facebook)

 

[darrenl]

i hear ya.....where do u even find good/reliable developers??

Me lol.

 

[BinderGang]

Imagine going into a job interview at age 19 and showing your future manager your resume that says "Owner of a million dollar company 2004-2009." Who wouldn't sell their high school degree for a million bucks? I would have done the same in a second. You can get your GED which is accepted by most colleges in about 45 Min.

Haha, I don't think she'll be showing ANYONE her resume in hopes of getting hired. People will be showing HER a resume.

 

[domain newbie]

i just don't think so , 1mln p/y site full of AdSense?

pr stunt!