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How a 9-Year-Old Entrepreneur's Business Went Viral
BY Diana Ransom
Millions of people have tuned into an 11-minute video of entrepreneur Caine Monroy's cardboard arcade creation, but how did that video catch on when so many others don't? To figure it out, we asked the experts to give us their best viral-video tips.
College Startup: Big Scan on Campus
BY Joel Holland
The ability to pull all-nighters moved three BYU students to the front of the competitive QR-code category.
From Pinterest to Gumroad, 19-Year-Old Sahil Lavingia on His Trek Through Silicon Valley
BY Lyneka Little
We spoke with the young entrepreneur about his experience as a founding team member at Pinterest and his new company Gumroad.Project Grow
A Dorm-Room Startup on an Environmental Mission
BY Jodi Helmer
A student entrepreneur vows to make an environmental impact with his online wedding invitations. Meet the 22-Year-Old Serial Entrepreneur Behind a File-Sharing Service With $1 Million in VC
BY Joel Holland
A free file-sharing site attracts users with its drag-and-drop simplicity and universal platform One Young Entrepreneur's Million-Dollar Idea in Mobile Gaming
BY Joel Holland
A Princeton dropout makes waves with mobile gaming and payment services. How I Did It: The TOMS Story
BY Blake Mycoskie
Blake Mycoskie explains why he jumped into the shoe business to Start Something That Matters.Play Video Quirky's Ben Kaufman on Innovation (Video)
Meet the founder of Quirky, a crowdsourced product-development company. Its mission is "to make invention accessible." Its goal: to invent two new consumer products a week. He shares his views on creativity and starting up as part of our Innovators series. Teenager Finds a Niche in Man-Scented Candles
BY Michelle Juergen
Would you like your house to smell like bacon? Or perhaps a new mitt? A young entrepreneur creates his own masculine take on the scented-candle business. Peter Thiel on What You Can't Learn in College
BY Jennifer Wang
The venture capitalist and co-founder of PayPal answers questions about his initiative to back the business dreams of select teen entrepreneurs willing to put their educations on hold. 1SaleADay.com's Ben Federman and the Value of a Daily Steal
BY Gwen Moran
This 28-year-old Brooklynite built a successful business around the concept of loss leaders. Part of our annual Young Millionaires report. Khu.sh's Prerna Gupta Pioneers High-Tech Music for the Masses
BY Jennifer Wang
This 29-year-old CEO has her sights set on expansion with her apps LaDiDa and Songify and seed funding from angel investors. Part of our annual Young Millionaires report. From Grad Student to Social Media Millionaire
BY Matt Villano
How twentysomething Shama Kabani of Marketing Zen Group wrote a master's thesis on Twitter and then went on to build a leading-edge marketing firm. Part of our annual Young Millionaires report. GumGum's Ophir Tanz Spins Gold from Ads on Images Online
BY Jennifer Wang
This twentysomething innovator created a successful digital ad network for Web images. Learn how he did it. Part of our annual Young Millionaires report.Ads by Google
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