13-Year-Old CEO Steals the Show At TiECON

An anonymous reader tells us about a 13-year old Silicon Valley CEO with a plan to change the way kids learn chemistry. Yesterday he stole the show at TiECON 2007, the big entrepreneur conference held in Santa Clara, CA. VentureBeat has the story and a video interview. The company's VP of sales is the CEO's sister. She's 11. They're looking for $100K to ramp up production and distribution.

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Re:Relevant?

[rohan972]

Schools job is not to teach, it is to produce an easily manageable population that will:

1) Be subject to corporations instead of producing and independent income, to assist mass production.

2) Be subject to marketing and mass persuasion to assist mass consupmtion (required for mass production).

Independent critical thinking is detrimental to these goals, and is only tolerated if it doesn't become widespread. The fact that a not insignificant number of teachers try to educate children is not enough to seriously disrupt the system.

Re:Anonymous my foot

[Wolfrider]

Jazus Palomino - WTF ever happened to having a CHILDHOOD??

Kids: You have the rest of your LIFETIME after 18 to do business-related stuff. Enjoy your early years of free-time while you can!