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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.
You were seriously sheltered. Even having never SEEN a hooker or 'blow' at 13, I still knew what they were. ('Blow' I'd have had to guess at... In fact, still do. I assume it's a drug. Doesn't even really matter which one, does it?)
At 13, I knew that if someone referred to something by a nickname and refused to outright say it, it was probably taboo. And since they'd already mentioned hookers, it isn't a stretch for figure what the other reference is. Hooker is a lot easier, because even if you haven't SEEN one, someone has undoubtedly said 'that girl dresses like a hooker' in front of you. That term usually gets defined pretty quickly afterwards.
As for wanting them... It just takes 1 adult that talks about them regularly, longingly, to make a child 'want' it without even knowing what it really is. Because adults want it, so it must be worth having. The logic for 'want' isn't always very logical.
"If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you." - DM