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My Name: John Mathews


Age: 15 Years Old


Interests: Designing & Snowboarding


Email: John@TrueElementDesigns.com


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AIM: RedPlanetMedia


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I think by far the most important site for any teenage interested in making money online should take a quick look at Retire At 21. They offer a great list of ideas and sources to start an online business. Everything from drop shipping to domain flipping.

Anyways something I found made me laugh and it’s so true….

Banking – Your bank will not give a young entrepreneur a credit card but they will give a student a credit card.

Networking – I love networking and would love to attend more conferences but being young makes it difficult. A lot of internet marketing and blogging conference’ are held in America meaning you have to be 21 to get into a bar, drink, be one of the guys. Although I enjoyed my recent visit to the States, I didn’t feel like one of the guys because of this.

Knowledge – Everything’s new, you have never been in business before so how would you know? That’s not good enough, do you research before you go into business!

Respect – You’re a kid, get out of my office! No one will even consider you as an advertiser, designer, and business partner so prove them wrong!

Parents – they will often slow you down, you always need permission for every thing you want to do. “It is easier to ask for forgiveness then permission” – Cameron Johnson

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I figured you’d all get a kick of it, while your there browse around by far a very key website to my success.

- John

Posted by: John  » Posted on 04 - 30 - 08  »

2 Responses to “The Downsides to being a teen web developer!”

  1. Retire at 21 isn’t updated very often…but the site does make a few good points about being a teen.

    I don’t see the problem with not having a credit card though…use a debit card.

  2. Right, I forgot to mention this in my previous comment:

    I’m starting a blogging experiment - I’m going to try monetizing a blog to see how it works - I don’t really blog stuff.

    http://www.teenbusinessforum.com/showthread.php?t=712

    I’ll be reporting my progress around. If you’re interested, I’ll continue to send you updates.

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