Comments on: Sorry Daniel Brusilovsky, teenage charm isn’t here to stay

By: lachyg

lachyg — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:41:43 +0000

No, you should focus on whatever makes you happy.

By: genieyclo

genieyclo — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:29:21 +0000

Here’s the thing about TiT, just forget about how simple it is, and how anyone could do this-his target audience will not use this. He’s aiming at teens who are in tech to use this…but those teens already blog on better platforms, that have better user bases, and have their own sites and things going for them. A noble cause, yes, but badly executed and little foresight put through. Back to the drawing board, Daniel.

By: Jessica Mah

Jessica Mah — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:32:18 +0000

Hey Ernst,

Great post! I agree with what you said — even if these teenagers (myself included) get press, it by no means insures their future success.

As many people have noticed, I’ve stepped out of the limelight. Or at least, I’ve tried very hard to. I don’t want credit for being a teenage entrepreneur. I don’t want credit for being a female entrepreneur. Both do absolutely no good for me in the long run.

A year ago, when I was more popular like Daniel, I came to realize that the hype was distracting me from growing as both an engineer and as a potential entrepreneurial success. It made people think I was successful, and enlarged my ego beyond my own desires.

So why do get so much popularity? Well, I’m no longer under 18, so that’s less exciting. But a few years back, I could definitely see why the press was all over me. (and now, Daniel.)

It’ll be an on-going trend because it makes for good news, but in the end, it doesn’t help anyone but the wannabe-entrepreneur’s ego.

Cheers,
Jessica Mah

By: Edo van Royen

Edo van Royen — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:03:02 +0000

Monty, don’t generalize too much. There’s a thing called fun too, and for some it’s more important then money or fame.

When I started my webdesign firm at age 13 ( http://www.xs4all.nl/~edolo/) or my hosting firm at 15 I never intended to make wealth or fame. Just a heap of fun out of the challenge in trying to be one of the big boys.

Now I agree with you on the fact that it’s lame to play the age-card in these situations, but I feel inclined to strongly oppose your generalization of teen entrepeneurs on being merely skewed towards greed.

Edo

By: monty

monty — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:27:14 +0000

The reason I don’t support someone like Daniel is that at the end of the day they are simply showing off that they are so young, and not focussing on other more important things. Frankly I don’t care if he is 12 or 15 as long as he doesn’t shove it down my throat, but he does. I was watching a Qik video where he asked a question to Kevin Rose and the first thing he said was “I’m an employee at Qik, yeah thats right, me!” (I paraphrase of course but that’s how it sounded to me)

Kids that young have no class about the whole scenario, ultimately they are just searching for money because then they can show off to their friends. They aren’t trying to make a living or anything so everything they do is skewed IMO towards greed.

By: Edo van Royen

Edo van Royen — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:07:26 +0000

I don’t like that with such a service Daniel emphasizes the age difference, when most teenage entrepeneurs struggle to have people look at them as if there is none.

Apart from that, spirit like this should always be encouraged, no matter what the result is. The website and concept need some work, but if he keeps trying he’ll end up with something nice that doesn’t require the age-card to be played.

Edo – 19 ( Still a teen damnit ! )

By: Nicolas Mertens

Nicolas Mertens — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:30:05 +0000

I have to agree with Drivingsouth, how many of the used to be promising to we still hear off now?

At that age your brain is in full developement and sometimes there are youngster who attract attention… however, their brain needs to “cool down”, get back into balance before they can actually bring a good idea (only 1%/process) to a succes!

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:28:13 +0000

You’re just jealous EJ ;-)

By: drivingsouth

drivingsouth — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:22:18 +0000

UAU, I was quoted in the best Web blog in Europe :)

Agree with you on this post and understand that news is not when a dog bites someone but when someone bites a dog, so some kinds may take a hype.

There is loads of kids nowadays with a completely different attitude from that generation 10 years ago. Some know more people than others apparently though. Kawasaki made some experiments with kids and technology that actually reveal the most important: they are early-adopters in loads of technologies and use it in different ways. That’s a very valuable knowledge when building a new very early-stage concept IMHO

By: George Tziralis

George Tziralis — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:47:46 +0000

What’s more, I don’t think they can stand as a paradigm to be copied, but rather the other way around. At 15 or 16 you should focus on your school and education, not making money.