I love this kid.
A little while ago I posted a story about Cardnap, a secondary market for gift cards and its 15 year old founder, Lachy Groom, from Perth, Australia.
While Cardnap continues to grow around the world, Groom has started on a side project (his 4th startup, mind you) named iPad Case Finder.
The premise is simple – provide a site with the sole purpose of helping you find the perfect iPad case.
The site hosts a wide range of cases (there are 85 listed already) with detailed info about each one and links to where you can buy them.
I spoke to Groom brieflyabout his new project and this is what he had to say about the reasons he started the site:
“Basically, I had an iPad and my friend smashed the screen (accidentally). And that weekend my dad told me I should start making some passive income. So I set it up in a few hours on a Sunday afternoon. From that I’ve been promoting it and adding features like crazy.”
Haha…Dad said I should earn some passive income so I built a site one afternoon that leverages a hot trend, has a business model and has received 400,000 hits in a few weeks…nice.
While Groom’s not forthcoming with how much, if any, money the site has made, that’s not really the point here.
There’s an audience, people who want to pay to feature their products and the obvious affiliate link fees – so it shouldn’t be too long before that passive income starts rolling in, if it hasn’t already.
Lachy is definitely one to keep an eye on.
“I had an iPad and my friend smashed the screen ” …. I cried when I read that. I wonder if the friend replaced the iPad or if he is now an ex-friend.
He bought it, and luckily I had another on the way ;)
Good thing he bought it. It just does not do justice if you bought it and he smashed it – even accidentally. :)
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I’ve seen the site for quite some time. good job on its simplicity.
I want to be this kid! Awesome work
Lachy is really giving evidence of his serial-entrepreneurial ambitions. Nice to know; he has also built a compelling and addictive iPhone app: iSlice. I believe he’ll relaunch the revised version shortly. Hear, hear for Lachy!
Great job with the ipad case finder site.
Good to hear the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well on the Left Coast.
I think I better get my @haul ipad folios up there & make @LachyG some more money !
doesn’t bother to pay programmers if the startups fail to make money.. like its their headache… a kid indeed… no business ethics!
I have been watching this guys website for sometime – very intersting what he is doing with the ipad niche. Sad that he does not pay programmers though.
he’s got a great site. fantastic to be able to have ideas like that at such an early age!
we’ve taken it a step further with http://www.tablet2cases.com/. not about buying cases, but about finding the best one for you