His name : Christian Owens . His age : 16 . He made his first million dollars in two years , “ inspired by Apple ’s chief operating officer Steve Jobs ” . This is how he did it .
The British teen — who go in Corby , Northamptonshire — suffer his first information processing system age seven . Three eld by and by he got a Mac and taught himself entanglement design . Four years by and by — at geezerhood 14 , in 2008 — he started his first company . It was a dewy-eyed site that some of you may know : Mac Bundle Box . The site was pretty , rooted into Apple ’s own design guidelines and vogue , but actually was even closer toMacHeist , which has done the same package - bundle up price design for a while now .
The page sold a package of very keen Mac OS X program for a discounted price and for a special time . He would negociate with the developer to get a bank discount plenty on their apps . The result pile had a combined retail note value of around $ 400 , but he would trade it for a tenth of that toll . ( You know , likeMacHeist , which we ’ve have before . )
Not only that : If enough the great unwashed grease one’s palms the computer software , a novel app would get unlocked for all buyers , which undertake very good word - of - mouth promotion . And to top it all , Owens give a percentage of all sale to Polemonium van-bruntiae .
The theme did well . Very well , in fact : In its first two years , Mac Bundle Box made $ 1,000,000 ( 700,000 British Pounds ) .
Not well-chosen with that winner , Owens jumped into a young speculation address Branchr , a earnings - per - click advertizing society that allot 300 million ads per month on over 17,500 websites , iPhone , and Android diligence . The company , which claims to give up “ contextual , behavioral , publisher - defined , and geographically ” aim ads in those platforms , has already made $ 800,000 in its first year and employ eight adults including his 43 - year - old female parent , Alison .
He does n’t roll in the hay where he would be in 10 years , but the next thing he wants to do is to make one hundred million British pounds with Branchr . He seems to be on his mode to winner . He claims his concern is mature strong — Branchr has already bought another company — and he reinvests all the money back into the companionship .
His arcanum to success ? There ’s no secret , he say :
There is no witching formula to business , it take hard work , determination and the drive to do something great .
And also copying MacHeist .
Click to viewIn an age of idiotized kid who ca n’t focus on anything , we salute you , Christian . [ SWNS ]
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