Who makes the better entrepreneur, young or old? It’s not too late to enter your opinion in the Entrepreneurs Channel live survey, posted here. In the past 5 days, no fewer than 96 entrepreneurs, in addition to voting, have sent the details of their stories to me. The youngest to respond is 16. The oldest: 85.
He's barely old enough to drive, but at 16, Alex Parker has founded his first successful company, Brand Strategix, www.brand-strategix.com.
I’ve only reviewed about a third of the emails I’ve gotten so far, so if you posted a message and I haven’t yet responded, be patient. I hope to get to you soon. Today I’d like to introduce Alex Parker, the 16 year old Founder and CEO of Brand Strategix, a national internet marketing and web development firm (young enough I actually felt the need to ask his permission to post his photograph here). He’s barely old enough to drive, but Alex founded his company this year, May 2012, and has a first year revenue goal of $200,000. To get past the stigma of being too young or too small a company to deliver, he secured a gold credibility rating on Dun and Bradstreet (not bad!) and managed through sheer will and chutzpah to garner press coverage in Virtual Strategy Magazine and Yahoo! News.
To read the full, original article click on this link: Do Younger Or Older Founders Excel? Forbes Readers Weigh In - Forbes
