1999-2009
Early Entrepreneurial Roots
From selling self-published Super Frog comics at age 7 to dropping out of college at 17 after a professor's life-changing advice.
The Story
My entrepreneurial journey started young—really young.
At 7 years old in 1999, I was obsessed with two things: computers and making money.
While most kids were content playing video games, I was reverse-engineering how they worked, tinkering with code, and devouring anything I could find about technology.
But curiosity alone doesn't pay the bills.
I wanted to build something.
Key Metrics
7
Age Started
15
College Entry Age
17
Dropped Out At
Lessons Learned
- •Sales is about belief—if you can sell comics for $20, you can sell anything
- •Real-world experience beats formal education when you're already doing the work
- •Starting early compounds—every year of experience is leverage