17 years old, 11 startups

One suggestion I have is to select either the first or third person and use the same voice for both the title and the article. I think its ok to write your own bio, but to show that you are writing and then appear to pretend that you are not is a bit annoying.

I don't mean to imply any actual pretense, of course, because there is nothing wrong with using the third person. I just don't think it works here as a literary device. Not that I am any expert.

And I'd consider the first person. You have achieved a lot and there's nothing wrong with saying so yourself.

Re: 17 years old, 11 startups

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Post by lachyg » Fri, Dec 31, 2010, 12:15 PM UTC

shashank261 wrote: post #6

ortatherox wrote: post #3

That's dedication.

Doesn't Mark Bao miss riding dirt bikes, chasing gals, playing baseball.

Who says he doesn't do all of that? And also, where riding dirt bikes and playing basketball is your idea of fun, his may be programming, running startups and doing bizdev.

Re: 17 years old, 11 startups

#9

Post by enra » Fri, Dec 31, 2010, 12:20 PM UTC

I really woudn't like to critize but I would make the disctintion building startups or businesses and building apps. The former usually have customers, employees, payrolls, revenues etc.

But anyway it's great that you're building things.

Re: 17 years old, 11 startups

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Post by pclark » Fri, Dec 31, 2010, 12:31 PM UTC

plbth wrote: post #4

Seems like a pretty awful track record.

are you joking? how is building and releasing this many products ever a bad thing?