Alex Tew and his million dollar idea

In case anyone missed this young man on the BBC this am. One night he wrote down:

'How can I become a millionaire before I go to university?'

"It was a rather ambitious question, but I went with it". A few days later he is well on his way to being a millionaire!

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Reply to
Troy Steadman
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I have to admit that I visit the site a couple of times per day, to see what's new.... and i set my alarm to see the 5 minute interview this morning.

Reply to
Jon's News

what the f*ck, i have seen that site before - didnt think it would actually make that much money tho - good idea tho!

its a *lot* more full up now that it was tho!

Reply to
mo

Its a shame its being pull up of bollocks american crap like betting, gambling and viagra.

Theres loads rubbish in those ads - a few larger copanies tho, including The Times newspaper.

Reply to
mo

Lets be honest. Most savvy internet users wont click the betting, viagra links. As rapidly as the site has grown, it could have a similar demise is users refuse to click the ads. Ads like the Times probably appeared as compensation for publishing his interview on their website. Online ads based ideas rarely become a major success.

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programmer

but from the sllers POV he hs made like 450,000 dollars from it already - so i doubt he cares - i dont think the idea is about reselling spots - once they r sold thats it - so it doesnt make any difference to him as long as he sells them spots in the first place.

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mo

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