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06-10-2014, 10:41 PM
15-Year-Old Makes $100,000 on Bitcoin, Launches Startup
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When Erik Finman received $1,000 from his grandmother in 2012, he invested it in bitcoin (http://mashable.com/category/Bitcoin/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=), the then-obscure form of online currency. A year and a half later, he sold his investment for $100,000 and used the earnings to launch Botangle.com (http://www.Botangle.com/), an online tutoring service that runs on video chat.
That's **t bad for an entrepreneur who's only 15 years old.
See also: 18 Quirky, Niche Businesses (http://mashable.com/2014/06/06/niche-businesses/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
The business **w has more than 20 staffers (including programmers, designers and animators) and over a 100 active users. Although the user base is relatively small, the company attracted much buzz after Finman participated in a Reddit Q&A (http://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/comments/25u81a/im_15_and_i_have_20_people_working_for_me_all/), offering tips for startups and answering questions about finding success with Bitcoin. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/10/botangle/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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When Erik Finman received $1,000 from his grandmother in 2012, he invested it in bitcoin (http://mashable.com/category/Bitcoin/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=), the then-obscure form of online currency. A year and a half later, he sold his investment for $100,000 and used the earnings to launch Botangle.com (http://www.Botangle.com/), an online tutoring service that runs on video chat.
That's **t bad for an entrepreneur who's only 15 years old.
See also: 18 Quirky, Niche Businesses (http://mashable.com/2014/06/06/niche-businesses/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
The business **w has more than 20 staffers (including programmers, designers and animators) and over a 100 active users. Although the user base is relatively small, the company attracted much buzz after Finman participated in a Reddit Q&A (http://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/comments/25u81a/im_15_and_i_have_20_people_working_for_me_all/), offering tips for startups and answering questions about finding success with Bitcoin. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/10/botangle/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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