Twenty Billionaires Who Started With Nothing

[Dien Rice]

Originally Posted by -TW

...that, after clicking on "read the [rest of the] story" link at the bottom of the 1st page, it led to an UNavoidable advertising video (commercial) -- which the visitor is *forced* to view, before proceeding. That is, the rest of the article is held hostage -- the "ransom" being one's eyeballs AND a bunch of seconds worth of attention paid.

"You VIL votch zee ads, UNT you vil LUFF votching zee ads!!"

Hi TW,

On the other hand, it's probably ads like that helping to keep the magazine afloat... After all, they've gotta pay the bills too!

If it's a choice of it existing with ads, or not existing without the ads - I'd choose the ads...

I think many of these online ads are generally more entertaining anyway - they know that you have a lot of possible distractions online, so they have to keep it entertaining to make people watch!

Cheers, Dien

Sorry if I gave the wrong impression.

I am on the side of the ads! Remember, I am the big believer in intrusive ads. I believe intrusive ads are the (very) cornerstone of capitalism itself!

My sparring partner on this topic has always been Ankesh (who advocates the permission-based model).

So, yes, bring on the ads AND the forced keeping-the-audience's-eyes-OPEN, A-Clockwork-Orange style machines, that go with them!
(see attached image)

Minority Report style intrusiveness cannot be avoided. The intended audience cannot be PERMITTED to ignore the ads!

I'm totally there, man.

Cheers.

-- TW

Originally Posted by Dien Rice

I found this article I thought others could find interesting to read too...

How some people start with nothing, to amassing wealth to rival Fort Knox!

Twenty Billionaires Who Started With Nothing
http://images.businessweek.com/slide...d-with-nothing

It still is possible to be a big success, even if you're starting with little...

More on this soon...

Best wishes!

Dien

Success stories of Billionaires are always a great read! Thanks for posting that link.

Just to add:

For all of your aspiring young entrepreneurs who are trying to make millions online, Michael Dunlop from Retire at 21 put together a list of the top 30 internet millionaires who are under 30 years of age.

Holding down the number one spot is Mark Zuckerberg from Facebook. He’s only 23 years old, has an annual turnover of $700 million, and is only getting started!

Here is the complete list:

Rank – Name – Company – Age – Annual Turnover

1 – Mark Zuckerberg – Facebook – 23 – $700 Million
2 – Andrew Gower – Runescape – 28 – $650 Million
3 – Blake Ross and David Hyatt – Mozilla – 22 – $120 Million
4 – Chad Hurley – Youtube – 30 – $85 Million
5 – Angelo Sotira – Deviant ART – 26 – $75 Million
6 – John Vechey – PopCap Games – 28 – $60 Million
7 – Alexander Levin – WordPress – 23 – $57 Million
8 – Alexander Levin – Image Shack – 23 – $56 Million
9 – Jake Nickell – Threadless – 28 – $50 Million
10 – Sean Belnick – Biz Chair – 20 – $42 Million
11 – Kevin Rose – Digg – 30 – $31 Million
12 – Robert Small – MiniClips – 24 – $23 Million
13 – Ryan Block – Engadget – 25 – $20 Million
14 – Aodhan Cullen – Stat Counter – 24 – $18 Million
15 – Tom Fulp – Newgrounds – 29 – $15 Million
16 – Rishi Kacker and Matt Pauker – Voltage – 24 – $12 Million
17 – Markus Frind – Plenty Of Fish – 29 – $10 Million
18 – Catherine and David Cook – My Year Book – 17 & 19 – $10 Million
19 – Fredrik Neij – The Pirate Bay – 28 – $10 Million
20 – DAVID LEVICH – Iced Out Gear – 25 – $10 Million
21 – David Hauser & Siamak Taghaddos – GotvMail – 24 – $8 Million
22 – Jermaine Griggs – Hear and Play – 23 – $5 Million
23 – Jay Westerdal – Domain Tools – 29 – $5 Million
24 – Ashley Qualls – What Ever Life – 17 – $3 Million
25 – Mario Lavandeira – Perez Hilton – 29 – $3 Million
26 – Ben Way – Rain Makers – 27 – $2.2 Million
27 – Lauris Liberts – Frype – 25 – $2 Million
28 – Alex Tew – Million Dollar Homepage – 22 – $1.6 Million
29 – Rob Benwell – Blogging to the Bank – 23 – $1.2 Million
30 – Matt Wegrzyn – Bodis – 19 – $1 Million

When will be my name on this list?