The Million Dollar Boy, clever or just lucky?
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In August 2005, British Student Alex Tew was at home, thinking about how to pay for University. He decided to launch a website selling pixel space to advertisers. The website had 1,000,000 pixels available and each pixel cost an advertiser just US$1. The Million Dollar Homepage (www.milliondollarhomepage) was born.
Within 6 months, he had become a millionaire, was world famous and had started a trend leading to thousands of copycat sites. Ironically, the idea which was supposed to help him fund his education, made him drop out of University after just one term: he had BIGGER FISH TO FRY
The Million Dollar Boy, clever or just lucky? What's your opinion?![[em3]](http://img.alibaba.com/images/eng/style/icon/emoticons_grin.gif)
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23 Aug 2007 20:05
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Replying to [Admin]:
Ye luckily he got all the exposure!
Ye luckily he got all the exposure!
24 Aug 2007 18:00
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Replying to [Admin]:
Clever boy then become lucky
Clever boy then become lucky
24 Aug 2007 19:11
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A smart boy to begin with. Right place. Right time. Right price. That's as far the first million dollar is concerned.
A smart boy to begin with. Right place. Right time. Right price. That's as far the first million dollar is concerned.
24 Aug 2007 22:10
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Replying to [Admin]: clever boy with a good idea in his mind, live is trail and error he just get luck in his trial. but i am sure he has try many effort before he got is milliondollar web run and give him fortune. Other will be able to get their fortune in their own field.
25 Aug 2007 21:25
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Alex Tew was clever and bold. He had a strong need to raise money, he thought of a great idea to make his dream come true, and he took the risk and followed through. His example reminds me of one of my favourite quotes:
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Alex Tew was clever and bold. He had a strong need to raise money, he thought of a great idea to make his dream come true, and he took the risk and followed through. His example reminds me of one of my favourite quotes:
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
25 Aug 2007 21:31
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I think the quetion should be "Why dont I think of that?"
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26 Aug 2007 19:28
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That's very clever, he wasn't lucky, he knew the secret of the marketing and he used his brains to get where he is today. Congrats to him!
26 Aug 2007 21:14
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This boy i9s very lucky . i appreciates his ideas and wish his suceess.
This boy i9s very lucky . i appreciates his ideas and wish his suceess.
26 Aug 2007 23:49
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Replying to [Admin]:In my mind ,he is very lucky!! So many people could not find ,but he could!!
Good boy and a big lucky dog!!!
Good boy and a big lucky dog!!!
27 Aug 2007 00:21