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
Post 2 of 27
Replying to [Admin]:before he got flowers and applause,he previously had an unknown sweat!
27 Aug 2007 02:09
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he is a smart * lucky dude. can any body advise me on something like if he or she is form Ghana west africa . i wanna do sth great like that too.---email id remove by modrator----
27 Aug 2007 03:46
Post 4 of 27
Replying to [Admin]:i wish i was in his shoes. smart dude
27 Aug 2007 03:47
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CLEVER and Lucky!
He is clever because he was smart enough to know the tech know how to put that website together. Lucky because he had so many people put their adds on it. But dropping out of school was not a great idea!
Knowledge is how we grow in our intellect! If you quit learning from school then all you have is your life experience. Learning keeps us aware of what is going on and how to handle problems!
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CLEVER and Lucky!
He is clever because he was smart enough to know the tech know how to put that website together. Lucky because he had so many people put their adds on it. But dropping out of school was not a great idea!
Knowledge is how we grow in our intellect! If you quit learning from school then all you have is your life experience. Learning keeps us aware of what is going on and how to handle problems!
27 Aug 2007 09:18
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Replying to [Admin]:
Alex is very smart and lucky in regards to timing. I think he has a good understanding of e-commerce.
Alex is very smart and lucky in regards to timing. I think he has a good understanding of e-commerce.
29 Aug 2007 08:35
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Replying to [Admin]:I had scaned the website.It's very nice.
http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/![[em1]](http://img.alibaba.com/images/eng/style/icon/emoticons_smile.gif)
http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/
29 Aug 2007 18:14
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P.T. Barnum was quoted as saying "There's a SUCKER born every minute!" $1 per pixel for advertising? He is a marketing Genius. The people that bought each pixel were SUCKERS! Reminds me of the "Pet Rock" fad in the USA back in the 1970's. Somebody put a rock in a little cardboard cage and sold them all across the USA. Your Pet Rock does not eat. Needs NO water. Makes NO sounds. Just sits there and does NOTHING. YOU can have one today for $7.99! $1 Pixels and Pet Rocks were created by Genius's! refer to P.T. Barnum for the other side of the story.
P.T. Barnum was quoted as saying "There's a SUCKER born every minute!" $1 per pixel for advertising? He is a marketing Genius. The people that bought each pixel were SUCKERS! Reminds me of the "Pet Rock" fad in the USA back in the 1970's. Somebody put a rock in a little cardboard cage and sold them all across the USA. Your Pet Rock does not eat. Needs NO water. Makes NO sounds. Just sits there and does NOTHING. YOU can have one today for $7.99! $1 Pixels and Pet Rocks were created by Genius's! refer to P.T. Barnum for the other side of the story.
29 Aug 2007 21:43
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Replying to [Admin]: Very clever boy
I think success is a flash of light, you seize it, you make it.
I think success is a flash of light, you seize it, you make it.
30 Aug 2007 01:48