HisFirst Posted April 16, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 21 Topic Count: 315 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 3,491 Content Per Day: 1.26 Reputation: 2,582 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/25/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted April 16, 2017 http://www.9news.com.au/9Stories/2017/04/14/12/00/Sydney-high-school-dropout-sitting-on-multi-million-dollar-empire?amp=1 Ben Pasternak is a Sydney high school dropout whose app wizardry has reportedly made him a millionaire, yet when he travels in the US or needs to sign business deals he still needs the help of a legal adult. Pasternak, 17, rocketed to tech stardom in 2014 when he created the Impossible Rush game during a school science class. The game would go on to become one of the most downloaded apps in the world. He was just 15 at the time. Today, he is living an entrepreneurial existence in New York, paying a reported $5000 a month for an apartment in Hell's Kitchen, has a $160 haircut and is the CEO of his own tech company. Since moving on from Impossible Rush, Pasternak has developed and sent live projects from 'One', 'Flogg' and now 'Monkey'. All of his projects have a social media flavour to them, with the intended audience being those like himself - teenagers. His latest venture 'Monkey' is a video-chat app that aims to help teenagers find and develop new friendships in a safe space. A blurb on the app's website says it has "zero tolerance" for cyberbullying and threats and takes "extraordinary steps" to keep "our community" safe. When 'Monkey' went live earlier this year, it was lapped up by teens and had almost 250 million calls between users as of March 20. It also earned Pasternak a personal email of congratulations from Apple boss Tim Cook. When asked what he believes has been the key to his success, the former Reddam House student is succinct yet modest. "Simply by being relentless and persistent," he told 9Stories. In reply to questions about what's it like being thought as "the next Mark Zuckerberg" or the next "great titan of technology", Pasternak simply doesn't pay attention to the hype. "I don’t think about labels, but I am excited to create and build products that will positively improve the lives of people around the world," he said. "The way I value success is by the number of people that I positively impact on a daily basis through my work." The modest nature of his words appears to be an endearing trait for the teenager. It also means he doesn't skip over the not-so-smooth sailing moments of his meteoric rise. "I made a lot of mistakes but I believe all of them happened for a reason and helped me grow as an entrepreneur," he said. "I can think of big screw ups but none that I regret." While he doesn't delve into his "big screw ups", one of them could well have been when he missed out on royalties from the Impossible Rush app by selling it for just $200. To put this all into perspective, less than a day after Impossible Rush was accepted into the US app store in 2014 it overtook Tinder as the top app. Impossible Rush is a free download and is based on the concept of connecting a falling coloured ball, or dot, with the colour on a rotatable colour square. Initially Pasternak had no plans to send the app live as he had been busy focusing on One – an app that combines the social media posts from Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. However, after sending the app design to his Chicago-based developer friend Austin Valleskey, who was also 15 at the time, the pair took the finished product to market. (snip) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Behold Posted April 18, 2017 Group: Mars Hill Followers: 7 Topic Count: 87 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 3,795 Content Per Day: 1.34 Reputation: 6 Days Won: 3 Joined: 07/30/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted April 18, 2017 (edited) The world measures your success by your $$$-Worth - $$$. God measures your success by your availability and obedience. But, regarding making money.......If you want to make a lot of money, then create something that is easy to reproduce that everyone would naturally want, at least one. The Bible tells you that "God gives you the power to get- create wealth"....and there is nothing wrong with being wealthy as long as your HEART is Right before the one who discerns your MOTIVES. With God, MOTIVE is everything, regarding you. ----------- Money is just a tool, and its very useful, but it can create a "heart condition" in a person if they allow themselves to fall in love with it, so, thats the issue, and not money. Some people have the idea that poverty is a badge of spirituality, and of course this is crazy., as "poverty has harmed more already then money ever will". Your bible plainly teaches you that "poverty" and not "money", is the destruction of the POOR... There is also a means to determine just how much money you'll be making, and that is defined as......"You will made exactly as much money as people will pay you to solve a problem they have". The larger the problem you can solve for "people"= the more money they will give into your pocket. For example, a brain surgeon is going to, by default, make much much more money then a lawn specialist, and that is because the PROBLEM the Surgeon can solve is much more -$$$$valuable$$$- to the people who will pay a lot more to have it solved. Edited April 18, 2017 by Behold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted April 18, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,991 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,689 Content Per Day: 11.81 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted April 18, 2017 Famous people who have gotten their GED https://www.gedtestingservice.com/index.php/testers/famousgedgrads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willa Posted April 19, 2017 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 68 Topic Count: 186 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 14,242 Content Per Day: 3.33 Reputation: 16,653 Days Won: 30 Joined: 08/14/2012 Status: Offline Share Posted April 19, 2017 But does he know Jesus? Mar 8:36 NKJV For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinessity Posted May 8, 2017 Group: Removed from Forums for Breaking Terms of Service Followers: 1 Topic Count: 6 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 260 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 188 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/02/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted May 8, 2017 The more money a child of Christ has at their disposal the more good they can do in a world run by money. Evens out. What a fortunate young man Ben is. Goes to show brilliance shines when it is let to and trusts itself . Good for you Ben. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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