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RayBonga 08-26-2007 11:58 AM

17 year old girl makes $70K/month online
 
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At 17 going on 37 (at least), Ashley is very much an Internet professional. In the less than two years since Whateverlife took off, she has dropped out of high school, bought a house, helped launch artists such as Lily Allen, and rejected offers to buy her young company. Although Ashley was flattered to be offered $1.5 million and a car of her choice--as long as the price tag wasn't more than $100,000--she responded, in effect, Whatever. :) "I don't even have my license yet," she says.

Ashley is evidence of the meritocracy on the Internet that allows even companies run by neophyte entrepreneurs to compete, regardless of funding, location, size, or experience--and she's a reminder that ingenuity is ageless. She has taken in more than $1 million, thanks to a now-familiar Web-friendly business model. Her MySpace page layouts are available for the bargain price of...nothing. They're free for the taking. Her only significant source of revenue so far is advertising.

According to Google Analytics, Whateverlife attracts more than 7 million individuals and 60 million page views a month. That's a larger audience than the circulations of Seventeen, Teen Vogue, and CosmoGirl! magazines combined. Although Web-site rankings vary with the methodology, Quantcast, a popular source among advertisers, ranked Whateverlife.com a staggering No. 349 in mid-July out of more than 20 million sites. Among the sites in its rearview mirror: Britannica.com, AmericanIdol.com, FDA .gov, and CBS.com. And one more, which Ashley can't quite believe herself: "I'm ahead of Oprah!" (Oprah.com: No. 469.)
Full article at: http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/118/girl-power.html (too long to post here)

Jai 08-26-2007 12:04 PM

why does it say going on 37?

polish_aristocrat 08-26-2007 12:06 PM

impressive

mattz 08-26-2007 12:07 PM

That's pretty damn good, but I dont get why it says 17 going on 37 either

Brad Mitchell 08-26-2007 12:07 PM

Just a figure of speech... she is mature is what they are saying.

Ashley is a Detroiter, too :)

Brad

SomeCreep 08-26-2007 12:09 PM

Lol, dropped out of highschool. Without a strong foundation of education to build on, her upside is limited.

DateDoc 08-26-2007 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by SomeCreep (Post 12990925)
Lol, dropped out of highschool. Without a strong foundation of education to build on, her upside is limited.

She is making 70k/mo, has been offered millions for her company and can go back to school in a few years if she wants to.

DaddyHalbucks 08-26-2007 12:12 PM

Very inspiring. I wish her all the best.

will76 08-26-2007 12:12 PM

whatever.

polish_aristocrat 08-26-2007 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by will76 (Post 12990941)
whatever.

great input :thumbsup

will76 08-26-2007 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by SomeCreep (Post 12990925)
Lol, dropped out of highschool. Without a strong foundation of education to build on, her upside is limited.

She has made more than 90% of people who graduate from college will make in thieir lifetime.

I dont think school should be on her priority list at the moment. Make the money, hire a financial advisor, she is set for life before her friends even start college.

ridikuloz 08-26-2007 12:14 PM

let's see how long her site will last....
who knows maybe she'll become a washed up webmaster.

will76 08-26-2007 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by polish_aristocrat (Post 12990950)
great input :thumbsup

it was humor based on the article, perhaps it went over your head ?

Argoz 08-26-2007 12:15 PM

Awesome!!!

RayBonga 08-26-2007 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by will76 (Post 12990941)
whatever.

:1orglaugh

djroof 08-26-2007 12:17 PM

wow interesting....

MaDalton 08-26-2007 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by SomeCreep (Post 12990925)
Lol, dropped out of highschool. Without a strong foundation of education to build on, her upside is limited.

:1orglaugh

polish_aristocrat 08-26-2007 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by will76 (Post 12990957)
it was humor based on the article, perhaps it went over your head ?

im multi-tasking

i dont pay attention to every single word in an article and even if I do, i dont remember it 15 minutes later

polish_aristocrat 08-26-2007 12:21 PM

funny though that my custom title is 'whatever' as well :error

jonesonyou 08-26-2007 12:22 PM

good for her

yahoo-xxx-girls.com 08-26-2007 12:26 PM

Good for her !


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Chris 08-26-2007 12:35 PM

lookin at the site and some other stuff i really doubt it makes 70k a month

CaptainHowdy 08-26-2007 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by pornopete (Post 12991019)
her site brings my Antivirus....

Here too...

KILL_FRENZY 08-26-2007 12:44 PM

very impressive . she's a smart kid

EdgeXXX 08-26-2007 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Chris (Post 12991020)
lookin at the site and some other stuff i really doubt it makes 70k a month

I agree. Maybe they're using "Enron math" to get those figures...

Marshal 08-26-2007 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Chris (Post 12991020)
lookin at the site and some other stuff i really doubt it makes 70k a month

it's 5,905 on alexa anyway...

what's wrong with the site? it doesn't bring my antivirus... :helpme

ADL Eddie 08-26-2007 12:56 PM

I'd hit it

crockett 08-26-2007 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by nettrust (Post 12991066)
it's 5,905 on alexa anyway...

what's wrong with the site? it doesn't bring my antivirus... :helpme

It's asking me to install active x..

DBS.US 08-26-2007 01:07 PM

The story was started by the marketing department at Myspace:1orglaugh

tomud 08-26-2007 01:22 PM

shes smart

Tomud

fuzebox 08-26-2007 01:23 PM

That's a really cool story, thanks for sharing. Forwarded to my little sister :)

woj 08-26-2007 01:26 PM

amazing.....

Violetta 08-26-2007 01:28 PM

cool girl :)

fatfoo 08-26-2007 01:32 PM

going on 37? LOL

Flynn 08-26-2007 01:38 PM

Great story.

Rochard 08-26-2007 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by SomeCreep (Post 12990925)
Lol, dropped out of highschool. Without a strong foundation of education to build on, her upside is limited.

Not so much. She dropped out of high school and is attending college:

More than once, she has returned, just for the day, hanging out in her French teacher's classroom. Ashley wonders if she'll be allowed to participate in graduation. By then, she may have already earned an associate's degree in design, at Henry Ford Community College.

Why bother with high school when you can go straight onto college?

ztik 08-26-2007 01:59 PM

I dropped out of high school because I was making $150,000 - $200,000 a month. The good old days :)

BlackCrayon 08-26-2007 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ztik (Post 12991288)
I dropped out of high school because I was making $150,000 - $200,000 a month. The good old days :)

lol, how the hell were you doing that?

BlackCrayon 08-26-2007 02:09 PM

and yeah, thats great for her but she shouldn't wait too long to sell because myspace isn't going to what it is forever.

Sosa 08-26-2007 02:26 PM

thats awesome for her!


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