While skimming over my homepage, a Yahoo blog by Randy Nelson caught my eye. A young middle school boy named Thomas Suarez has become one of the youngest people to develop apps for iOS devices. After reading his story, I was absolutely astonished by his success and entrepreneurial spirit. Inspired by Steve Jobs, this young boy delivered an eloquent speech at TEDxManhattanBeach and has opened a whole new technological world for himself and his peers.
Since kindergarten, Suarez has been familiarizing himself with computers, and different programming techniques from Python, C, and Java. He stared his own company, CarrotCorp, which invents different iOS apps. Two of his most successful apps have been Bustin Jeiber, an game similar to whack-a-mole (except the mole is replaced with a picture of Justin Beiber) and Earth Fortune. Also, he established an App Club at his middle school where other kids can learn how to write programs.
Suarez’s success should definitely be motivation to other young entrepreneurs. Personally, I think his work ethic at such a young age is very encouraging. I will be looking out for Thomas Suarez in the future, because I believe he has the potential to add innovation to our technological and business world.
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