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The Wunderkind Issue
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The Wunderkind Issue
Plight of the Wunderkind: The Hidden Struggles of Tech’s Teenage Entrepreneurs
By
Margaux MacColl
· March 3, 2023 9:00 AM PST
On October 19, 2020, Jai Bhavnani paced around his University of Southern California dorm room in his pajamas, sending nervous Snapchats to his friends. It would either be a night for celebration or one for damage control. Bhavnani, who was just 18 years old at the time, had founded the decentralized finance platform Rari Capital with two other...
On October 19, 2020, Jai Bhavnani paced around his University of Southern California dorm room in...
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Here Come the Zoomers: Silicon Valley Greets a New Generation of Teen Founders
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Margaux MacColl
· March 3, 2023 9:00 AM PST ·
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Eric Zhu, 15, was zooming me from his high school bathroom. “We got kicked out of the janitor’s closet,” he explained, holding up a pink hall pass that lets him leave class anytime he wants. (He said he had to fabricate some “urinary issues” to convince his school to give it to him.) The boys’ room is now...
Eric Zhu, 15, was zooming me from his high school bathroom. “We got kicked out of the...
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Their Last Names Are Gates, Jobs, Xie and Cuban. Their Brands Are Still Loading
By
Annie Goldsmith
· March 3, 2023 9:00 AM PST
The 6-second video (caption: “When dad gets the #boxball for Christmas”) seems like standard TikTok fare. Posted on December 26, it features a white-haired man in glasses punching at a red ball. The ball is attached to the man’s forehead by a bungee cord. The man keeps trying to jab the target, but like a cat...
The 6-second video (caption: “When dad gets the #boxball for Christmas”)...
So You Want to Raise a Wunderkind: The Tech Parent’s Guide to Alt Education
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Diana Kapp
· March 3, 2023 9:00 AM PST ·
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So You Want to Raise a Wunderkind: The Tech Parent’s Guide to Alt Education
By
Diana Kapp
· March 3, 2023 9:00 AM PST ·
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Brothers Navid and Nadeem Nathoo are on a quest to create “unicorn people.” That is, young people who want to learn about nanotechnology, blockchain, synthetic biology, artificial intelligence and more, and who welcome questions with no possible solutions. “We want to get kids comfortable with ambiguity,” said Navid. And...
Brothers Navid and Nadeem Nathoo are on a quest to create “unicorn people.” That is,...
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