The problem is publications like Forbes and Businessweek know that their readers gobble-up linkbait stories about teen entrepreneurs who may or may not be the r

The problem is publications like Forbes and Businessweek know that their readers gobble-up linkbait stories about teen entrepreneurs who may or may not be the real deal and even know what they're doing. There are quite a few successful and talented teen founders who never get mentioned in these publications, precisely because they don't have the papa at AAPL or ORCL or GOOG, and they don't go to all the nice parties to hang with the adults and network. Some I know of personally come from quite humble backgrounds, yet don't advertise their own age as a selling point while developing their product as it tends to distract from the actual product and value of the company/startup at hand, and instead devolves into popularity contest with little actual value.