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What's with the TL;DR attitude? I thought this was a great read, and I look forward to hearing more about this company. I'd also like to read more about this gu

• chc 16y ago
  I think you're misunderstanding the animosity. It's not envy or rivalry as with Tall Poppy Syndrome. It's that there's this annoying tendency among journalists to take 20-year-old entrepreneurs and write these very condescending pieces that make it sound like the amazing thing about them is that they're 20 years old. The first two paragraphs of this story are all about his youth. And then when it gets to the product, it doesn't really sound that exciting (in today's ad-saturated society, it's kind of hard to excite people by telling them you want to show them ads). Like, if a 40-year-old father of four were doing this, would they care? Or are they just amazed that there are young adults in Silicon Valley? The same thing happens to Jessica Mah. It took me reading several articles about her to figure out WTF InDinero actually is, because all the reporters seemed to be so gobstruck by the fact that she's young.
  • dools 16y ago
    Yes, I know the style and also find it annoying. However I would say it's quite likely that the press release issued by the team at Kiip.me used this as an eye catching headline, too. If a 40 year old father of 4 launched Kiip.me and put that angle on a press release then I think it's highly likely it would end up in the headline of the story that covered it :)