What does a 16-year-old usually do? For the regular ones, it will be school, friends, and party. However, from Ben Pasternak, it's different.
Pasternak, from Sydney, Australia, is a middle school dropout. His case is nothing new, however, ABC News reported that he could be the next titan of technology. The 16-year-old Australian has just created an app -- Flogg --that lets users buy and sell in their own social network with just a single swipe. Imagine Tinder dating eBay.
In an interview with ABC News "Nightline", the humble creator and CEO of Flogg stated that he is just getting started and that there's nothing to brag about what he's done. But still, instead of getting busy with proms and school, Pasternak is involved in meetings with capitalists, minding his own business. Together with him is his 30-year-old chief employee, Mike Landsberger.
The young man dropped out of high school to focus his attention on his app, according to Motovaded. After which, he moved to New York, leaving his parents in Australia, to run his company in the comfort of his own living room.
Pasternak's mom jokingly shared about his son's new found success and fortune, "He went off to Silicon Valley, and then he came home with this enormous sack of money on his back and dragged it back to Australia and said, 'Mom, look what I did.' And I was like, 'Oh, no, we're in trouble." His decision to go out of school was a big deal at first but was eventually supported both by his parents.
Pasternak maybe young but his passion for entrepreneurship started when he was still 11-years-old. As young as that, he's already earning money from unboxing videos.
Pasternak's success didn't just come easily as he has to come up with risky decisions, and that involves dropping out of school. It seemed to be worth it anyway as anytime, his million-worth app will turn him into a millionaire.
