Adam Hortwitz, a 15 year-old high school sophomore, grew up in the Pacific Palisades and discovered a mean-spirited gossip blog that become extremely popular throughout his school and with his classmates. However, concerned parents took down the site only weeks after it was set up. Adam, being the clever young entrepreneur that he is, had a newfound desire to find online success in the world of business.
Adam’s started Urban Stomp, a website where he posted music and the locations of parties in the area he lived. He made a minor profit by selling clothes through affiliate links but this was just the start of his creativity in the online world. Adam proved too successful as Urban Stomp drove over 800 people to one party, which led him to shut down the site only 2 weeks after it kicked off.
Learning from these mistakes and taking inspiration from other, more positive sources, Adam now teaches people age 15 and older how to make money online. His online information courses, Mobile Monopoly and Cell Phone Treasure, teach readers how to use tools like cellphones to create a steady cash flow on your own time. Adam’s program has taught thousands how to turn their cellphones into a treasure that generates hundreds of dollars each and every day. In fact, his programs are so effective that each of these companies earn well over $200,000 a year in direct sales alone.
So for a kid that likes to play Call of Duty and ride a skateboard, Adam Horwitz is doing pretty well for himself. It just goes to show that anyone can be innovative their own way to be successful with the tools in our world today!
That’s crazy! He stumbled on a great business idea when he kept hitting roadblocks with his other ideas. He has a unique perspective that allows him to reach other kids his age. Hope he continues to be successful. Thanks for sharing!
It is hilarious that he accidentally caused a tsunami of people to show up at a local party. I love that he learned from his mistake and tweeked his innovation to be even more successful in the long run.
This is cool in the fact that he didn’t stop trying different ideas after they continually had to be shut down. The whole 800 people coming to one single party is a pretty funny story to tell after the experience. Great find!
Nice post. He has a very interesting story and is the epitomy of an entrepreneur in our generation. He saw an opportunity and something he enjoyed, then latched onto it. He had such a funny story in there too!
This is a great story! I love that something that didn’t seem very good at the start led Adam to become a successful online business that has an ultimate goal of helping people!
This is a great post! I like how his situation started out just fixing problems with sites to creating a new site to fix actual life problems and help others as well. He used his setbacks to give him entrepreneurial insight which is one thing that makes a great entrepreneur.