Although Mark Bao is not apart of the ‘Millennial’ generation he is a very successful young entrepreneur in this new millennia. Mark Bao started his young career in entrepreneurship when he was in fifth grade. He used an app called ‘Visual Basic 6.0’ to write a simple computer application that was able to manage his homework and helped in writing school papers. He then went and copied his program onto floppy discs and sold them to his friends. His first real ‘start-up’ was Debateware.com which was an event management system for debate organizations. He created this website when he was a freshman in High School. Mark and his business partner eventually sold this company to a U.S. debate organization. Today he is only 17 years old, but he has launched 11 web-based companies. He has also founded 3 non-profit foundations. He is an exceptional millennial entrepreneur.
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It’s always super great to see young people noticing a need and creating something to fulfill that need. Especially in Mark’s case, where he noticed that his own debate team could benefit from a certain type of software. Plus, he continues to give back to society by being involved in several non-profit foundations.
This is really neat how a whole product sprung out of Mark trying to do his homework more efficiently. Also, he obviously enjoyed working with computer applications and websites because he went on to produce more helpful products on the web. This shows that great products can come from simply doing things that you enjoy.
That’s really cool how he started in just 5th grade with something like writing a computer application. It demonstrates a passion and talent for recognizing need and opportunity in that specific area.