17yo self-made millionaire's open letter to adults

Exceptions are just that, though: exceptions

Yawn. He's his own spoof character. He should read the comments on the article to get some kind of an idea how the rest of us old farts got to where we are today.

Part of my week is spent working with his generation and for all that they are nice enough and heading along the degree path, honestly, the majority of them are clueless about pretty much everything in the real world.

Congratulations to him for being an exception to the rule - a term he obviously has never heard. There are obviously loads of them out there. Point is, there always have been...after all, it was us old farts who invented that interwebby thing anyway.

He does inadvertently show up one major common ground with his age group - a fondness for running their mouth off about everything and telling everyone what to do.

I support success at any age.

why this millenial uses "WE" when he is talking about "HIM"self?

the articles does not mention the name of his company...so it's hard to know if this kid really made a million....I suspect he has SOLD 1 million..which means he may have only earned 20-50K..I don't think he is the founder of KOGAN!

clickbait to get people into drop shipping haha

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/319477 quite impressive actually

Things are generally easier nowadays with the internet..children raised with iphones and endless networks reachable instantly. You do need to be diligent but the odds are more in their favor now aren't they

uh.....short the Franc?

Sorry my friend, I know exactly what you're talking about. But the discussion can also be taken to a somewhat broader level. The story is as old as time itself and repeated over and over again.

There seems to be (I hope) a tiny turn to the story this time around.

We... the old farts (close to 50) are working in an obsolete system with an obsolete mentality transfused to us by even older farts throughout millennia.

This guys don't care any more. They overall dislike the authority in general on all levels.
What they really wan't is to be left alone and not to be controlled and told what to do by oldies. So far nothing new right? All generations had their say in disobeying the societal preferences of that particular time.
But things changed for generations so far as soon as they committed to their own families and their own children.

And here comes the catch... the millennials don't really even care about families no more. And they don't even care about 'oldies' no more. It's them and their needs (some of the needs may also be towards creativity - who would guess).

The world left for them has many systemic and environmental problems.
They might be the right ones to solve the problems in a pragmatic and to 'oldies' perhaps brutal and inconsiderate way. They will perhaps pack their children (that few of them existing) into communal care for up to their teenage age, and just keep enjoying themselves... party on dudes... and if need be.. they will perhaps propose the entire new schooling system that would make the sort of behaviour a new paradigm. Let's wait and see? Who dares?

Great example for any generation to learn from

Another loser who become "successful" thanks to daddy money. Pathetic press