![]() ![]() Although some actors, like Emma Watson, seem to manage a private life and getting a normal education. There’s a lot less pressure from fans and the press. But I think writing and editing are very different from being a performing artist. Louise: Oh yes, she lives a very normal life in a small town and goes to school and so on. Presenter: And all this time she's continued to lead a normal life, hasn't she? Louise: Yes, I think it's fantastic and Lady Gaga called Tavi 'the future of journalism'! She employs about 50 writers and photographers – both adults and teenagers – on Rookie, but she is the editor with overall control. It's very impressive, isn't it? All teenage girls listening, check out Rookie Magazine. In less than a week it had one million readers. In 2011, when she was 15, she started Rookie Magazine, an online magazine for teenagers. Then, as she grew older, Tavi became interested in other things besides fashion. But she bounced back and continued blogging. Louise: No, one magazine printed an article saying the writer didn't believe Tavi was only 12, and that upset her. Presenter: Some people didn't believe she was as young as she was, did they? Serious fashion magazines interviewed her and sent her to fashion shows in Europe and to meet top designers, like Karl Lagerfeld. Anyway, she quickly built up a huge following, up to 300,000 readers per day, and many of them were adults. ![]() Louise: Well, yes, I suppose a lot of high fashion is weird. Presenter: Some of them were quite weird. Louise: On her blog she posted photos of herself wearing unusual combinations of clothes and wrote about them. By the way, for British listeners, 'Rookie' is an American word used for a person who is new to something. Louise: Yes, she was only eleven years old when she started a fashion blog called Style Rookie. Tavi Gevinson was even younger when she began, wasn't she? Presenter: OK, let's turn to a very different teenager. He's followed everywhere by the paparazzi, and that's bad for anyone, never mind a teenager. One of his videos was the most disliked ever. Although millions adore Justin, a lot of people don't. All this exposure has negative consequences for young people too, doesn't it? But whether he's really more influential than Obama, well … In a charming interlude, the 11-year-old praises the timeless design of her instrument. A company that analyses social media called Klout said that he is the most influential person in the world because of that. An 11-year-olds magical violin Violinist Sirena Huang gives a technically brilliant and emotionally nuanced performance. Louise: ( laughs) Yes, that was because he is number one on Twitter. Presenter: I heard that last year he was said to be more influential than Obama! After that he very rapidly became a worldwide sensation. As I think everyone on the planet knows, he started off by posting videos on YouTube at the age of 14 and was spotted by a talent scout who worked with the R&B singer Usher. Louise: Absolutely, and the greatest example of this is Justin Bieber. Presenter: Louise, many of these teenagers who have achieved success and fame early on, have done so through using new technology, haven't they? Through blogging or using YouTube or Twitter? It's your time to become the next successful teen entrepreneur.Presenter: Next on the programme we have an interview with someone who has been writing a book about high-achieving teenagers. Join Leangap, learn the ways, and launch your first startup with co-founders worldwide in just one summer. These are only 6 of the many success stories out there. ![]() "I wanted to let kids from all over the world learn and exchange their languages - and make it fun, too.” Today, the app is quickly moving toward a way for kids and teens to express themselves and help each other to learn anything from languages to math. ![]() With hard work and effort, MinorMynas came to life as an MVP one year later at 12 y-o, and a few years later, Hillary launched an improved version of it on iOS. She worked on her idea and pitched it in multiple entrepreneurship competitions, winning recognitions like “AIA Emerging Entrepreneur Challenge 2016 1st Place and Best Business.” At this point is where her creative mind came into play she came up with her best idea yet: a video-sharing platform for kids and teens to learn languages as a community, emulating her experience in the summer program. At ten years old, after years of struggling to learn Chinese, her parents decided to send her and her brother to a summer program in Taiwan, and with no other option but to speak Chinese, they learned it almost overnight. But she was always a machine of creative ideas. Hillary ideated MinorMynas at 10 and launched an MVP at 12.Īt first glance, little Hillary might not have seemed any different from any other kid. ![]()
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