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Some kids are making [music] history

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before they even finish high school. We

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have four inspiring stories of

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incredible young talents who are proving

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that age is no barrier to greatness.

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From a 12-year-old painter creating

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[music] masterpieces, a 14-year-old rock

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climber scaling new heights. A boy that

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broke the ESPN March Madness bracket

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challenge, and a teenage CEO doing

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things I simply never could. Get ready

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to meet the next generation of young

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stars.

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Sometimes they say, "Oh, a kid did it.

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It's not worth anything." Lots of

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[music] people say that 12year-olds is

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such an annoying age. Critics say that

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I'm [music] like Jackson Pollock, and

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they say it as a compliment, but I want

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to be known for my own style, not being

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compared to someone else.

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My name is Alita Andre. I'm an abstract

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painter and I'm from Melbourne, [music]

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Australia.

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At only 12 years old, Alita has been in

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the industry for over a decade.

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[music]

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I started painting when I was 9 months

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old. My dad put a canvas down on the

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floor because he used to paint a little

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bit. I just started crawling on the

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canvas and started [music] painting

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before him. That's how everything

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started. That was my first painting.

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Well, my first show was at the age of 2

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years old. Without telling the gallery

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owner her age, her mother presented the

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work and Alita was booked for her first

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show. Since then, she has taken her art

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across the globe and has sold paintings

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for around [music] $35,000.

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I've been to London, Russia, Japan, New

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York, Italy, China,

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where

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Hong Kong,

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Hong Kong,

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four times,

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but four times.

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I paint every few days, but mainly when

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I'm inspired.

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When I paint, I usually think about the

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universe. I think about animals, pretty

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much everything that has to do with

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nature

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with the violins on the canvas. I want

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to show that the whole universe is

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singing.

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Although Alita's young, [music] she

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understands the harsh critics in the art

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world.

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When people question my talent, usually

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I don't mind because [music] I think

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that everyone should have their own

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opinion.

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But there is one critic whose opinion

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does matter. So Fluffy is our little pet

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art critic. He usually starts biting me

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or biting [music] the painting if he

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doesn't like it.

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My mom and dad encouraged my art and I'm

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so [music] happy.

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So I definitely think that I'm going to

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be doing painting for the rest of my

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life. It's something that I love so

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much.

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Right after school, I just like try to

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like run to the gym so I can climb.

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It's a dangerous sport, but the only

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thing that I'm afraid of is not being

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able to get to the top.

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With climbing, I don't think that it

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really matters with how big you are. If

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you're smaller, you can hold on longer

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and your hands might be smaller, so you

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can fit more fingers on holds.

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I started climbing in Central Park when

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I was 6 years old. Now, I don't think I

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can like live without it.

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When you're close to the top of a climb

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you're trying to do, your forearms

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usually feel like they're going to

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explode and they're going to like burst

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open and you feel like you have to let

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go. But with climbing, you just can't

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let go.

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I think that climbing is it's obviously

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a sport, but it's also like a dance. You

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sort of have to be able to like flow up

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the wall and come up with their own

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technique to get to the top.

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I think people are shocked if I do

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something that they can't do is

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something because I'm still really young

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and I'm a girl. So like doing something

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that even if a guy [music] can't do is

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pretty special.

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Sam Holtz was 12 years old when he won

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ESPN's 2015 March Madness bracket

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challenge.

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I had the best bracket out of 11.57

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million people.

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What if we told you this brackettology

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prodigy doesn't even watch college

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basketball?

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Before the tournament, I really don't

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watch any college basketball.

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This time last year, young Sammy was

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filling out his winning NCAA tournament

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bracket along with millions of other

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Americans. Sam, what was your strategy

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for success?

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Well, I just filled out who I think is

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going to win.

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Was there a science to your picks?

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No, it's just pick [music] whoever you

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want to win. There's no science. Just

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that simple.

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Hm. Maybe Sammy's mom has an idea.

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I think he was lucky.

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All right, let's take a closer look at

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some of Sammy's predictions. Why pick 11

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seed UCLA to make the Sweet 16?

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Because I visited [music] their campus

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and I really liked their college.

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Or seven seed Michigan State to make the

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final four.

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Tom's [music] other coach uh is Italian

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and I'm kind of Italian, too. So,

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or Wisconsin to upset then undefeated

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Kentucky.

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It kind of gets boring to watch the same

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team win and win every year and I wanted

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to see do that.

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You must really love basketball.

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I'm more of a baseball football guy.

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Baseball is my main sport.

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How is this possible? I mean, what are

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the chances of filling out a perfect

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bracket? We consulted bracket expert

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Mike Magazine.

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Somewhere in one in some number of

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quintilions.

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Thanks, Professor Magazine.

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Any advice for the millions of Americans

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you'll probably beat out again this

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year?

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Just [music] pick who you think is going

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to win and go with your gut.

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Remind us why we should listen to you.

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Cuz I won it last year.

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There you have it. Pick the schools you

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visited. Don't listen to the experts and

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don't watch any college basketball

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[music] and you too can reach the

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promised land. Just like Sammy Holtz,

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it's not that difficult to be a young

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CEO. Sometimes people mistake me as an

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adult. People are generally supportive

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about what I'm doing and I get a lot of

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pretty interesting advice from people.

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I'm Hillary Yip. [music] I'm 14 and I

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live in Hong Kong. I'm the founder and

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CEO of Finder Miners. Mind Minus started

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as of [music] a language learning app

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where we connect kids from all over the

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world for us to learn in a peer-to-peer

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environment and to make friends from

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across borders. [music] Right now, we've

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got users from more than 50 countries

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and counting. I think that we kids are

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neglected on the market with [music]

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either video games or educational

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products. Minor Mind just wants to be

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the middle ground where we're able to

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have fun by getting you [music] to

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connect with new friends while being

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able to learn something new.

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When I was 10 years old, my Chinese was

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appalling and my mom finally had it and

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sent my brother and I to a Chinese

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summer camp. It went very well because

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we had no choice but to speak in

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Mandarin. [music] And a couple months

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later when I saw an entrepreneurship

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competition for kids, I wondered if I

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could bring the experience online so

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that all us kids can learn languages

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[music] in a more effective manner.

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After the competition, someone

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approached me and said that he'd love to

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be my mentor if I wanted to continue my

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[music] idea. So I jumped at the chance.

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What is minor miners able to do? First

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of all, we are able to provide a safe

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environment for kids. The best thing

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about being a CEO is the freedom and the

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flexibility.

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What I do on a day-to-day basis is

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generally pitching, developing [music]

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investor decks, talking to investors,

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talking to customers, writing up [music]

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our vision for the future, and executing

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upon marketing plans. Outside of school

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hours, I tend to just prioritize [music]

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my tasks with minor miners. So after I

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get everything done, I get to [music]

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read, I get to debate, and when my

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friends are in town, I get to hang out

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with them. My family have been very very

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supportive. So whether that's my mom

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learning with me throughout the whole

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journey of minor miners [music]

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because none of us have worked on a

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startup before,

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there will always be people who tell you

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that you [music] can't whether it's

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because of your age, your gender, where

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you're from. But what we can do is to

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continue working on what we're doing.

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That's the only [music] way we can prove

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them wrong.