Just because I live in the Valley doesn’t mean I am always getting interviewed. I know people in Texas, Washington, and all over the US and the world who are getting interviewed. It may not be on GigaOM, but they are getting interviewed.

~Daniel.

When I first meet Robert Scoble, almost a year ago, it was only for brunch. Little did I know that he would take out all his camera gear, and want to interview me. I can honestly say, I did not expect that much attention. Same situation happened at Structure08. I was at the Mogulus booth, since Qik and Mogulus are partners, and I was just sitting around, doing nothing. I asked Chris if he knew if I could stay for the gathering afterward. He didn’t know the answer, so we just started talking. He later asked if he could interview me for either NewTeeVee or GigaOM, and I said yes.

What I am trying to say is that I don’t take this for granted at all. I am so fortunate to get the kind of publicity that I am getting now, and Teens in Tech isn’t some kind of marketing scheme.

I hope everyone understands,

Daniel Brusilovsky.

I agree with James, coz here in India too, I have hear a lot of teens trying to startup but all they get is the “doors-closed-to-kids” reaction when there’s something important. Like… you’ve guys like Scobble on your side, but here we just can’t find such people ready to give a word or two to help out. Even if it happens, it happens only to those who are ‘lucky’. And there isn’t much of those resources too.

And the mindset in the Bay Area is totally different.

I understand now. I was a little confused on what you were referencing to. I was very fortunate, and I don’t take this at all for granted on being interviewed by GigaOM. Living in the Silicon Valley is also very very fortunate. I think this is the best place in the world. If you look above, a friend of mine, Cory Levy was also mentioned. Cory is working on his own start-up. Just because I live in the Valley, doesn’t meant that there are other teens being covered. I was just in the right place, at the right time.

I think in the end , what I am trying to say is, just because I live in the Valley, doesn’t mean only I get covered by publications like GigaOM. All you have to do is look around. The internet is a big place :)

Take care, and have a great weekend,

Daniel Brusilovsky
CEO of Teens in Tech

When I stated San Francisco, I was referring to all of these big tech names like Scoble and GigaOM. They are focusing on a teen in San Francisco, because that’s where they’re based, while there might someone else somewhere else in the world. It seems only people in San Francisco can get tech coverage. I’d love to see some international reach.

Good luck with Teens in Tech, Daniel, I’ll be looking out to see how it turns out in the end.

I really enjoyed coming to Startup2Startup Dinner. Thank you for having me.

Cory: Exactly! Can’t is not in our vocabulary!

best of luck to you daniel, and all your [ad]ventures :)

Muhammad Ali once stated: “Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are.”

Mark Cuban in an email to me stated: “Age isn’t an issue. You shouldn’t care whether people take you seriously or not. If you are prepared and know your subject matter and business, they will figure out you are for real.”

I think it is great that more and more teens are trying to start their own companies. With the internet, we are capable of anything. ‘Can’t’ is not in our vocabulary!