*Source: News.com (
http://news.com.com/The+secrets+of+a...tag=nefd.top)*
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Internet start-ups have a legacy of twenty-something founders. Just look at Microsoft, Yahoo and Google.
But that esteemed age limit is lowering.
Catherine Cook, the 17-year-old co-founder of MyYearbook.com (
http://www.myyearbook.com/), hatched the idea for her now-thriving online yearbook site when she was a sophomore in high school. Now, in little less than two years, the site is making millions in annual revenue from advertising, Cook said, and attracts more than 3 million monthly visitors, according to research firm ComScore. (In 2006, it raised $4.1 million in venture funding from U.S. Venture Partners and First Round Capital.)
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