第1个回答 2015-09-27
When I started high school in the mid-90s, the Internet was just beginning to boom. It was as amazingly exciting as it was amazingly mysterious. It was hard to describe, and even harder to ignore. This curiosity led me to learn HTML on my own and endlessly explore ways in which I could be a part of this new virtual playground.One day while browsing around, I came across Netflix, the world’s first and largest online DVD rental store. It seemed like a great idea at the time, so I looked for a similar online DVD rental service in Canada. Nothing.I figured that we Canadians like a lot of the same things Americans do, including food, fashion, music and, of course, movies. Armed with my gut instinct and some seed money from my father, I launched Canada’s first online DVD rental store from home in my junior year of high school. From managing the website’s design and development, to identifying strategic partnerships online and offline, to individually responding to hundreds of customer service emails, I was truly in the thick of an entrepreneurial endeavor. The venture was indeed successful, and right before I started college, we sold the business — exactly 10 years ago. The lessons learned and insights gained from this experience were both timeless and priceless. Surely, a mastery of the digital world was my destiny, right? Not quite.本回答被网友采纳