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Pandora.com allows listeners to create their own online radio stations based on personal musical tastes. The company, which recently started trading its stock on Wall Street, is busy navigating the market and the often-challenging virtual music industry. Can it survive the stream of competitive and fiscal pressures?…

Pandora: The Building Blocks of an Innovative Internet Radio Station

This May, high school senior David Merfield, 17, became one of 24 students from around the world awarded a $100,000 Thiel Fellowship to help turn his technology idea into a reality. In an interview with Knowledge@Wharton High School, Merfield talked about choosing the fellowship over going to Princeton University and his plans for the $100,000. …

Thiel Fellow David Merfield: ‘The Outside World Is an Excellent Place to Learn Things’

Move over Ironman. These days, teens -- especially those inclined to software development -- consider techie entrepreneurs like Mark Zuckerberg to be their superheroes. Tech watchers in Silicon Valley and beyond are finding ways to support and nurture these young web innovators in hopes of discovering and growing the next great high-tech startups. …

The Rise of Tech Teentrepreneurs

Microsoft gave Skypers everywhere something to talk about this week – namely an $8.5 billion deal – its largest ever – to buy the online voice and video chat service. What does the acquisition mean for serial Skypers like 18-year-old Cameron Rodgers? Are the days of free face-to-face disappearing? Industry watchers weigh in on the deal. …

In Your Face: Microsoft’s $8.5 Billion Takeover of Skype

Jason Schutzbank has been an entrepreneur since he was 14 and building websites for family and friends. He co-founded a social media company while in college at Emory University, balancing the stress of student life with being a top executive at a publicly traded firm. Today, the 23-year-old runs a business that advises companies on how to use Facebook and Twitter in their marketing. Schutzbank recently talked to Knowledge@Wharton High School about his experiences and offered advice to budding entrepreneurs. …

From the Campus Quad to the Boardroom: Jason Schutzbank on Life as a Student and Serial Entrepreneur

Meet Donny Ouyang. He’s a high school senior, piano player and web-flipper extraordinaire. What more could a successful teen entrepreneur earning thousands of dollars a month possibly want? His own car, of course. …

Young, Rich and Ambitious: The Life of a Successful Teen Web Entrepreneur

Played with your avatar today? Laura Lantz sure has. Lantz, a game designer in Pittsburgh, stays immersed in a three-dimensional world where users communicate, play games and interact online in virtual environments that she helps to create. She offers a peek into her real world of virtual reality game designing. …

Game On: Working in the Virtual World