Marta arrived a few minutes early for her job interview at Internet Exposer Corp.While she waites for the owner to come in,marta glanced at magazine articles about the company posted on the bulletin board.As soon as she saw the owner's photograph,she was shocked:John Magennis,the owner of the company,was 16 years old. However,Marta decide to stay.After the interview,she accepted Magennis'offer to work as a website designer.
Magennis first used the Internet four years ago,when he was 12,since then,he became addicted to the internet ,when he was 14,magennis posted an advertisement on the web,offering to design websites for businesses.his first customer was a firm in New York City.Magennis charged $15 for creating a site for that company Internet Exposer customers now pay as much as $30,000 for the company's services.Magennis'company now has five employees and more than 60 customers.
In the beginning,Magennis tried to avoid face-to-face meetings with customers.He would communicate by e-mail or telephone.these days,Magennis feels more comfortable meeting with customers in person.He said he had learn over the past three years how to get people,including his employees,to take him seriously ."you can't let people push you around,"said Magennis."you are the boss and you have to act like a boss to get people's respect.you can't act like a kid."
As his business grows,Magennis is attracting increasing attention.while impressed by the TV news about Magennis,his high school classmates are left a little puzzled by his business adventure.