How a College Dropout from Guatemala Used Domains to Make His Dreams Come True

[Ron Jackson]

The December Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com. It is about Matías de Tezanos, the 26-year-old domain developer from Guatemala who sold his network of Spanish language sites to Japanese conglomerate LiveDoor a couple of months ago.

His inspiring success story began as a teenager when he was first exposed to the Internet. There is one quote from him that pretty well sums up the theme of the article: "This is one of the very few industries where any 19-year-old kid from a 3rd world country with a 14.4 modem and the will to create something can make their dreams come true!"

Check it out here:

Matías Makes His Mark: How a Creative Kid From a Third World Country Used Domain Names To Make His Dreams Come True

 

[downloadfreak]

thanks ill take a read

 

[tzmartin]

"This is one of the very few industries where any 19-year-old kid from a 3rd world country with a 14.4 modem and the will to create something can make their dreams come true!"

They left something out in the quote... "...with the proper timing." That should sum up the article and every other success story written.

 

[noname]

if i knew what i know now 5 years ago i'd be the one of the richest men in the world.
i think thats true for many of us here.

 

[OvenMitt]

Amazing...
Thanks, Duke!

 

[resellerlogic]

That is quite Amazing.

 

[Ron Jackson]

if i knew what i know now 5 years ago i'd be the one of the richest men in the world.
i think thats true for many of us here.

When you start getting older as I am, you have the opposite problem. If I knew now what I knew last week I would doing great!

 

[MichaelV.]

When you start getting older as I am, you have the opposite problem. If I knew now what I knew last week I would doing great!

lol duke

thanks for the article

 

[capiche]

Inspiring. Thanks Duke.

 

[Momo]

Wow, that is an amazing story!

I still have hope haha :D

 

[Dave_Z]

Thanks for the article, Duke! Another inspiring story we need here!

Credit especially goes to his Dad for being a big inspiration to help him fullfill
his dreams!

 

[Carlton]

Superb. Thanks Duke for bringing these inspirations to light. Needs to be a website unto itself ... profiles of domain success stories.

 

[tajimd]

This is a very inspiring story for ppl like us who are raring to go in this industry.

 

[dweeb]

That was an interesting read.

I have a sudden desire to drop out of school. Haha.

 

[SharonTucci]

Thanks, Duke, really love your profiles/interviews.