Inspiring young entrepreneurs

June 1, 2013 Mark Ruddock

At the recent Next Web Conference Europe, two 13-year olds showcased their companies. Inspiring stuff for the next generation of entrepreneurs.

Jordan Casey is the founder and CEO of Casey Games, a mobile gaming company he founded in 2012.

Jordan Casey is the 13-year-old CEO of Irish mobile games startup, Casey Games. Join our upcoming The Next Web Conferences: TNW Conference Latin America (August): http://tnw.to/j0eLe TNW Conference USA (October): http://tnw.to/q40m

Puck Meerburg is a very talented young coder from the Netherlands, who has just released a fun new game called CatStacker.

Puck Meerburg is a talented 13-year-old developer based in the Netherlands. Join our upcoming The Next Web Conferences: TNW Conference Latin America (August): http://tnw.to/j0eLe TNW Conference USA (October): http://tnw.to/q40m

For those of you who are interested in helping your kids learn to code at a very young age, LifeHacker recently published an excellent article on the subject. In addition, CoderDojo in Los Angeles has a great page summarizing some of the coding tools available to kids.

Finally, there is an excellent Ted Talk by Mitch Resnick, who reasons that true fluency comes from creating with, not just interacting with technologies. He also outlines some great resources in his talk "Let's Teach Kids to Code". More can be found here on the TED Blog.

Coding isn't just for computer whizzes, says Mitch Resnick of MIT Media Lab -- it's for everyone. In a fun, demo-filled talk Resnick outlines the benefits of teaching kids to code, so they can do more than just "read" new technologies -- but also create them. (Filmed at TEDxBeaconStreet.)