At 14, Dalton Prescott Ng launched his first business, which failed. At 16, he had an edutech start-up, and was the youngest Singaporean to win a scholarship to the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference. These days, he’s founder and Chief Technology Officer of OohSpots, a start-up that sells outdoor advertising placements. All while doing a diploma in infocomm security management at Singapore Polytechnic, and recently serving an internship at DSO National Laboratories, Singapore’s largest defence R&D organisation, where he worked on cybersecurity-related apps. He taught himself how to code at 11 in order to build custom maps and mods for Minecraft. Dalton talks about some of the challenges he faces as a teen entrepreneur, like getting investors to take him seriously. WATCH the full episode: Inside The Life Of A Teen App Developer: https://youtu.be/Nmn_DVfsNes ALSO WATCH: A Gymnastics Champ At 10: https://youtu.be/WJjC1uJSgRE The 11-Year-Old Math Marvel: https://youtu.be/Soj0RymXny0 The Young Codemaster: Raising a Computer Prodigy: https://youtu.be/3FvSLA-Kvvs For more, SUBSCRIBE to CNA INSIDER! https://cna.asia/insideryoutubesub Follow CNA INSIDER on: Instagram: https://ift.tt/2C3sZiR Facebook: https://ift.tt/2PPEuNA Website: https://cna.asia/cnainsider
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