Alex Tew
Alex Tew(born 1984) is a British entrepreneur and the co-founder of the meditation appCalm.He is known forThe Million Dollar Homepagein 2005, at the age of 21, which earned him more than $1 million in five months.[1]
Career
[edit]Alex Tew was raised inWiltshire, England.He began meditating when he was fourteen and he frequently read books about concentration, memory, and cognition.[2]He attended a business management program at theUniversity of Nottinghambefore dropping out in December 2005.[2]
After the success of The Million Dollar Homepage in 2005, Tew began several internet ventures including Pixelotto, which sold advertising space on websites. He founded humor-focused social network called PopJam, and a Million Dollar Homepage-inspired website site called One Million People which featured photos instead of advertisements.[2]
In late 2008, he made a Flash game calledSock and Awe,a gamified version of theGeorge W. Bush shoeing incident.
In 2011, while he was the CEO of PopJam, he and developer Ben Dowling created a site called "Do Nothing For 2 Minutes".[3]
Tew moved to San Francisco and in 2012, along withMichael Acton Smith,he co-foundedCalm,a company that currently operates a meditation app. He serves as co-CEO.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
References
[edit]- ^Pierce, Sarah (13 January 2006)."The Million-Dollar Home Page".Entrepreneur.
- ^abcGarone, Elizabeth."The man behind the million-dollar homepage".BBC.Retrieved30 July2021.
- ^Tsotsis, Alexia (2011-01-21)."Creator Of Million Dollar Homepage Makes Do Nothing For 2 Minutes".TechCrunch.Retrieved2023-12-22.
- ^"Alex Tew, Calm Inc: Profile and Biography".Bloomberg.Retrieved2023-12-22.
- ^"Alex Tew, creator of the Million Dollar Homepage, wants you to keep calm".Wired UK.Retrieved30 July2021.
- ^"Alex Tew".Smith & Williamson.Retrieved30 July2021.
- ^DiPiazza, Daniel (24 April 2017)."This Entrepreneur Skipped College and Made $1,037,100 In Five Months".Entrepreneur.Retrieved30 July2021.
- ^Crockett, Zachary (12 May 2018)."How the Million Dollar Homepage kid became the $250m app man".The Hustle.
- ^Jones, Callum."Keeping Calm and carrying on with a long-term ambition".Retrieved30 July2021.
- ^Yiannopoulos, Milo."Is Alex Tew the most annoying man on the internet?".telegraph.co.uk.Retrieved30 July2021.
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