Google Masseuse becomes Multi-millionnaire by exercising stock options

Bonnie Brown started working there in 1999, when there were only 40 Google employees, and was given a bunch of options she thought would never be worth anything...8 years later she is rolling in it.

A friend of mine was just telling me how she turned down a job in text ads at Google in 1999 and is kicking herself...everyone has a career faux pas or two they regret...it's easy to look back and say, "How could I be so dumb?" in hindsight, but what's the point?

Also, I think what's happening with Google (and it's former masseuses!) is an exception. It's not generally that easy to make millions of dollars working for someone else. Better to start your own company...then you'll either make millions or lose millions!

read the NY Times article >

17 year old makes millions on MySpace Designs

This teenage girl is a multi-millionaire because she designs MySpace Pages!!! Wow, wish I'd thought of that first...What an inspiring story!

Whateverlife.com is her site, and her name is Ashley Qualls. Check out the video on CNN >

Her site's kind of down right now (probably all the media traffic!) but here's a good article from doshdosh that explains how she did it.

Mostly, she got a ton of traffic and then sold ad space! With that, she makes (according to the media) $70K a month. You go, girl!