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Topic: WhateverLife Inc.

  

Girl Power

No rich relatives? No professional mentors? No problem. Ashley Qualls, 17, has built a million-dollar web site. She's LOL all the way to the bank. :)READ»

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Innovation Wednesday: When Nabbr met Whateverlife

Yes, that's Lily Allen pictured on the right giving a sassy shout-out to Ashley Qualls and Whateverlife.com. The visa-challenged British pop star is personally thanking the little-known 17-year-old entrepreneur from Detroit because ...READ»

Innovation Wednesday: Whateverlife and the Accidental Business

What kind of job did you have at 17? I posed that question to the grown-ups I encountered recently while exploring Whateverlife.com. The teen-girl site and company was started by Ashley Qualls, an entrepreneur from a working-class ...READ»

Entrepreneurship: Ashley Qualls Takes Manhattan

Set your Tivo. Ashley Qualls, the 17-year-old wunderkind and founder of Whateverlife.com, is scheduled to appear on The View on Friday (after Diane Sawyer). Since our story on Ashley appeared in the September issue, her already ...READ»

Teen Traffic

Here's how Whateverlife.com is ranked by Quantcast, which analyzes traffic to more than 20 million sites.READ»

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Whatevercash.com

How Ashley financed her business.READ»

Her Space: A Guide to Ashley's World

"It's all about giving girls what they want," is the way the 17-year-old explains her success.READ»

Innovation Wednesday: The Blogosphere's Take on Ashley Qualls and Whateverlife

When you write a story about a 17-year-old who has created a Web site with monthly ad revenue of as much as $70,000, dropped out of high school, and turned down a $1.5 million offer to sell her business -- all this before she's even ...READ»

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CAREERS   |  2 comments

Careers: Personal Branding and Teens

Like the eternal chicken and egg question, what comes first, the personal brand or the product? I recently read about two teens with no prior connections or money who are blogging and "webbing" their way to fame -- and in one case ...READ»

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Feedback

Savior or Sellout? Some of Adam Werbach's old friends in the environmental movement may not be talking to him since he signed on with Wal-Mart, but Fast Company readers had plenty to say about September's cover story. Responses ...READ»