Founding A Tech Startup At 17 — A Realistic Perspective

Harrison Smith
5 min readApr 10, 2020

Full of ambition, excitement, and already a money-crazed little shit.

Of course, the startup world sounded like the perfect move for this high school senior.

There was only one problem. I knew nothing about starting a tech company.

In the end, I failed, but not before I partnered with a venture capitalist, a consulting…

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