Andrey Ternovsky travels in the States
17-year-old Moscow student Andrei Ternovsky became famous on February 13 when the NY Times published an interview with the creator of Chatroulette.com . Obviously, journalists feel responsible for the fate of the "star boy", yesterday the newspaper published its second interview , exactly one month after the first.
Now Andrey Ternovsky is in New York in negotiations with large venture funds, then flies to San Francisco for the same purpose.
In the last interview, Andrei once again told how he programmed the “chat roulette” in three days on an old computer in the children's room (despite the fact that he was not going to make a programming career, he studied English and Chinese to become a translator, but now and this plan is unlikely to come true). Ternovsky tells how he gained the current 30 million users. It turned out to be simple: he posted announcements on various forums - and the first 20 people came to the site. Since then, the audience has doubled every day.
Andrei recalls the day when he woke up famous. He then turned on the computer and saw dozens of articles and reports on Chatroulette.com in various media. Andrei screamed and called mom from the kitchen. She looked at the computer screen, started to get nervous, didn't understand much and asked why he was not going to school.
Andrei complains about the Google AdWords service, which did not pay him money. First, verification of his Moscow address took two months, and then he received a letter that the payment could not be made to a user who was not yet 18 years old. As a result, a week ago, Andrei removed ads from the site.
Ternovsky says that he has now changed his mind and is no longer going to sell the service, but is looking for investors for him. Moreover, there is no shortage of investors, and offers come from all sides, it takes a very long time to meet all potential buyers.
Andrei’s return ticket to Moscow is dated mid-April, but he says that if fate makes you, he can stay in the States forever.
Now Andrey Ternovsky is in New York in negotiations with large venture funds, then flies to San Francisco for the same purpose.
In the last interview, Andrei once again told how he programmed the “chat roulette” in three days on an old computer in the children's room (despite the fact that he was not going to make a programming career, he studied English and Chinese to become a translator, but now and this plan is unlikely to come true). Ternovsky tells how he gained the current 30 million users. It turned out to be simple: he posted announcements on various forums - and the first 20 people came to the site. Since then, the audience has doubled every day.
Andrei recalls the day when he woke up famous. He then turned on the computer and saw dozens of articles and reports on Chatroulette.com in various media. Andrei screamed and called mom from the kitchen. She looked at the computer screen, started to get nervous, didn't understand much and asked why he was not going to school.
Andrei complains about the Google AdWords service, which did not pay him money. First, verification of his Moscow address took two months, and then he received a letter that the payment could not be made to a user who was not yet 18 years old. As a result, a week ago, Andrei removed ads from the site.
Ternovsky says that he has now changed his mind and is no longer going to sell the service, but is looking for investors for him. Moreover, there is no shortage of investors, and offers come from all sides, it takes a very long time to meet all potential buyers.
Andrei’s return ticket to Moscow is dated mid-April, but he says that if fate makes you, he can stay in the States forever.
