A good friend of mine has been wise beyond his years for a long, long while.  When we were in middle school he started his first online business.  It was a web security solutions site, and he made a ton of money off of it.  He got his start in middle school by hacking his way into the school’s grade system and changing some of the grades.  The thing is he made notes all the way through the system so they would know it was him.  When they called him in to the principal’s office, they ended up asking him to create a more secure system.  That situation ended up leading to other projects and the online business.  He ended up selling that business when we were seniors in high school for a ton of money.  All the while he had also been doing freelance web design, and making a ton from that too.  He went to college and double majored and graduated early.  Now he works for Bank of America and has his own office in the Sears Tower.  He really is living the dream.  He bought himself a new car for his birthday last month, and lives in a great apartment in the city with a gorgeous view of the lake.