Jack Liu of Teen Business Forum recently wrote an article about the balance between school and business for young entrepreneurs.

He used TattooID CEO Steven Gordon’s work ethic as an example. Here’s what he had to say:

“I started TattooID (temporary safety tattoos) in high school, and was also working for MuffinMilk (urban apparel) and this really got tough in senior year. I was taking 3 AP classes and also had meetings to go after school, so I wouldn’t get home until it was already dark out. Then, I would stay up until 1 AM finishing all of my homework, and then I would have to cut tattoos for TattooID or have an online marketing meeting for MuffinMilk. I wouldn’t get to sleep until 3AM most nights, and then I would have to get up for school at 6AM. Most weekends I could not even go out as I was always (and still am) preparing for the week ahead.”

Thank you Jack for the feature. You can read more stories here.

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