Interview with Anshul Samar on Elementeo’s launch, and being a teenage CEO

Interview with Anshul Samar on Elementeo’s launch, and being a teenage CEO

Silicon Valley is famed for being home to youthful entrepreneurs. Usually that means people in their 20s or 30s, but some, like Anshul Samar, haven’t even made it out of their teens yet.

Samar is the 14 year old CEO of Elementeo, an educational gaming startup that we first covered a year ago. The company’s eponymous first game has just begun shipping, following its development by a team of artists around the world. The basic idea… Continue Reading

Roundup: EA goes to China, Google-Salesforce, 13-year-old CEO continued, and more

Roundup: EA goes to China, Google-Salesforce, 13-year-old CEO continued, and more

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Our post about the 13-year-old CEO founder and chief executive of Elementeo, Anshul Samar, attracted an impressive number of outside links, briefly crashing VentureBeat’s site. Take a look at the additional video after the jump below to see him articulate his idea on stage under questioning. He says he is from Silicon Valley, and doesn’t want the adults to have all the fun.

Electronic Arts, the Redwood City video game publisher said… Continue Reading

Elementeo’s 13-year-old CEO, highlight of TiECON

Elementeo’s 13-year-old CEO, highlight of TiECON

TiECON 2007, the big technology conference in Santa Clara, Calif., kicked off yesterday.

The buzz on the expo floor was about Silicon Valley gaming startup Elementeo and its precocious 13-year old founder and chief executive, Anshul Samar. “We inject fun into education,” the fast talking entrepreneur confidently proclaimed, touting his new fantasy role playing board game which he believes will change the way kids learn chemistry.

The conference featured keynote presentations from the likes of… Continue Reading