You can enjoy the best of both words. Growing up and still enjoying your youth - it's a amazing time. But then - before you know it - it's all gone. I manage both "lives" (if we're going to call them lives). But they interconnect very much.

I would say that I have two "lives". When I'm with my friends that I've known forever, I am able to do the "kid" things. But then when I am working, I obviously get into a kind of serious mode. A benefit of what I do is that I work on creative projects that allow me to bring some of my youth elements into it.

It's definitely a tough thing to balance out life with your work, but I would say that I matured fast, I didn't necessarily grow up too fast.

Good topic.

I would like to reiterate what I said during our conversation this afternoon. There is a fine balance between school, projects, and school. At times, this balance can be difficult to strike.
It is all about finding what feel right for you. A certain balance is right for everyone. Also this balance changes from week to week, day to day, hour to hour.

Personally, I rarely have trouble finding a balance. Yet, I realize above everything I am a student. I prioritize for the sake of efficiency not because I time constraints. I love what I do and at the end of the day that is what counts.

I try to balance my life out. I still get a lot of fun time but then again, I spend a lot of time thinking up ideas and trying to make them happen. I rarely have trouble balancing school, friends & work. I have to say i'd prefer to work on my radio stations then go out with friends but thats because i'm antisocial.;)

Regular kids grow up TOO SLOW!

Everybody has to grow up sometime.

That's true. I think there's also an opportunity to "change the rate" at which you're growing up at any time, depending on how mmuch you push your business. Thoughts?

I find it very easy to work on my startup, and still have a great social life. I don't think I'm growing up to fast, but that's mainly because everyone else my age usually spends the time I spend building startups, on Facebook. So I think really I have the better deal.

I think the best thing is to be a bit of a hipster and have fun with it! Also, friends are always kind of impressed. They can't get over my "sticker stash", why would companies want to send me stuff? Haha. So yeah, I think teen entrepreneurship is definitely a good thing, not growing up fast, just utilising your energy and creativity.

Do some teen entrepreneurs grow up too fast? Yes and no. All of us young entrepreneurs have a passion for entrepreneurship because we love and enjoy it. We love the fun and excitement that comes along with it. So I don't think there is anything wrong with following your passion and doing what you love and enjoy.

Sometimes though, I think people can get entangled in entrepreneurship at such a young age that you lose out out being a "kid" and doing "kid" things. You are only a kid once and you just have to find that balance between being a young entrepreneur and being a kid/teenager. I find that most of us are good at balancing this, but I have come across some who have not found a balance and have been over immersed in the entrepreneur world (made up mainly of adults) that they start to feel and act as an adult rather than the true kid they are. Personally, I haven't had trouble finding this balance. You just have to realize you are still a kid and not get too entangled in the entrepreneur world. I have met a lot of of young entrepreneurs who have evolved into thinking they are better than everyone else due to their entrepreneur lifestyle. Please, don't be one of these people.

This is a hard one... I don't think that I'm growing up faster but I have matured faster. In my opinion, without that maturity it would be impossible to combine both "worlds". I try to do it as best as I can, sometimes better, sometimes worse.

It's very important to not forget to hang out with friends, your startup isn't the only important thing in the world. And it's not just us teens who can't forget about hanging out, the older guys musn't forget either.

I need those moments where I can just have fun and forget about meetings, deadlines, coding... Letting loose sometimes is great, I love beeing a teen.