Tech entrepreneur secretly lives at AOL HQ for two months

Source: Boing Boing

An enterprising young fellow named Eric Simons secretly lived at AOL headquarter for two months. He was given a badge while working a short stint at AOL's Imagine K12 incubator event for young education entrepreneurs ...
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Man secretly lived at AOL office for two months

Source: KMOV

(CBS News) Eric Simons is a 19-year-old entrepreneur who exemplifies the gumption it takes to keep a startup company running. For two months, Simons slept, ate, worked out and ran a startup from inside of the AOL's Palo Alto campus. CNET ...
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My Fake Job, Part Two: Squatting at AOL

Source: The Atlantic

The hilarious news that a 19-year-old entrepreneur secretly lived on AOL's Palo Alto campus for months reminds us of a very similar story from 2000 and makes us wonder just how closely we're repeating the history of the 90s tech boom and bust. As CNE ...
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Chicago Kid Lives Undetected Inside AOL Campus For Two Months–Working On A Dream

Source: CBS2 Chicago

Eric Simons (Courtesy CNET) CHICAGO (CBS) — Eric Simons had no money, no place to live, but he had a dream. So, Simons, found a way to live inside AOL’s headquarters in Palo Alto for two months last fall while working on a start-up company to connect ...
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Source: CNET

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Source: The Week

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Source: CNET

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Source: CNET

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