Since my article wasn’t so well received I may or may not do part two. I might just try to sharpen my writing skills and apparently my business skills and try again later. I surely don’t want to discredit The Web Squeeze as it seems I may be doing. Thank you all for the comments and I’m sorry if you didn’t find my article helpful or useful.

Michael, please don’t let the negative feedback discourage you from continuing to write. It’s a lot easier to criticise a good article than it is to write one.

Your writing is actually pretty good, and I don’t give such praise lightly. You write to a higher standard than most people, and much higher than is typical for your age.

Obviously your perspective is that of a young business owner, who perhaps does not have a great deal of experience under his belt. So what? It’s a valid perspective, and one that I find more engaging than the “I’ve seen it all” self-aggrandising bluff that many “experienced” (read, “jaundiced”) business owners push.

Actually, I think it’s interesting to hear how you’ve had to manage the competing pressures of business and school. Although it’s not relevant to me, I’m sure it’s very much on the minds of other teenage entrepreneurs.

The article is, after all, called “Tips from a Young Entrepreneur”. It’s not as though you’re pretending to be some grizzled, battle-hardened magnate.

Finally, note that the WebSqueeze would not have published your article if they felt it wasn’t good enough. You’re not good enough to write for the Financial Times (yet!), but you are good enough to write for TWS. Well done.

It’s a harsh world out there for us writers. Take heart, and I look forward to your next instalment.

Keep at it Michael and you will get places, but for now focus more on making a name for yourself through your work, not publicity.

Also, the portfolio items are the works of a beginner, as I had mentioned. The MDSWebdesign homepage looks great, very professional.

Thanks.

@rich97 – Thanks.

Since my article wasn’t so well received I may or may not do part two. I might just try to sharpen my writing skills and apparently my business skills and try again later. I surely don’t want to discredit The Web Squeeze as it seems I may be doing. Thank you all for the comments and I’m sorry if you didn’t find my article helpful or useful.

I sincerely want to thank everyone who left nice/encouraging comments. Also I’d like to thank The Web Squeeze for the opportunity.

Either way Dave/Chris. Your analysis was way too harsh unless we were looking at two separate sites It seems that mdswebstudios was very professional looking. Plus, a portfolio should only have a few entries. You should never place all of your work into your portfolio.

Finally this article is aimed at a begginer, not a seasoned professional. Such as yourself.

I have looked at your portfolio and you have designed under 10 websites, all of which look like they have been designed by a beginner!

You talk as if you have lived a whole life of business, but in reality you don’t have the first clue, I get it, you’re young and you want to make a name for yourself, but lets not go overboard. This is a very useless article, it has nothing informative at all, it’s just you attempting to show off.

Please wait a while longer before giving suggestions to others, especially when you have just begun. Usually people want to learn from those who have made it in the field, not someone who has made a couple websites and now sees themself as the next Obama.

Just my two cents, I’ve been a longtime fan of the site but this article is very off-putting.

Thanks.