Aaron Golbin
| Aaron Golbin | |
|---|---|
| Born | Aaron Gabriel Golbin Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 🏫 Education | The George Washington University |
| 💼 Occupation | Entrepreneur, Investor |
| 📆 Years active | 2013-present |
| Known for | Founder and CEO, DebateIsland.com and The American Post |
| Title | Founder and Chief Executive Officer at DebateIsland.com and LostCry.com |
Aaron Gabriel Golbin (born September 4, 2003) is an American entrepreneur and investor. Golbin is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of technology and media company The American Post, multinational technology companies DebateIsland.com and LostCry.com, and was the Strategy Lead at nonprofit organization POWAN Initiative. He also founded and served as the CEO of BestDealWins.com.[1]
Early life and education[edit]
Golbin was born in Brooklyn, New York and mainly grew up in Sheepshead Bay, New York. He attended P.S. 206 Joseph F. Lamb Elementary School from Kindergarten to grade 5, and then attended I.S. 234 Arthur W. Cunningham Middle School during grades 6 and 7.[2] Following his family's move to Long Island, New York, Golbin attended Merrick Avenue Middle School and high school, graduating in June, 2021.[3] Golbin currently attends The George Washington University, where he studies business, technology, and entrepreneurship, and resides in Washington, D.C.
Business Career[edit]
Early Business Career[edit]
In 2013, at the age of 8, Aaron Golbin founded Kings Corporation, a venture that provided indoor and outdoor entertainment to elementary school students during their lunch period.[4] As its CEO, Golbin expanded the venture to a 50-volunteer business used by a large number of children in his school.[5] In 2014, after the end of 5th grade, he began to learn numerous programming languages, primarily through free online websites, and continued to learn about business through courses and books.[6]
DebateIsland.com[edit]
On April 30, 2016, at the age of 12, Golbin founded DebateIsland.com,[3] a multinational technology company.[7] Aaron Golbin currently holds the position of CEO of DebateIsland.com.[6][8] In 2018, Golbin led the development and launch of DebateIsland Debra Artificial Intelligence[9] , a suite of artificial intelligence (AI) products. Debra AI, using a mix of proprietary and open source code, and API's,[5] provides informative insights on user-created debate arguments, predicts the winner/s of online debates, and can calculate arguments' and users' most likely political affiliation and supported presidential candidate/s on DebateIsland.[10][11] DebateIsland is widely considered to be the pioneer of Artificial Intelligence to online debating and the pioneer of casual online debating.[12][13] In 2020, DebateIsland launched a new segment, DebateIsland Education that won an EdTech Impact award.[14] DebateIsland is a private company.[15]
BestDealWins.com and LostCry.com[edit]
On January 12, 2017, Aaron Golbin founded BestDealWins.com,[5] an online platform. It enabled users to create "deal challenges" which would contain deals and YMMV[16] (Your Mileage May Vary) deals posted by competing users who aimed to have the best deal in order to win the challenge. Golbin served as its CEO until late 2020, when the venture was shut down.
On October 1, 2017, Golbin founded LostCry.com,[4] a technology company that allows for the sharing of ancestors’ stories of hardship from events such as the Holocaust,[17] Wars[18], Genocides[19], and Immigration[20]. Golbin dedicated the website to his great grandmother[21], Tsilya Gershman Zaslavsky , a holocaust survivor. Aaron Golbin currently holds the position of CEO at LostCry. Golbin's essay about Tsilya's Holocaust experience, The Story of My Great Grandmother, is now in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's collection, where it was first indexed in early 2019.[22]
The American Post[edit]
In 2021, Aaron Golbin founded The American Post, a media and technology startup. In September 2021, The American Post launched various commercial solutions and operates through 5 segments: public platform, enterprise, think tank, political ventures, and researcher.[23]
Investing Career[edit]
Aaron Golbin invests in companies primarily in technology. Having made his first investment in elementary school, he began to analyze stocks and create stock analysis presentations[24][25] in sixth grade.
Personal Life[edit]
Golbin frequently writes articles and essays about business, entrepreneurship, technology, politics, and finance.[26]
Recognition[edit]
Inc. "9 Kid CEOs Teach Us One Critical Thing About What It Takes To Be A Successful Entrepreneur" (2017)[27]
Kidpreneurs "Interview with Aaron Golbin, Founder of DebateIsland.com" (2018)[28]
Teenager Startups "Aaron Golbin's DebateIsland" (2020)[5]
Forbes "More Teenage Brilliance: Two Different Startups" (2020)[4]
BQ Magazine "More Teenage Brilliance: Two Different Startups" (2020)[29]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Be Passionate About What You Do". Miller IP Law. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
- ↑ Aizenman, Alberto (2021-06-12). "This Gen Z Entrepreneur Created a Civil Debate Platform". Bold TV. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sudakow, James (2017-08-23). "What This 13-Year-Old Entrepreneur Can Teach You About Setting Up for Success". Inc.com. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Juetten, Mary. "More Teenage Brilliance: Two Different Startups". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Teenager Startups - Aaron Golbin started his largest venture DebateIsland at age 12". www.teenagerstartups.com. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "About Aaron Golbin". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Coleman, Alison. "Lessons In Setting Up A Business From A Teenage Online Entrepreneur". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
- ↑ "DebateIsland.com - Overview, Competitors, and Employees". Apollo.io. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
- ↑ Imran, Faiz (2020-07-09). "Meet The 16 Year Old Behind This Globally Leading Online Debate Platform". AsianBlurb. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
- ↑ "DebateIsland.com | About". www.debateisland.com. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- ↑ Parlia. "Debating Platforms - Parlia". www.parlia.com. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
- ↑ "DebateIsland.com Review for Teachers". Common Sense Education. 2021-07-11. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
- ↑ "DebateIsland.com Employee Details, Technology Stack and More | Slintel.com". www.slintel.com. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
- ↑ "DebateIsland Education | Reviews 2021: Features, Price, Alternatives". edtechimpact.com. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
- ↑ "Debateisland.com - Overview, Competitors and Decision Makers from United States". data-lead.com. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
- ↑ Vicente, Vann. "What Does "YMMV" Mean, and How Do You Use It?". How-To Geek. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
- ↑ Editors, History com. "The Holocaust". HISTORY. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
- ↑ "World War One". LostCry.com | Share Your Ancestor's Story - Holocaust Stories, War Stories, And More. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
- ↑ "Armenian Genocide". LostCry.com | Share Your Ancestor's Story - Holocaust Stories, War Stories, And More. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
- ↑ "Immigration". LostCry.com | Share Your Ancestor's Story - Holocaust Stories, War Stories, And More. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
- ↑ "LostCry.com | About Us". www.lostcry.com. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- ↑ "The story of my great grandmother : my great grandmother's Holocaust experience / Aaron Golbin. - Collections Search - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum". collections.ushmm.org. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
- ↑ "Curated Opinion Articles About Every Political Topic, From Numerous Sources | The American Post - Political Articles, Politics Articles, Republican Opinions, Democrat Opinions, Independent Opinions, Liberal Opinions, Conservative Opinions". www.theampo.com. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
- ↑ Aaron Golbin (2016-08-17). "Nwbo, Cldx and Imuc, should you invest".
- ↑ "Bitcoin - Is It a Good Investment?". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
- ↑ "Apple and Google's Coronavirus Monitoring Technology is the Beginning of Mass-surveillance in America". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
- ↑ Sudakow, James (2017-11-08). "9 Kid CEOs Teach Us One Critical Thing About What It Takes To Be A Successful Entrepreneur". Inc.com. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
- ↑ "Interview with Kidpreneur, Aaron Golbin, Founder of DebateIsland.com". Kidpreneurs - Young Entrepreneurs with Big Ideas!. 2018-10-03. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
- ↑ "More Teenage Brilliance: Two Different Startups". Business Quick Magazine. 2020-09-03. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
