Adam Farrell founded Silicon Solar when he was 15. It had a single product, a raw solar cell for use in educational kits, and was based in his bedroom. Today there are about 260 products, a busy Web site, sales are growing at about 10 percent annually, and the company is putting a large addition on a building it moved into last year.
Farrell owns 60 percent of the corporation. His older brother, Matt Farrell, a 24-year-old Cornell graduate, serves as vice president and owns the rest.
Adam Farrell expects to graduate in December 2006 with a degree in Applied Economics and Management from Cornell University.
I spent more time on marketing which was a problem. You have your marketing and then you have your supply. Well I sold more than we actually had coming in to us. Basically, had a problem where we had to start setting up supply chain management system. Guarantying that you are going to have x num...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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