Teenager makes $100k on Bitcoins and launches his own company

Less than two years ago, Erik Finman took $1,000 he received from his grandmother, and invested it into a little-known commodity called Bitcoin.

Teenager makes $100k on Bitcoins and launches his own company

Less than two years ago, Erik Finman took $1,000 he received from his grandmother, and invested it into a little-known commodity called Bitcoin.

When the digital currency became one of the most-hyped topics of the past year, Finman sold - for a tidy $100,000, using the money to start a company that employs 20 people.

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