Alex Tew, a 21 year old boy from Wiltshire, England came up with a more unique solution to his money problems. Brain storming late one summer evening, he arrived at the idea of creating a website and selling pixels to pay for his college education.
He created a website that sold a pixel for $1.00, with a total of one million pixels available on his site. The site was a forum for businesses to advertise and a place for people to share site links where, as Alex puts it, they can be potentially seen by millions of visitors.
There were a few caveats, though. The minimum purchase was 100 pixels for $100, in order for the image to be large enough, but Alex welcomed people to join their funds if necessary to purchase the number of pixels they desire.
Some people were skeptical of his method of raising money and his future use of $1 million, but Alex assured them he is just a creative problem solver, and although he knows "uni" does not cost as much as he's making, he intended on paying for his education and then using the rest of the money to give his parents some time off, and finally, "to buy socks" because as everyone knows, they're always disappearing.
Alex was successful with his endeavor, selling out in less than six months.
