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The CES Firewall for Young Entrepreneurs

The CES Firewall for Young Entrepreneurs
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LAS VEGAS, NV - JANUARY 10: Coby representative Danay Stockton displays the Coby MID-9742-8 tablet at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center January 10, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology trade show, runs through January 13 and is expected to feature 2,700 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to about 140,000 attendees. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV - JANUARY 10: Coby representative Danay Stockton displays the Coby MID-9742-8 tablet at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center January 10, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology trade show, runs through January 13 and is expected to feature 2,700 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to about 140,000 attendees. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)

TechCrunch calls this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) the year of the "Gadget start-up" - but the new model -- young, underage designers launching on Kickstarter, such as Wingstand's Daniel Haarburger, or high-tech teens planning to retire rich at 21 may have to find a new way to get noticed.

The problem? Location, location, location. How does a young entrepreneur under the age of 21 enter the world of CES through the high wattage portal of Las Vegas?

Worth noting: Entrepreneurs under the age of 21 may also find it difficult to rent a hotel room in any Vegas hotel. And worse, since most industry parties -- one of the key ways people connect -- include drinking, how will these underage, low budget tech visionaries get noticed at a giant show?

Is this the time for them to crank up high school style pranks to get noticed?

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