David Karp Research Paper
Profile of an Entrepreneur: David Karp David Karp was born in New York City on July 6, 1986. Karp grew up very comfortably living on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. He showed an early interest in website design, designing websites for local businesses by the age of 11. At age 15 however he dropped out of school and decided to be homeschooled thinking that this would be more appealing to colleges. The irony being that Karp never went on to college or even earned his official high school diploma, odd for such a successful entrepreneur. Karp continued to work for companies helping them to complete web design projects. He found an interest in short-form blogs, known as tumble blogs, because they were efficient and user friendly. He wanted people