Paul Dunahoo

Paul Dunahoo is a software developer and technology entrepreneur. He became the CEO of his own startup company called Bread and Butter, LLC when he was thirteen years old.^[1] He has developed successful applications such as Scrawl, which is considered to be the first note-taking app.^[2]

In 2008, Dunahoo was already engaged in software development and had founded a company called PAD Software. It was bought by his father, Allen Dunahoo, a venture capitalist. The startup attempted to develop one-truck and simple applications for Apple devices.^[3] Dunahoo drew attention when he exposed a flaw in Apple App Store after his account was hacked.^[4] When he regained control, he discovered that he could access the store’s entire online catalog. He then replicated the same process using another account.

By 2012, Dunahoo had already developed nearly twenty applications, which were sold at the App Store for $2 apiece. These include Scrawl, a popular note-taking application for mobile phones. Other notable applications include More Memory, a productivity app that can clear unnecessary files and optimize a Mac, and iSleep, an advanced timer. At one point, he had earned around $8,000 from the sale of his applications.^[5]

Dunahoo was invited to participate in technical sessions during Apple’s developer conference in 2012 to talk about his work and productivity apps.^[6] During the conference, he was still in the eighth grade and was chaperoned by his parents.^[7][6]