- Boston Business Journal, Front Page — The freshman startup machine by Galen Moore, 2011
- FOX 25: TV Interview — Three words: new & fun Web site with Elizabeth Hopkins, 2011
- CBS Boston: TV Interview — Bentley Student Behind Popular "Threewords.Me" Website with Jim Armstrong, 2011
- Mashable — ThreeWords.me Acquired by Domain Name Czar by Jolie O'Dell, 2011
- Metro Boston News, Front Page — Six figures for three words by Justin A. Rice, 2011
- The Next Web — Who is Mark Bao? Meet the 18-year old entrepreneur behind Threewords.me by Courtney Boyd Myers, 2011
- The Washington Post: Post Tech — The Circuit (news snippet: 'New meme, ThreeWords.me, for sale') by Hayley Tsukayama, 2011
- Mashable — Want to Buy a Viral Web App? ThreeWords.Me Is for Sale by Jolie O'Dell, 2011
- TechCrunch — Weeks After Going Viral, Threewords.me Is Up For Sale by Jason Kincaid, 2011
- CNN International: Netiquette — 4 online services to satisfy your vanity by Andrea Bartz and Brenna Ehrlich, 2011
- Mashable — Viral App ThreeWords.Me Appeals to the Ego, by Jolie O'Dell, 2011
- The New York Observer: Media Mob — 18-Year-Old Builds Ridiculously Viral Website; Asks, What Now?, by Adrianne Jeffries, 2010
- TechCrunch — Three Words: Simple, Fun, Viral, by Robin Wauters, 2010
- The Next Web — What three words describe you? Ask your friends with ThreeWords.me, by Brad McCarty, 2010
- Entrepreneur Magazine — Masters of the Tweet (about @benparr), by Glen Moran, 2010
- Mashable — 10 Essential Entrepreneurs to Follow on Twitter, by Ben Parr, 2009
- The Wall Street Journal, Venture Dispatch — The Daily Start-Up, by Hillary Canada, 2009
- TechCrunch — Ten Teen Entrepreneurs to Watch, by Daniel Brusilovsky, 2008
- TechCrunch — Branchr Advertising Acquires Online Collaboration Software Maker Atomplan, by Daniel Brusilovsky, 2008
- Dan Schawbel's Personal Branding Blog — A High School and a College Entrepreneur Speak Out, by Dan Schawbel, 2008
- Chris Pirillo — Meet Generation Y, 2008
- A VC — A Few Random Items, by Fred Wilson, (as Steven Bao), 2007
- Boston Globe (Front Page) — Ever Younger Entrepreneurs, by Carolyn Y. Johnson, (as Steven Bao), 2007
- Innovation Economy — This Week's Meanderings -- So Far, by Scott Kirsner, (as Steven Bao), 2007
