Finding a market and executing on an opportunity isn't that difficult of a thing to do - the trick is finding one within your grasp. This was virtual goods, so it required almost no upfront capital and very little development and maintenance costs. It's no massively-scalable startup, but when your goal is just to create a profitable lifestyle business, it isn't actually that complicated.
Recently there was a story about a 16 y/o who's converting a sports car to electric and runs a CAD business that seems to be doing pretty well.
Edit: I just dug up the car conversion thread I mentioned. This kid is making amazing progress: http://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/975497-wait-that-isnt-an-f20... (that's the last page of his forum updates)
http://www.forbes.com/2008/02/09/teen-millionaires-startups-...