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Zach Yadegari

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512 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

My First Million
I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)

Or are you like, I'm trying to be a computer science major?

My First Million
I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)

I first joined the business school or I applied into it, but I switched out and went undecided because I wanted to do more of kind of what Steve Jobs always talked about, how he took like the calligraphy class that really enabled him to build the Macintosh operating system.

My First Million
I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)

So I was taking like a VR class, which was really cool.

My First Million
I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)

It was like all about the metaverse, a class on a design class to a business class.

My First Million
I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)

And the professor there was actually a really awesome guy.

My First Million
I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)

Yeah.

My First Million
I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)

Thank you.

My First Million
I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)

First of all, it really means a lot.

My First Million
I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)

I think I definitely had mentors that supported me.

My First Million
I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)

Someone who was my co-founder with Cal AI, Blake Anderson.

My First Million
I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)

He's helped me a lot with so many things, not just business life, but personal life too.

My First Million
I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)

So I learned a ton from him and

My First Million
I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)

I'd say that's definitely helped me.

My First Million
I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)

The biggest thing is he's helped me shape a lot of decision-making frameworks.

My First Million
I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)

So how to analyze when to make certain decisions.

My First Million
I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)

He kind of taught me about what EV is and all of these different principles.

My First Million
I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)

to help make smart decisions.

My First Million
I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)

Sure.

My First Million
I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)

Well, EV is a good one.

My First Million
I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)

So like gamblers obviously know this where it's like the percent chance of winning something and then the prize and you multiply them together.