Zach Yadegari

It was generating $60,000 a year by putting banner ads on the website.

And then when I was 16, I sold it for $100,000.

After that, I got into the app space, started building a few small projects, and then CalAI is really the one that I went all in on, and it really took off.

It exceeded all expectations.

Yeah, I would definitely agree with you.

I mean, especially now, like coding is just becoming easier and easier with AI tools.

And I'd say my skills now are being under being able to code has really helped me understand how to lead a team.

Like I always think that the most important thing is the Pareto principle, learn the 20% that gets you the 80% of results.

And that's what's necessary to actually hire someone that's smarter than you and being able to manage the team.

So I've pretty much done that in all of these different areas.

And it's allowed me to build great people around me and put in the systems in place.

Yeah, I mean, it was honestly pretty crazy, like, looking back that I did that.

My plan was that I was going to make a YouTube series out of it, but I just made that first video saying that I was going to make a million dollars before graduating high school.

That was my goal.

And I always, I kind of from a young age, always believed in my heart I was going to do it.

I just...

I wanted it so badly that I needed it to be true.

And I think self-belief has gotten me so far because it's helped me get over so many points of life where I could have just said like, oh, like if no one, like I have to go to college before I'm able to do this.

Like I have to take a class.

I have to get a degree.