Will Cannon grew up in a low-income household where you worked hard for every cent. This childhood lesson became the fire behind UpLead’s success..

From Dropping Out of College to Building a $5 Million Email Platform

“Interview your customers. Get on the phone. Learn what led them to use your product and get that testimonial when they’re done.”

Chris Oliver loved his predecessor’s Ruby tutorials, and when they quit, he saw an opportunity to continue their legacy. He had the knowledge but could he find the confidence to share it?

How This Midwestern Coder Overcame Self-Doubt to Earn Over $1.8 Million Continuing a Community Legacy

“Recording videos turned out to be extremely hard but I forced myself to do it every day for nine months. When you do something that long, your confidence increases and you get better at it, and I had a ton of content to share, too.”

Daniel Taboada wanted to stay in the US after graduation but was forced to return home. Undeterred, he built a million-dollar company that would later bring him back to the land he loves.

This Six-Month-Old Startup Helped Its Founder Return to the Country He Loves and Break Seven Figures

“I just decided to remain bootstrapped because I didn’t feel that I needed it. I was worried that if I raised money from investors I would need to grow, grow, grow. The way things are now, I run the company the way I want. My clients are my investors.”

Himashu Kumar beat controversy, legal challenges, and a Google algorithm update to become a powerful voice in India for those wanting unbiased crypto news.

How This College Drop-Out From India Turned $150 Into a $2.5 Million Media Company in Just Three Years

“We’d written this piece about a crypto project and I said to Jeevan, ‘Why don’t we just ask the project if they’d pay us for coverage? We’re writing about it anyway.’ So we did. We sent an email to the project founder asking for a paid sponsorship deal. To our surprise, they said yes.”

Despite a stellar education and an internship at Facebook, Huy Nguyen admits to making every business mistake in the book when building Holistics. Then how did he succeed?

How Identifying His Best Customers Helped this Founder Scale His Business Intelligence Platform to $1.5 Million ARR

“Marketing is marketing, right? Wrong. Marketing is one of those things that everyone thinks they know how to do because it’s easy to learn, but to master it is really hard. It’s much more than just knowing how to run paid ads. You need to learn how to think like a marketer.”

“We launched our site, and both Jeevan and I handed in our notice at our jobs. I had just $150 in my bank account and spent $50 of that to register the domain. We were dependent on AMB Crypto. It was do or die.”

-Himanshu Kumar, AMB Crypto