27 Year Old’s Overnight Success!!
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- Опубликовано: 17 май 2024
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In this episode, we sit down with David Park, the founder of Jenni.ai, a groundbreaking AI software startup revolutionizing the way college students and academics approach writing. From being a struggling college dropout battling cancer to the founder of a $30M company, David's journey is nothing short of inspirational. With no coding skills of his own, he navigated through four business failures to finally strike gold with Jenni.ai, a platform that has now written over 970 million words, assisting in everything from academic essays to top-ranking blog posts.
David shares the origin of Jenni.ai, born from a chance encounter on a flight that led to his first business loan. Despite several ventures that didn't take off, the arrival of ChatGPT-3 marked a turning point, enabling Jenni.ai to fully leverage AI and eliminate the need for human writers. This pivot to a tech-driven approach has catapulted the platform to success, now boasting 2 million active users and trusted by top universities globally.
The focus of our interview dives into David's entrepreneurial spirit, highlighting his resilience and willingness to embrace failure. He discusses the early days of Jenni.ai, the challenges of starting a tech company without a coding background, and the company's strategic pivot once it discovered that its largest user base was college students. This segment is packed with insights for aspiring entrepreneurs, emphasizing the importance of perseverance, the willingness to fail, and the journey to scaling a startup from $0 to $30M in just 18 months.
David's story is a reminder that success often comes from unexpected places and that determination and a good idea can overcome any obstacle, including a lack of technical expertise.
Tune in to hear how David Park turned his entrepreneurial dreams into reality and gather invaluable advice on starting and scaling a startup in the emerging AI software market.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - START
00:50 - Meeting David
01:33 - Starting a tech company
02:53 - From content agency to SaaS
04:49 - Winning the first investor
05:55 - Early entrepreneurial endeavors
07:46 - Initial revenue
11:02 - Fan blitz
12:16 - Overcoming challenges as a dropout
14:10 - First big break
15:20 - Capitalizing on “luck”
17:09 - Getting through cancer
18:47 - Marketing strategies
20:11 - Profits and Revenue
20:53 - Overhead costs
21:31 - Entrepreneurship is “boring”
22:18 - Importance of customer feedback
24:51 - Working as a digital nomad
25:58 - Being an “open book”
26:58 - Founder vs. Leader
29:23 - Measuring success
30:13 - Outro
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Success is not built on success. It's built on failure, It's built on fraustration. it's built on fear that you have to overcome. I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life
You are right.!
Great words
Couldn't agree more dude.
Thank you for sharing positivity with the community! 🙏
Man it’s pretty tough, thanks for the words🙏🏻
Title: Overnight success
Video: I had multiple failed companies and took a long time
clickbait
Guy literally blows through other people's money until his product starts gaining traction. wtf is this.
Apparently being an entrepreneur means persuade other people to do all the work, and hope you dont run out of other people's money in the meantime?
Influencer Marketing and SEO jfc this is a shitshow.
This is neither actionable nor worthwhile.
00:02 27-year-old built a $30 million startup living a digital Nomad life
01:58 Partnering with a technical person is key for complex projects
05:28 Early entrepreneurial endeavors and lessons learned
07:18 Iterative cycles of learning, building, and trying new things are key to success.
10:52 Starting an AI company without coding knowledge
12:42 Maintaining sanity and self-doubt in entrepreneurship journey
16:11 Turning $2,000 a month to $10,000 overnight
17:44 Facing a health scare while balancing startup success
20:53 Startup founder wishes for better understanding of the mundane aspects of entrepreneurship
22:27 Having in-depth conversations with users is more important than just making money.
25:23 Importance of happiness and experiences over just success and money
26:54 Being a Founder vs. Being a Leader
29:58 Focus on uplifting weaker pillars to achieve success.
Thank you 🙌🏻
Thanks! May you be blessed with good karma for your help
WOW THANKS! Hope they will hire you!
thank you ❤
@@may.b.tomorrowThere is no such thing as karma. God exists though. :)
David, "If I'm not happy now, there's no guarantee I'll be happy later in life." I love this interview. I found a lot of value in this video as tech entrepreneur and I'm also inspired by David's digital nomadic lifestyle - something that I'm planning to do myself throughout Asia . Great interview!
That’s a great quote to inspire you to follow your passion and joy. We agree with you 100%. 😊
Always good to see that people who fought hard and worked hard finally achieved some kind of success!! Good work bro! My story is that I have found my luck in dropshipping, and I am honestly very grateful for it. It's not like I am making millions and millions, but I am very happy with my income since it only demands so little work hours over thee week. The most important thing is to always have good products (I use a lot of winnerzila for their products, which I get five every week). Last month I had 15000$ profit.
How bro can you guide me ?
good guide us
Love how David chose a church as a place of sharing his experience... The power of quiet preaching and gratitude. Not religious myself, but that silent gesture spoke volumes.
27 years old, founded multiple companies. not bad!
What do you mean not bad lol, that's overkill already at his age
LOVE this dude - he is so likable, cool, intelligent, humble and his persistence and outlook on life is awe inpiring. PLUS I love his christmas hoodie 😅
I saw a few interviews with him, he is so incredible I wish him good luck and success
this is my new favourite channel
@UpFlip do you have any insights on business in the events industry? Or venue hire business?
His perspective on Ai is powerful
And innovative too! 🔥
Love the video. Learning from practical examples.
him beating Cancer while doing this is the most amazing part
Overcoming such a challenge while also building a business speaks volumes about his determination and resilience. Truly remarkable! 🔥
19:50 I started with $100 in ads a month and that was a lot for me, after a year now I spend around $1500. A month and I see it too much for me because all the money i make goes for ads and I'm not taking any for myself and I'm jobless for over a year, and this guy is spending $70k a month, I think I needed this information
damn this guy is a good speaker
Good for him. 👍🥇
Thanks !
Extraordinary !!! very inspiring, everything requires a long journey. Success before the age of 30 would be a strong incentive to prepare for old age more optimally... 🤩🤩🤩
You hit the nail on the head! Early success can lead to early retirement, giving you more time to live life on your own terms! 🌟
@@UpFlip proud of what the UpFlip team has done, a system that really helps anyone maximize their working time. The more effective you are at a young age, the greater the legacy you will build in the future. Go UpFlip team... always creating spectacular inspirational content! 🤩🤩🤩
This was great.
thank you
he is a good speaker
Very smart and articulate! 🙌
My name's David too. Learning to code and build software. Hopefully the similarities don't end there. Lol
This guy's press tour is crazy; it's like he's running for president, lol.
Very good video
0:22
I don't know if he will read this comment or not, but I will write it anyway. The correct ways to recover from cancer are:
1. Long fasting.
2. Keto diet.
3. Sleep at night.
4. Do any sport.
Good job bro
We hope you enjoyed the video - thank you for watching! ☺️
That was great
We joined customer towns in 07 and the last time I checked we have made a quarter of a million dollers and more❤😊
Congratulations! ☺️
30M? You sure? I just tried it and alll it gave me was the title of the essay with no other content.
Have you been running it many times?
@@kyledennis2564 one time only
*The whole video end up at **2:22*
amazing...
We appreciate you tuning in! Thank you! ☺️
Love this! I’m interested in being a host 🧡
That's awesome! 🔥
The real MVP here? Luck!
Success is only 2% luck and 98% effort! 🍀
I would love to get into the AI field, where do you recomend to start?
Learn python first, rest you will learn on the go...
@@yousefyousef2635 thank you
@@yousefyousef2635bro there's no need to learn coding anymore it's such a waste of time. AI No code tools will do it instead of you.
You will need at least a master's degree to get a job in ai.
😢i failed so many Times Had Few Sales in November no Sales with shopify iam nearly about to give up😢😢
Is this a reupload ?
No!
@@UpFlipYou sure!
Yes we are sure 👍 thanks for your support
Nice vid
Thanks for watching and supporting our channel! ☺️
Thats success
Agreed! If it's not, then we don't know what is. 💪
Anyone know what sweater he's wearing? It's beautifully embroidered
Not sure, but we couldn't help but adore it too! ☺️
The brand is called Kith
This was presented like one of those America's Got Talent shows 😂
You provide wonderful content. I thank you for that, but I find it difficult to understand all the content of the video. If you can, I ask you to add translation in Arabic. I am from Morocco, and I have no doubt that there are Arabs following you. Thank you.
Man it is tough to continue to focus on the content when the camera is constantly shifting side to side. We’re not selling real estate here…..
Do an interview with Jordan welch or Iman gadzhi
lman gadzhi
Step 1. Find a "technical co-founder" who can build the whole thing himself.
Airbnb endorsements on its way😅😂🎉
😂
He's so cool and down to earth. just gotta love him
it wasnt overnight!!
Nothing is 😉
lol i was shocked hearing my name said in this video. 😂😂
Do David have website or A.I course???.
It's an AI-powered writing tool ☺️
@@UpFlip oh i didn't watch or hear the video. I clicked to show support and come back later to watch it. I'm trying learn A.I for my use
Me pretending to be Shark: I'm ouch.
Why don't the agencies just use chat gpt? I guess you can always build a bs front app/wrap on top of the tech.
You took some footage at his church but didn't say anything about his faith journey?
There’s so much more to say about this amazing person. We barely scratched the surface of his entrepreneurial journey in this video, let alone his personal endeavors.
Overnight Success ....comeon...
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I dig this dudes vibe but I feel like if he doesn't embrace culture a bit more he might end up with some serious anxiety issues in his 30's. Anyone who's favorite poet or writer is more or less themselves or a robot... needs to read more... he seems like a cool dude but I can see where the cracks would form, and I'd say he needs to create some sense of home and identity beyond this product, but that's a totally surface level judgement and generalizing him with a lot of folks like him which is totally unfair, but we're here to dialogue.
hi brother i want a job please help me
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We hope you enjoyed the video - thank you for watching! ☺️
Whp dod he say ye learnt to pitch for om?jason who?
It's his business partner. Watch the video and discover how they built this amazing AI project together. ☺️
what a clickbait title... how rude.
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so this guy has thyroid cancer because he has high "pitta" according to Ayurveda. If he changed his diet based on his body type of being high "pitta" person, then he could easily get back into balance and it would really change his overall balance. he seems like a nice guy wishing him well.
pitas are good
All forms of illness and cancer can be resolved using dry fasting. There are accounts of people shrinking their tumors with 10 days of dry fasting, no water or food.
I can never trust anyone with overnight success.
We hope you watched the whole video! 🙏
a story is just a story..............
too bad programmers are getting replaced in the next 5 years
Lies
A waste of money and time. No AI for me thanks.
Not interesting. He got lucky. Nobody needs these programs actually.....
He worked hard, stayed at it. and was prepared to take opportunities he had. You have oppurtunies born in this day and age, access to internet, read and write, etc. Stop hating get better
dude made a sub par gpt wanna be..... lol wtf
This is not some generic GPT clone, this is a specialized AI assistant specific to academic needs. ☺️
It's amazing how people who themselves aren't successful let alone not in the field complain and gripe about others who figured out how to be successful and have more wealth than the ones complaining 😒
so using this kids shit is literally scamming ur self with stuff you could get from gpt3 NICE
GPT3 is not perfect and can make mistakes. His AI is smarter and more reliable, that’s why the scholars love it. 😍
I def asked about that sorry it didn’t make the final edit ✍️ we spent over 6 hours together
@@UpFliphow did he built this SaaS without special knowledge. There are definitely some omit details