What's
your
story
I
lived
with
my
parents
working
as
a
waiter
part
time
to
make
I
think
10
per
hour
I
was
telling
people
I'm
going
to
make
it
I'm
the
next
Mark
Zuckerberg
and
I'm
going
to
have
a
billion
dollar
startup
idea
and
I'm
going
to
focus
on
it
This
is
Mark
a
guy
who
tried
everything
to
become
an
entrepreneur
but
nothing
was
working
I
didn't
have
any
salary
I
didn't
have
any
savings
I
was
like
broke
like
crazy
Like
we
were
living
in
like
I
don't
know
don't
know
like
12
square
meters
They
were
cockroaches
Then
after
years
of
failure
he
finally
built
a
business
that
worked
At
some
point
life
become
like
very
beautiful
Like
finally
I
made
it
I
have
my
app
I
make
enough
money
to
sustain
my
life
and
COVID
hit
Everything
that
I
built
for
the
last
two
years
just
suddenly
disappeared
wiped
out
I've
been
in
the
journey
for
like
like
almost
five
years
already
I
failed
30
startups
and
I
didn't
build
anything
I
didn't
save
any
money
I
didn't
create
anything
that
would
last
And
then
one
morning
I
started
to
cry
for
no
reason
In
his
darkest
moments
Mark
does
something
he
never
thought
he
would
have
to
do
It
made
me
question
why
I
was
an
entrepreneur
Why
am
I
doing
all
that
if
I
can
just
get
a
sense
of
like
worthiness
having
a
job
But
with
everything
on
the
line
Mark
discovers
something
that
would
change
his
life
I
feel
bad
and
I
decide
I
got
to
change
everything
I'm
gonna
be
an
entrepreneur
again
but
these
times
I'll
do
things
differently
This
is
the
story
of
how
Mark
Liu
went
from
working
as
a
waiter
for
10
an
hour
to
making
1
5
million
a
year
as
a
solopreneur
Welcome
to
Starter
Story
I
was
born
in
a
family
of
engineers
None
of
my
friends
or
family
members
are
entrepreneurs
and
I
grew
up
like
25
years
in
this
ecosystem
where
the
only
thing
that
matters
is
like
like
you
have
to
have
good
school
grade
you
have
to
go
to
university
and
I
think
that
created
a
frustration
inside
of
me
because
I
didn't
for
some
reason
I
didn't
care
about
school
I
was
a
bad
kid
I
had
bad
grades
I
didn't
feel
like
I
was
belonging
to
where
I
was
People
wanted
to
do
stuff
and
I
wanted
to
do
the
opposite
University
was
the
same
so
they
were
partying
but
also
studying
and
I
didn't
know
what
I
was
why
I
was
learning
what
I
was
learning
After
four
years
of
partying
and
barely
attending
lectures
Mark
graduated
and
had
to
make
a
big
decision
When
my
friends
and
I
graduated
from
uni
they
all
got
a
job
pretty
easily
in
Paris
as
software
engineers
and
I
think
around
that
time
I
might
have
seen
the
movie
The
Social
Network
with
Mark
Zuckerberg
and
for
some
weird
connection
in
my
brain
I
was
like
this
is
me
I'm
the
next
Mark
Zuckerberg
and
I'm
gonna
have
a
billion
dollar
startup
idea
and
I'm
gonna
focus
on
it
and
the
idea
was
to
create
a
Tinder
for
sports
lover
There
was
no
business
plan
in
mind
There
was
not
even
an
idea
of
how
to
monetize
that
thing
It
was
just
I
have
to
build
that
thing
Mark
has
a
brilliant
idea
that
he
believes
will
be
the
next
billion
dollar
unicorn
so
he
takes
the
road
less
traveled
As
I
chose
a
different
path
I
lived
with
my
parents
working
as
a
waiter
part
time
like
at
night
basically
to
make
I
think
10
per
hour
I
was
so
arrogant
that
I
spent
a
year
working
on
this
app
I
was
telling
people
I'm
gonna
make
it
I
built
this
identity
for
one
year
of
this
guy
who
is
going
to
build
the
next
brilliant
idea
and
you
cannot
even
know
what
I'm
working
on
because
it's
a
brilliant
idea
right
And
I
realized
after
365
days
that
this
app
would
never
exist
because
I
didn't
have
the
capacity
to
build
it
and
that
it
would
never
make
money
Everything
crumbled
Like
all
my
one
year
arrogance
belief
fell
apart
and
that's
the
moment
where
I
stopped
working
on
my
app
Like
I
threw
away
all
the
code
in
24
hours
quit
my
girlfriend
because
I
was
a
terrible
boyfriend
and
moved
to
South
Korea
to
the
other
side
of
the
planet
Mark
experiences
his
first
failure
but
he's
still
committed
to
becoming
an
entrepreneur
He
wants
to
prove
to
everyone
that
he
can
do
this
a
different
way
A
friend
of
mine
gave
me
a
call
He
was
in
South
Korea
and
he
said
he
could
raise
some
money
from
VC
to
build
an
AI
startup
back
in
2017
which
was
pretty
cool
We
were
both
engineers
None
of
us
was
good
at
marketing
None
of
us
was
good
at
product
and
business
and
so
we
ended
up
having
this
brilliant
idea
again
It's
gonna
work
out
if
we
build
a
product
We
build
a
product
It
took
six
months
to
make
an
app
but
we
didn't
get
any
customers
So
in
the
end
nothing
happens
After
spending
a
year
building
another
product
that
got
zero
customers
Mark
realized
that
maybe
this
whole
venture
capital
thing
wasn't
for
him
but
this
gives
him
an
idea
After
the
AI
startups
I
didn't
have
any
salary
I
didn't
have
any
savings
I
was
like
broke
like
crazy
Like
I
was
living
with
my
girlfriend
as
well
We
were
living
in
like
I
don't
know
like
12
square
meters
There
were
cockroaches
in
the
bathroom
and
stuff
The
frustration
of
doing
stuff
for
two
years
that
led
to
nothing
it
made
me
desire
the
craving
for
like
tiny
projects
that
have
quick
instant
results
I
saw
this
ad
on
Facebook
where
you
have
those
two
people
holding
hands
together
inside
of
one
mitten
with
thousands
of
likes
I
knew
that
if
it
works
for
them
then
it
would
work
for
me
too
I
ended
up
going
in
the
street
selling
those
gloves
because
I
was
terrible
at
Facebook
ads
so
I
couldn't
sell
any
online
Even
though
we
made
zero
with
the
gloves
we
probably
like
sold
30
gloves
I
still
want
to
chase
that
thing
show
a
different
path
show
a
different
way
and
show
that
you
can
also
make
it
with
a
different
strategy
With
three
failed
businesses
and
countless
lessons
learned
Mark
realizes
he
needs
to
do
something
different
He
doesn't
wanna
be
a
starving
artist
sharing
his
flat
with
cockroaches
and
spending
all
his
time
working
on
projects
that
never
make
money
this
in
mind
he
starts
looking
for
his
next
idea
I
had
this
learning
from
those
previous
startups
to
start
first
with
the
problems
and
I
was
like
what
is
a
universal
problem
that
everybody
has
that
I
can
solve
Every
business
wants
more
customers
right
So
maybe
I
can
help
any
business
get
more
customers
And
the
idea
was
to
create
a
little
tool
for
escape
room
businesses
to
help
them
get
more
customers
But
I
met
a
guy
who
is
100
marketer
his
job
is
marketing
And
he's
like
why
don't
you
just
try
to
sell
it
before
you
make
it
I
listened
to
him
I
did
exactly
what
he
told
me
I
sent
some
cold
emails
And
I'm
supposed
to
have
the
call
with
his
business
in
Australia
It's
the
first
time
I
do
a
call
with
a
lead
I'm
thinking
like
an
engineer
and
I
feel
like
I'm
scamming
her
just
talking
to
her
But
she's
so
friendly
she's
like
yeah
so
what
is
your
idea
And
in
the
end
of
the
call
after
42
minutes
she's
like
all
right
yeah
send
me
the
invoice
I'll
pay
I'm
sweating
like
my
armpits
are
sweating
so
much
and
I
make
her
confirm
I
was
like
are
you
sure
And
then
she
said
yes
After
a
couple
of
years
and
several
failed
ideas
Mark's
efforts
finally
paid
off
He
made
his
first
dollar
He
didn't
need
a
fancy
website
or
a
perfect
product
All
he
needed
was
a
solid
idea
and
someone
who
was
willing
to
pay
for
it
If
you're
someone
like
Mark
looking
for
their
first
idea
trying
to
make
your
first
dollar
online
then
I
have
something
special
for
you
This
is
a
free
breakdown
of
50
plus
solo
developer
ideas
to
help
you
get
started
It
includes
a
bunch
of
stuff
business
models
revenue
strategies
and
a
bunch
of
other
stuff
you'd
wanna
know
And
it's
for
everyone
no
coders
developers
indie
hackers
just
click
the
first
link
in
the
description
description
and
we'll
send
it
over
to
you
for
free
Mark's
efforts
finally
paid
off
He's
made
his
first
dollar
online
but
most
importantly
he
now
knows
firsthand
that
entrepreneurship
works
But
when
everything
was
at
its
best
something
very
unexpected
happened
So
this
VirallyBot
project
quickly
made
enough
money
to
sustain
my
life
like
1
000
per
month
We
moved
to
Bali
and
my
days
would
be
exactly
the
same
I
would
send
some
emails
in
the
morning
try
to
get
someone
on
the
phone
call
exactly
like
I
did
for
the
first
dollar
on
the
internet
And
the
revenue
grew
to
at
the
top
it
went
until
4
000
in
monthly
recurring
revenue
At
some
point
life
become
like
very
beautiful
Like
I
finally
I
made
it
I
have
my
apps
I
work
on
my
own
project
I
don't
have
any
meetings
I
have
customers
I
make
enough
money
to
sustain
my
life
I
live
in
Bali
I
learned
how
to
surf
It's
just
so
nice
The
revenue
is
going
up
And
then
I
was
working
with
physical
businesses
and
COVID
hit
Everything
closed
down
Revenue
went
from
4
000
a
month
to
zero
in
like
24
hours
Everything
that
I
built
for
the
last
two
years
just
suddenly
disappeared
wiped
out
After
COVID
brings
Marc's
business
to
zero
he
decides
to
take
a
break
He
keeps
on
surfing
and
living
life
Then
when
the
lockdown
eased
something
insane
happened
My
girlfriend
and
I
decided
to
get
married
So
we
flew
back
to
France
and
we
had
a
beautiful
wedding
After
a
couple
of
weeks
they
started
to
lockdown
everything
again
We
were
supposed
to
come
back
to
Bali
but
we
couldn't
So
I'm
28
years
old
I'm
a
married
man
I
don't
make
any
revenue
revenue
Most
of
the
businesses
I've
tried
failed
And
I
think
in
this
moment
I
feel
not
so
good
Like
I
don't
know
why
I'm
doing
all
that
anymore
I
feel
like
I've
never
achieved
anything
really
And
I'm
back
at
28
years
old
in
the
house
where
I
left
to
try
to
show
there
was
another
way
showing
that
I
failed
basically
And
then
one
morning
I
have
no
clue
what
is
happening
I
start
to
cry
for
no
reason
Like
I
usually
control
my
emotions
I
start
to
cry
but
I
have
no
idea
what's
going
on
And
I
look
at
my
wall
and
I
start
to
punch
my
wall
four
times
like
without
even
thinking
My
wall
is
pretty
thin
so
it
goes
through
the
wall
wall
and
I'm
shouting
and
I'm
like
I
don't
know
like
so
much
anger
that
just
comes
out
I've
never
felt
this
bad
before
I
don't
really
know
what
depression
is
but
this
lack
of
control
that
I
had
on
me
and
these
emotions
bursting
out
without
me
controlling
anything
maybe
After
five
years
of
failure
with
no
income
or
savings
28
year
old
freshly
married
Mark
decides
to
do
something
that
he
never
thought
he
would
have
to
do
He
applies
for
a
few
software
engineering
jobs
Luckily
because
of
his
experience
he
quickly
lands
one
of
the
positions
And
the
job
is
like
we're
offering
you
9
000
a
month
I
look
at
that
and
I
was
like
I've
been
making
1
000
a
month
for
five
years
and
now
you're
offering
me
9
000
per
month
I
was
like
what
the
fuck
is
going
on
So
I
jumped
straight
into
the
job
And
when
you
have
a
job
your
boss
is
telling
you
today
I
want
you
to
do
that
So
at
the
end
of
the
day
once
you've
done
that
you've
created
the
value
for
the
person
and
it
makes
you
feel
like
you're
worthy
I
didn't
get
any
of
this
in
the
past
So
it
really
feels
like
I
was
useful
to
someone
Making
more
money
than
he
ever
had
all
while
feeling
useful
to
society
Mark
starts
to
question
if
he
was
ever
meant
to
become
an
entrepreneur
And
maybe
for
him
having
a
regular
job
is
enough
to
live
a
fulfilling
life
Those
years
of
entrepreneurship
you
aim
to
create
something
people
want
And
when
nothing
is
actually
working
you're
basically
creating
void
and
nobody
cares
about
what
you
do
Nobody
needs
anything
that
you're
doing
So
it
feels
like
you're
just
useless
It
made
me
question
why
I
was
an
entrepreneur
Why
am
I
doing
all
that
If
I
can
just
get
a
sense
of
worthiness
having
a
job
job
I
started
to
have
time
for
me
on
weekends
weekends
because
I
didn't
allow
myself
to
take
time
off
in
the
past
It
made
me
prioritize
other
parts
of
my
life
that
that
I
haven't
touched
previously
from
sleep
to
reading
books
to
working
out
And
the
overall
happiness
everything
like
the
burst
I
had
previously
everything
started
to
fade
away
and
I
started
to
feel
much
better
Six
months
after
getting
the
job
a
lockdown
started
to
disappear
And
my
wife
and
I
decided
to
go
back
to
Bali
I
started
to
feel
this
little
desire
of
freedom
that
I
didn't
crave
previously
because
I
had
100
freedom
but
0
worthiness
But
now
the
fact
that
I
had
to
show
up
from
Monday
to
Friday
within
two
months
I
was
already
thinking
like
sometimes
I
don't
wanna
do
this
meeting
I
don't
wanna
go
there
I
don't
wanna
do
that
And
I
was
seeing
some
tweets
from
other
software
engineers
who
either
got
fired
who
pursued
their
passion
whatever
And
I
see
that
there
are
some
guys
who
have
a
totally
different
approach
to
entrepreneurship
They
don't
raise
money
They
don't
work
with
a
team
They
do
whatever
they
want
They
build
tiny
project
They
make
it
fast
Maybe
I
want
that
A
little
seed
is
planted
in
Mark's
mind
yet
again
that
maybe
he
can
actually
do
this
but
he
remembers
all
of
the
failures
he's
gone
through
Plus
he's
got
a
great
job
and
he's
not
ready
to
quit
right
away
Then
one
day
he
receives
a
phone
call
that
would
change
his
life
Around
this
time
in
Bali
like
a
couple
months
after
we're
here
I
just
received
a
call
They're
like
hey
it
was
nice
working
with
you
bye
And
so
when
I
got
fired
it
was
totally
fine
because
I
was
already
thinking
of
going
back
to
the
entrepreneurship
world
to
get
that
sense
for
freedom
fulfilled
again
The
moment
I
get
fired
I
build
my
new
identity
I'm
gonna
be
an
entrepreneur
again
but
these
times
I
will
do
things
differently
I
will
never
spend
a
month
on
a
product
I
will
never
raise
money
I
never
have
employees
I'll
never
do
all
the
things
that
frustrated
me
in
the
past
I
started
to
realize
that
each
failure
is
not
a
failure
if
you
don't
give
up
Each
failure
is
a
learning
or
a
frustration
for
a
future
success
And
unless
I
quit
in
the
middle
all
those
failures
will
bring
the
success
later
It's
just
a
matter
of
making
small
bets
small
bet
here
small
bet
there
and
maybe
something
will
work
out
I
also
decided
to
at
the
same
time
I
build
stuff
I'm
going
to
try
to
share
this
publicly
so
that
people
can
see
it
so
that
if
my
app
goes
wrong
if
nothing
happens
then
in
the
worst
case
maybe
I'll
have
created
a
little
following
that's
for
the
next
project
that
I
can
use
to
get
some
eyeballs
and
not
starting
again
from
zero
With
a
reignited
passion
and
a
new
approach
to
entrepreneurship
Marc
starts
to
ship
The
first
app
I
built
is
called
Mood2Movie
It's
basically
an
app
that
match
your
mood
and
recommend
you
movies
based
on
how
you
feel
And
then
Habits
Garden
it's
like
a
little
habit
tracker
I
got
around
10
000
users
which
I
was
super
proud
of
because
it's
like
also
like
it's
helping
people
to
get
better
in
life
I
was
so
happy
I
work
on
a
tool
that
ranks
productivity
tips
I
built
a
landing
page
generator
So
you
input
some
text
and
it's
gonna
create
an
entire
website
for
you
with
text
images
and
buttons
I
created
a
link
in
bio
tool
for
entrepreneurs
where
you
can
show
your
entrepreneur
resume
Marc
launched
six
projects
in
seven
months
but
he
was
still
facing
a
big
problem
income
He
was
only
making
1
000
a
month
month
and
he
needed
to
figure
out
how
to
crack
the
code
to
make
more
money
I
started
to
make
painkiller
apps
where
it's
actually
solving
your
problems
Like
I
try
to
focus
on
that
And
I
also
try
to
focus
on
apps
that
are
not
free
that
like
users
at
some
point
have
a
paywall
The
fact
that
I
was
shipping
painkillers
means
something
people
would
know
their
struggle
They
know
their
pain
So
I
come
up
with
a
solution
So
it's
much
easier
to
sell
than
a
vitamin
where
like
the
habit
tracker
for
instance
where
it's
fun
but
you
don't
necessarily
need
it
I
tried
to
get
a
new
approach
of
like
launching
viral
I
would
focus
on
the
launch
part
try
to
get
as
many
ice
balls
as
I
can
And
I
started
to
make
those
like
skits
where
I
would
go
on
a
podcast
with
Joe
Rogan
or
I
would
be
on
a
movie
with
Leonardo
DiCaprio
And
this
did
really
well
Like
people
felt
that
I
was
having
fun
And
that's
where
my
revenue
went
from
like
around
1
000
per
month
to
I
think
it
was
around
4
000
In
2023
mid
2023
I
had
built
somewhere
around
10
to
15
products
And
I
realized
I
was
doing
the
same
thing
over
Set
up
a
landing
page
deploy
it
add
a
button
for
people
to
pay
send
them
an
email
create
an
account
I
was
like
what
if
I
just
create
a
little
code
base
that
I
can
reuse
for
every
new
project
that
I
create
So
whenever
I
have
a
new
idea
I
can
make
it
faster
I
can
ship
it
faster
I
did
that
I
built
it
I
think
like
less
than
a
week
week
And
I
was
like
this
is
super
cool
Why
not
just
putting
a
price
tag
on
it
and
offering
it
to
other
developers
if
they
want
to
use
it
But
I
remove
expectations
from
anything
that
would
launch
I
told
my
wife
like
hey
you
know
know
maybe
we'll
make
a
hundred
bucks
That
would
be
nice
I
shipped
the
products
went
skating
and
I
came
back
home
opened
my
dashboard
my
strap
dashboard
like
after
two
hours
of
skate
I
was
like
I
made
500
bucks
which
is
what
I
would
make
in
like
a
week
week
on
entrepreneurship
before
in
two
hours
I
was
like
something
is
going
wrong
Like
I
really
couldn't
believe
it
And
then
the
next
day
I
had
made
somewhere
like
around
3
000
to
4
000
US
dollar
and
I
was
like
what
the
fuck
is
going
on
Like
I
would
make
my
best
monthly
salary
in
one
day
Just
insane
I
think
the
first
month
I
made
around
40
000
US
dollar
The
second
month
in
November
for
the
Black
Friday
that
day
I
made
seven
I
think
8
000
US
dollar
I
was
very
surprised
It
was
steady
around
like
50
000
a
month
except
in
November
where
there
was
like
a
burst
at
65
And
I
realized
one
thing
is
product
market
fit
when
it
hits
it's
like
it's
there
You
can
feel
it
I
would
receive
messages
from
people
that
say
like
hey
I
cannot
pay
using
your
credit
cards
do
you
accept
crypto
Like
you
would
have
people
like
ask
me
to
give
me
money
It
was
the
first
time
ever
Usually
I'm
trying
to
convince
people
to
give
me
money
for
my
product
Felt
so
happy
I
couldn't
sleep
at
night
I
was
awake
looking
at
emails
looking
at
the
Stripe
dashboard
going
up
I
don't
know
it's
a
pure
bliss
feeling
It's
just
insane
And
receiving
those
messages
from
people
who's
like
thank
you
you
changed
my
life
For
me
it
was
I
don't
know
if
I
can
ever
be
happier
than
that
So
the
launch
gave
it
an
initial
boost
I
also
did
lots
of
like
free
tools
marketing
So
I
would
build
these
like
logo
generator
And
then
on
the
right
side
you
would
have
a
banner
that
says
like
are
you
building
a
startup
Ship
it
fast
with
ShipPass
And
there's
obviously
the
YouTube
episode
that
came
a
little
bit
later
added
lots
of
revenue
to
the
product
ShipPass
So
you
went
from
like
50
000
a
month
to
somewhere
around
85
000
on
the
first
month
then
135
in
the
second
month
135
in
the
third
month
And
now
it's
slowing
down
a
little
bit
to
somewhere
like
around
80
000
a
month
Okay
so
I
do
believe
there
are
multiple
people
living
up
there
And
there
is
one
that's
very
strong
and
they're
always
thinking
He's
telling
you
stuff
he's
overthinking
he's
blocking
you
from
making
the
first
step
He's
gonna
find
a
good
excuse
for
this
idea
to
not
work
He's
gonna
tell
you
that
the
idea
you're
working
on
is
not
perfect
enough
to
be
launched
So
my
advice
would
be
to
it's
cliche
but
it's
start
anything
start
Make
the
smallest
version
of
your
app
as
fast
as
you
can
And
the
second
part
learn
where
you're
comfortable
sharing
your
ideas
If
it's
text
go
on
Twitter
If
you're
comfortable
with
videos
go
on
TikTok
If
you're
comfortable
with
images
and
you
know
how
to
tell
beautiful
stories
with
one
image
go
on
Instagram
And
learn
how
to
blend
those
two
things
together
and
see
how
things
react
I
failed
30
startups
around
that
but
if
you
don't
quit
then
at
some
point
you'll
win
It's
just
a
matter
of
not
quitting
before
you
win
Start
now
and
ship
fast
That's
Mark's
formula
formula
for
being
a
successful
online
entrepreneur
But
here's
the
problem
When
you're
starting
out
and
when
you
have
an
idea
for
something
you
don't
really
know
a
whole
lot
about
what
to
do
You
don't
know
necessarily
if
the
idea
is
good
you
don't
know
how
to
validate
it
and
you
don't
know
how
to
monetize
it
Well
the
best
way
to
learn
is
to
talk
to
people
or
study
people
who
are
a
few
steps
ahead
of
you
That's
what
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Story
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It's
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