What Harvard Didn't Know: I Was Already Building an 8-Figure Startup
During his PhD, this founder was already building an 8-figure company and nobody at Harvard knew.
This founder was building, scaling, and closing deals while sitting in lecture halls.
Before the Headline:
• Why hiding a startup from your university is sometimes the right call ?!?
• How to build an education business with barely any credentials
• The moment the company outgrew the "student founder" label
CHAPTERS
0:00 - Intro
1:10 - Derailing his PhD for Lumiere
5:00 - Research to Startup Mindset
6:30 - Focusing on a Niche
9:00 - Ageism, new kid on the block
11:15 - Why not raise money
13:20 - My Biggest Mistake: The Assistant Company
18:00 - Building a Controversial Public Persona
20:59 - Moving to a New Country
25:50 - Online vs Real Life Persona
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