The conventional path wasn't something I wanted...

"I found out that the conventional path wasn't something I wanted. In my third year of school, while most of my classmates prepared for their careers, I felt kind of lost. That was when I started looking into entrepreneurship. I read 'The 4-Hour Workweek' and it filled my head with all these ideas of how I could be financially successful. I felt like I had the creativity to at least attempt it so I eventually left school to learn web development and freelance online. I knew everyone would think I was crazy, so I didn't tell many people. The few friends that I did tell, they all tried to get me to reconsider. My mother spent weeks trying to talk me out of it and it was honestly a lot of pressure. I would often ask myself, 'Am I going crazy?' My first freelance job ever was this teacher on reddit who wanted an app built for his students. It took me about two and a half months, and I got paid $200 total for it. Actually, $230 because he gave me a tip. It might as well have been $10,000 because it was honestly the best feeling in the world. I had learned a skill online that could provide value to people and I was getting paid for it — to me, that felt more valuable than any of the formal education I'd received beforehand. It was validating and that's when I knew I could make a living doing this. My co-founder and girlfriend, Amy, is a big part of that too. She helps me believe. So I don't think I'm crazy for wanting to do something entrepreneurial anymore. Nowadays, the struggle is wondering if I'm doing the right kind of entrepreneurial thing."⠀