A high school dropout reveals how he built a $200M brand
My First Million episode 859, where host Shaan Puri interviews Danny Yeung about building the supplement brand IM8 to what he says is a 200 million dollar run rate in 18 months. Yeung recounts a telemarketing start at 15, a restaurant, a hotel furniture import business, a Hong Kong group-buying company that Groupon part-acquired, the DNA and COVID testing company Prenetics, its NASDAQ listing and 95 percent revenue drop, and the launch of IM8. Sponsor: the description links HubSpot, with IM8 as the guest's own brand. PARTIAL COVERAGE: this note is based on the opening, the full career story up to the COVID crash, and the description, and does not cover the IM8 growth tactics, events, or the AI section in detail of the roughly 52 minute episode. All figures and product claims are the speakers' own and are not independently checked. Nothing here is medical or financial advice.
Executive Summary (TL;DR)
My First Million episode 859, where host Shaan Puri interviews Danny Yeung about building the supplement brand IM8 to what he says is a 200 million dollar run rate in 18 months. Yeung recounts a telemarketing start at 15, a restaurant, a hotel furniture import business, a Hong Kong group-buying company that Groupon part-acquired, the DNA and COVID testing company Prenetics, its NASDAQ listing and 95 percent revenue drop, and the launch of IM8. Sponsor: the description links HubSpot, with IM8 as the guest's own brand. PARTIAL COVERAGE: this note is based on the opening, the full career story up to the COVID crash, and the description, and does not cover the IM8 growth tactics, events, or the AI section in detail of the roughly 52 minute episode. All figures and product claims are the speakers' own and are not independently checked. Nothing here is medical or financial advice.