How a College Student Built a 6-Figure Online Business - Jay Yang (#15)

Jay Yang is Head of Content to Noah Kagan, content strategist to Z Fellows, former intern at Beehiiv, and entrepreneur of his own 6-figure agency business. In this conversation, we talk about college, collecting great questions, going to the gym, building a personal brand, finding your North Star, and much more. 0:00 Introduction 0:26 What Jay's been up to 1:01 Thoughts on college so far 2:12 Taking ownership of your learning 3:00 Looking back on high school 3:50 Making high-quality friendships 6:26 Building self-awareness 9:38 Jay's collection of questions 11:45 How to process good questions 12:45 Values and principles to live by 14:30 How going to the gym can save your life 16:05 Jay's obsessions in life 17:12 Practical steps to build an online business 19:49 Breaking down some of Jay's tweets 22:05 Permissionless apprenticeship 24:30 Principles of building a personal brand 28:00 Building an email newsletter 29:25 Working at Beehiiv 30:49 Trading money for time - delegation 32:39 Buying back time 34:10 Jay's daily routine 35:44 Quitting to level up in life 36:35 Seeing life as a video game 37:28 Being patient and slowing down 39:35 The most important things in life 40:17 Advice to high school freshmen Follow Jay: Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Jayyanginspires Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jayyanginspires/ Newsletter: https://jayyanginspires.beehiiv.com/ Follow Me: 🌐 Website: https://www.jestonlu.com 💬 Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/jestonlu 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jestonlu 🎙️ Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@jestonlupodcast 🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jestonlu The Jeston Lu Podcast: Deep conversations to discover your inner artist. 🤍