This teenager embarrassed everyone at MAU Vegas

August 21, 2025

Hey there,

I'm standing at MAU Vegas next to this baby-faced kid who looks like he should be in high school.

"What's your best month?" I ask.

"$3 million in revenue," he drops casually.

I'm thinking he's bullshitting me. This dude looks 16.

"How old are you?"

"I'm 18."

Holy sh!t.

Turns out it's Zach Yadegari, founder of Cal AI. 

You know the app where you take a pic of your food, and it auto-tracks calories.

His number one advice: "Build, launch ASAP, get off the ground."

No 2-year perfection phase.
No endless feature lists.
He shipped in weeks and iterated his way to $3M monthly before he could legally buy a beer.

The difference between Zach and every other founder?

He moved while others planned.

Most founders I know are still "almost ready to launch" while kids like Zach are already printing money.

That's the exact mindset shift I drill into founders in my app accelerator - how to ship fast, validate smart, and scale to $10k+ MRR without burning cash on "perfect" MVPs that nobody wants.

Peace,
Steven