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0:00I am 17 years old and I make hundreds
0:01of thousands of dollars on the internet
0:03. But what exactly do I earn money on,
0:05and how did I get here? A full detailed
0:08timeline from 2022 to 2026 is in this
0:10video, showing how at 13 I started with
0:13cringy movie and game reviews on
0:15YouTube, and just 3 years later made
0:17over 18 million rubles. I moved to
0:21Dubai on my own, bought myself a $
0:2210,000 watch, and now I’m making from
0:25$ 15,000 every month. Perhaps for some
0:27this sounds like a fairy tale, but I
0:29will break down every single one of my
0:30steps for you in great detail. And at
0:32the end, I will give a step-by-step
0:33strategy on how I would reach those
0:35same $ 15,000 a month if everything
0:36were taken away from me and I were left
0:38with only my knowledge. And I’ll say
0:40right away, absolutely every one of you
0:42can follow this strategy starting from
0:44zero. I was born in the city of Perm,
0:46in an ordinary family. My entire
0:47childhood, we lived in rented
0:48apartments. As a child, I couldn't get
0:51into the gymnasium my parents wanted to
0:53send me to, and I had to go to a
0:54regular local school, quite a weak one,
0:56where everyone just went. But now I
0:59understand and rejoice that I earn more
1:00in a month than the entire teaching
1:02staff of that school did in half a year
1:03. And, by the way, for those who think
1:07I’m from a wealthy family and have
1:09rich parents, I specifically called my
1:12dad for this video, and he said that
1:14when I was born and throughout my
1:16childhood, he earned 30,000 and my mom
1:1815,000 a month. But at the same time, I
1:21don't deny that I had a very strong
1:23upbringing because my parents were
1:24young and their minds weren't set in
1:26their ways by rigid preconceptions. My
1:28father himself dropped out of his
1:30studies at one point and always tried
1:31to engage in entrepreneurial activities
1:33. All through my childhood, I heard
1:34phrases like: "Business-Youth, leads,
1:36sales, traffic, advertising,
1:37conversions." So, did I grow up in a
1:39wealthy family? No, absolutely not even
1:42close. But did I grow up in an
1:43atmosphere of money, hunger, and
1:45constant attempts? Yes. And that is why
1:47my father always supported me in any
1:49endeavor, even when I was making
1:50thumbnails for 50 rubles. We will get
1:52to that later. When I started running
1:54my YouTube channel, he supported me in
1:55absolutely everything. And now I
1:57realize that if I had been from a
1:59wealthy family from the start, I most
2:00likely would have just done nothing. I
2:02would have relied on my parents and the
2:04system. And like all my peers, I would
2:06be partying on their money right now.
2:07So, all through my childhood, my father
2:09hustled as best he could, trying to
2:11provide for and feed me and my mom. And
2:13as you’ve gathered, I haven’t
2:14received a single ruble from my parents
2:15in my entire life; I didn’t ask for
2:17it, I didn’t want it, and I simply
2:18didn’t need it. I didn't choose
2:19business models that require an
2:21investment. If you think that to start
2:23earning, and to earn a lot, you need
2:24investments, that is not the case. And
2:27what I remember most of all is how at
2:2913 my father told me that if by the end
2:31of the ninth or eleventh grade I
2:32didn’t move out and couldn’t
2:34provide for myself entirely, he would
2:36just kick me out of the house. And
2:39right then I realized that I couldn't
2:41keep wasting my time on Fortnite, CS,
2:43TikTok, or hanging out with random
2:45people anymore. It just wouldn't work.
2:47But at one point, something happened
2:49that completely changed my life. It was
2:51moving to another city and switching to
2:52online schooling in the seventh grade.
2:54Yes, since the seventh grade, I
2:55haven’t set foot in a school. My
2:57parents decided to sell everything we
2:59had in Perm and invest in building a
3:01small house in the Krasnodar region. In
3:03a single day, everything left my life:
3:05my social circle, school, friends, my
3:07usual routine, and relatives. I was
3:09left entirely to my own devices. But I
3:11was very lucky that the online
3:13schooling was super easy. You could
3:15literally do nothing at all. I copied
3:17everything, then handed it over to
3:19another girl from that school who did
3:21my homework, sent it to the teachers,
3:23and sat around playing games all day
3:25long. I could sit and play games 24/7
3:27without a care in the world. But even
3:29then, I knew it was a dead end. A dead
3:31end that would lead me absolutely
3:33nowhere. And I would leave the ninth
3:35grade as a nobody. Absolutely nobody.
3:37And let’s not forget about the timer
3:39my father had set for me. And that’s
3:41when I became set on finding a pursuit
3:43I could work on every day, something
3:45that would fulfill me. And honestly, I
3:48wasn't even as interested in the result
3:50as I was in what I would gain from this
3:51pursuit in the long run. Because before
3:54that, I had tried a lot of different
3:55side hustles and schemes. I was scammed
3:57out of money I barely had in the first
3:59place. I used to make thumbnails for 50
4:01rubles. Because that niche was hyped up
4:03at the time. I thought that I’d
4:05quickly make some money and hit my
4:07first income. But that wasn't the case.
4:09In the fall of 2022, I realized I
4:11couldn't keep wasting my life on random
4:13schemes and pipe dreams, thinking that
4:15quick money was right here, just around
4:18the corner. I realized I needed to find
4:21a solid business to focus on. And that
4:23thing became YouTube, because I’d
4:25always watched it and always dreamed of
4:26being like the YouTubers. And I knew
4:29how much they earned, so my goal was
4:31clear and understandable. I sold my
4:34childhood toys on Avito and bought
4:35myself a Blue Yeti microphone for 6,000
4:37rubles. And I started trying. I filmed
4:40absolutely everything I enjoyed: games,
4:42movies, some trends. And after about
4:45six months, it started growing into
4:46content about my own thoughts, life
4:48lessons, and so on. Yes, at 14 years
4:50old, don't be surprised. But in the end
4:52, the fifth video on my channel that
4:54same autumn hit 100,000 views. From it,
4:57I got my first audience and a 10-ruble
4:59donation. Back then, believe me, that
5:01made me happier than, probably, my
5:03first million rubles. Ever earned. And
5:05now I realize how important that was,
5:07because that’s when I understood I
5:09could make something out of nothing.
5:10Views, attention, skills, money,
5:13whatever. But the most important thing
5:16is that the zero point had shifted.
5:18Winter, spring, summer, and autumn
5:20passed. The channel had three viral
5:22videos with 30, 60, and 100,000 views.
5:25All year I posted videos every week,
5:28sometimes even twice. And by then, I
5:30had long since stopped treating it as
5:32just a hobby. It had become a
5:33full-fledged battle for attention
5:35against the algorithm. And I didn’t
5:37care at all how much time and effort it
5:39would take. I just wanted to make it
5:42big on YouTube no matter what. I was
5:44200%sure that one day I would just go
5:46and make my breakthrough. And, by the
5:48way, all that time, that entire journey
5:50is still documented in my Telegram
5:51channel, which I’ve been running
5:53since 2022. If you’re interested, you
5:55can go and take a look. And here we
5:56move to the climax of all those
5:58attempts and struggles. My first money
6:00—and not a small amount of money at
6:01that—but let’s take it in order.
6:03Late autumn 2023. I am still making
6:06videos on YouTube. I turn 15, and I
6:08realize I can no longer sit around
6:10without money. So, gathering all my
6:12scriptwriting and editing skills, I
6:14started messaging self-improvement
6:16bloggers—the same niche I used to
6:17film in—about collaboration offers.
6:20And at the same time, I was preparing
6:22my most popular video of my entire
6:24YouTube career to date. It’s the
6:26video "How the Self-Improvement Cult
6:28Died," which has already gathered over
6:29750,000 views. Back then, with no
6:31expectations, I posted the video, went
6:33to sleep, and woke up to a dozen
6:35collaboration offers: "Edit this for me
6:37,""Let me buy an ad from you," and so
6:40on. I literally woke up as someone who,
6:43by my standards at the time, had just
6:45been able to go and do it. I spent over
6:47a year making videos on YouTube for
6:49absolutely nothing. With no results and
6:51no money at all, while dedicating 8 to
6:5310 hours a day to it. The most I earned
6:56in that year was 20,000 rubles from ads
6:59bought for a few videos. Then I wake up
7:03one morning and literally book a video
7:05editing gig for 20,000 rubles. A
7:07fifteen-year-old high school student,
7:09in just one day. In that same month of
7:11editing, I reached my first 100,000
7:13rubles. I bought myself some clothes
7:14and a MacBook. With an income like that
7:17at 15, my understanding of life changed
7:19completely, because 100,000 rubles. a
7:21month, and later 150,000 rubles. a
7:24month, is two to three times more than
7:26any teacher who said I would never
7:29achieve anything. Later, I hit 150,000
7:33a month, started a new channel where
7:34you're watching this video, took a more
7:36producer-driven approach to content,
7:38partnered with an advertiser, and
7:40started earning from ads too. During
7:43this time, I befriended and worked with
7:45some very interesting people who are
7:46now my closest friends. In August 2024,
7:49we decided to meet up. I flew to St.
7:52Petersburg, saw the guys, got recharged
7:54, and we went back to work. Then I
7:56lived alone in Sochi for a week, and by
7:58New Year's, I decided I needed to take
8:00the next step: moving out from my
8:02parents. I had just turned 16 at the
8:04time. I realized I didn't want to be
8:06tied to a computer, orders, or editing,
8:08so I decided to pour all my energy into
8:10my blog. On January 2nd, I flew to St.
8:13Petersburg and lived for a month in a
8:1521-square-meter hotel apartment. Winter
8:17in St. Petersburg really wore me down.
8:19I literally looked like a zombie. I
8:21moved back in with my parents, but I
8:23realized it was a powerful experience
8:25and that I was ready to live on my own.
8:28Plus, that was exactly when I came up
8:29with the idea for my film, which we'll
8:31get to a bit later. But you're probably
8:34wondering where that climax is—where
8:34I started earning millions and moved to
8:34Dubai? In February 2025, the real heat
8:39begins. I take one key action that
8:41would eventually bring me over 12
8:43million rubles. By then, I already had
8:46a blog with 3,500 subscribers, and I
8:48realized I couldn't ignore the dozens,
8:50even hundreds of people asking me to
8:52teach them my craft. How to make money
8:55online, how to find clients, how to
8:56create content—basically, everything
8:58I was doing myself at the time. So, I
9:00put all my efforts into my product,
9:02which, by the way, is now over 2 years
9:04old. And in February, just from sales,
9:06I make 2,000 dollars and realize the
9:07kind of money that really flows in the
9:09world of online products. But I didn't
9:11even come close to realizing how far
9:13this would take me and how big the
9:15snowball would become. Even though I
9:16never thought that infobusiness would
9:18become my main focus, on which I would
9:20scale. I simply saw the demand and
9:22provided my offer to people. I never
9:24discounted my products, never offered
9:26sales, never made false promises, or
9:27tried to sell at any cost or to those
9:29who didn't need it or wouldn't benefit
9:31from it. Thanks to my audience for
9:33asking me to create a product
9:34themselves. And in the end, it turned
9:36out to be a turning point in my career.
9:38By April, I had saved up money and
9:41moved to Moscow alone at 16. I rented
9:43an apartment by the day, paying 6,500
9:45rubles. per day and realized that there
9:48was no turning back. In the spring, a
9:51lot of guys from the product started
9:52getting results and leaving me reviews.
9:54I started making YouTube videos only
9:56about myself and my earnings. And it
9:58takes off. Moreover, it takes off so
10:00well that they literally start buying
10:02it up. I quickly start raising the
10:04price every month, sometimes even twice
10:06a month, and start seeing sums of
10:08100-200,000 rubles. per day during
10:10active sales days. 100-200,000 rubles.
10:13per day. I was making that much per
10:16month just 3 months ago. We even
10:18organized a spontaneous meetup with
10:20students in Moscow, talked, and I
10:21finally saw in person who was
10:23supporting me, earning from my
10:24knowledge, and rising up. In May, I
10:26went to take my OGE exams and ended up
10:28dropping out of school after the ninth
10:30grade. My parents understood by that
10:32time how much I was earning and what I
10:33was doing. They had complete trust in
10:36me, so this decision didn't cause any
10:37conflict or anything like that. They
10:39accepted it calmly. I completely gave
10:41up on education, picked up my diploma,
10:43and returned back to Moscow. By then, I
10:44had already reached an income of
10:45600,000 rubles. per month and more. And
10:47remember, I told you about the film?
10:49Well, it was released on June 11, 2025.
10:52Back then, you could buy it for 3
10:53dollars. About 700 people bought it.
10:56But for me, that wasn't something I
10:58planned to make a lot of money on. I
11:00just felt that I had to do it. The idea
11:03was to convey my mindset and my values
11:05directly to the viewer. Later, many who
11:07joined the product or worked with me
11:09personally said that it was precisely
11:10from that film that they were
11:12introduced to me, and some even started
11:13hustling and making money from that
11:15film. But this was still just the
11:16beginning, because July became the
11:18month that changed literally everything
11:19. I made a million in a month. The guys
11:21in the product started getting even
11:22better results and bringing other
11:23people into the product. Plus, I
11:25started conducting consultations on
11:26personal branding and finding clients.
11:28And in August, I take one of the most
11:29pivotal steps in my story. I fly to
11:31Dubai for 15 days and create content
11:33that racks up millions of views on
11:35social media. Dubai completely
11:37transformed my mindset back then; I
11:38knew I had to return there as soon as
11:40possible. And so it happened. In
11:42September, I fly off to Thailand. I
11:43think I’ll stay there for a long time
11:45, but an incredible force pulls me back
11:47to Dubai. I buy Emirates business class
11:50tickets at 16 years old. Just a kid
11:52flying Emirates business class. The
11:55ticket cost about 150,000 rubles back
11:56then. I head back to Dubai, this time
11:59for 2 months. In October, I take on my
12:01first client for full personal brand
12:03creation for 400,000 rubles. That same
12:06month, I hit 1.6 million in net income.
12:09And remember, all this at 16 years old.
12:11That same month, I make a video with 13
12:13million views on TikTok that probably
12:15every one of you has seen. On November
12:172nd, I turn 17. And for my birthday, I
12:20decide to accomplish one of my most
12:22significant goals. To get myself my
12:24first expensive watch. It was a Cartier
12:26Santos for 10,000 dollars. It was a
12:29very intense period of my life. I was
12:30constantly spending money, having fun,
12:32and moving between different areas of
12:33Dubai. But there was one major downside
12:36to this. I was blowing tens of
12:39thousands of dollars on the high life,
12:41saving almost nothing, and most
12:42importantly, I stopped investing time
12:44and money into my development, which
12:46later led to months of treading water
12:48and a lack of income growth. On
12:51November 15th, I fly to Israel for a
12:53couple of weeks to reset and return to
12:54Moscow for 2 months of winter. Winter
12:56was a frankly strange period of my life
12:59. I reflected a lot, pondered things,
13:02wasted time on useless acquaintances,
13:04hung out in hookah lounges, blew money
13:06at Coffeemania, partied with girls, and
13:08felt as miserable as I possibly could.
13:11But at the same time, I still held my
13:13income level at 1.3 to 1.5 million
13:15rubles. per month. In February, I
13:16launch full-scale group mentoring for
13:18personal branding. My first product for
13:20personal branding. I make 1.4 million
13:22rubles from it. And I fly to Dubai
13:24again. But unfortunately, in March, I
13:26have to leave due to the conflict in
13:27the East, traveling through Moscow to
13:29Georgia, and then living in the
13:30mountains of Krasnaya Polyana for a
13:31month with my best friend. I continue
13:33working with the personal brand group
13:35participants. And who would have
13:36thought, I'm flying to Dubai again.
13:39That was already in May. At the end of
13:41May, I close sales for the project for
13:433 months and return to my home this
13:44summer for 2 months to settle some
13:45matters and see my parents. But most
13:48importantly, I set a goal to reach that
13:50same million a month, but without
13:51selling the project, only through the
13:53personal brand niche. And in 2 months
13:55of summer, I made 2 million rubles.
13:57just from working with personal brands.
13:59This gave me a major mental boost. And
14:01I realized that now I have two strong
14:03directions in which I can make
14:04unlimited amounts of money. On August
14:0719th, I realized it was getting hard
14:09for me to stay in my home country.
14:11Objectively, there is nothing for me to
14:12do in Moscow. I flew to Dubai with the
14:15thought that I wouldn’t return home
14:17and would move here permanently. And
14:19now, as you might have noticed, I’m
14:20here. Getting ready to apply for a visa
14:22, take my driving test, and buy my
14:23first car. But in this story, I didn't
14:26want to dwell on the dozens of mistakes
14:28I made, didn't want to preach or talk
14:30about how hard it was, how I suffered,
14:31and paved my way to success through
14:33closed doors. Because the truth is,
14:36money is easy if you are ready to be
14:38patient with failures, trust the
14:40process, and do, do a lot, do for a
14:42long time, and do it through all the
14:43doubts and crap that will appear on the
14:45way. And believe me, then my results
14:48won't seem like some kind of fantasy.
14:50You will reach this and realize that
14:52what’s behind it is not talent or
14:54luck, but attempts. Attempts and more
14:56attempts. And finally, we have reached
14:59the main question: how I make money now
15:01and how to reach this result. The first
15:04is building personal brands for experts
15:06with good income who want to make it
15:07even bigger using social media,
15:09audiences, info-products, or who want
15:11to attract clients to their services. I
15:13genuinely love this business because
15:14there are literally no limits to how
15:16much you can earn. The faster and
15:18bigger the result I can give a client,
15:20the more money I earn. And one client
15:22now brings me from 4 to 6 thousand
15:24dollars on average. And this amount is
15:26only growing. Sometimes I take a fixed
15:28fee, sometimes I take a percentage, and
15:29with some, we work together long-term.
15:31And the second direction is my personal
15:33brand and Prot. As you’ve gathered,
15:35this is my product for reaching your
15:36first big money on the internet. It has
15:38everything you need regarding choosing
15:40your niche, finding clients, sales,
15:42scaling, agencies, and everything
15:43necessary to reach your first big money
15:45. The guys there are involved in
15:47absolutely different directions,
15:48starting from websites, editing, and
15:50design, to high-ticket services,
15:51agencies, and incomes of millions of
15:53rubles. Over these 2 years, Prot has
15:55become a full-fledged platform with
15:57nearly 1,000 people, and hundreds of
15:59them have been able to reach an income
16:01of 100, 200, 300, 500 thousand, a
16:02million, or even 2.5 million rubles.
16:04per month. That, by the way, is a real
16:06case that happened in August. And the
16:08most interesting part of this video:
16:09how I would reach my results from
16:11scratch if everything were taken away
16:12from me right now, but my knowledge
16:14remained. I have provided a maximally
16:15universal strategy to reach your first
16:17million a month and more, which dozens
16:18of my students and clients have already
16:20followed. First: I would find a need
16:22and dive into learning any skill that,
16:24in one form or another, can provide
16:25results for entrepreneurs or businesses
16:27. In my case, this skill has always
16:29been related to content, social media,
16:31personal brands, and digital products.
16:34In your case, it could also be websites
16:36, automation, social media, sales,
16:37content, or funnels. But the main
16:40criterion is that this skill must be
16:41able to directly increase revenue or
16:43save money for your potential clients.
16:45But without such a high-income skill,
16:47you won't be able to develop any
16:49further. Yes, this is the hardest part,
16:51but if you can master your skill,
16:52immerse yourself in it, and become the
16:54best in your field, you will get
16:55endless scaling opportunities. Second.
16:58I would start running social media
17:00about what I do and the results I can
17:01provide in order to get even more
17:03clients, build trust, raise my rates,
17:04and receive requests for paid training
17:06from beginners in your field. And third
17:09: I would also continue developing in
17:10this sphere, building a team, and
17:12working with even larger clients for
17:14even higher fees. Of course, I would
17:16invest in my personal brand, launch
17:18some products, services—anything,
17:20because an audience and attention are
17:21the main resource that provides endless
17:23opportunities and money. That is your
17:26million, one and a half, two, or more
17:27per month. And I have proven this with
17:29my own example. If someone says that I
17:32only rose on my personal brand in the
17:33info-business, while I tell you to go
17:35into services and client work first,
17:36then understand this: if I hadn't
17:38originally taken up the content sphere
17:39and started working with clients, and
17:41later fully creating turnkey personal
17:43brands for other people for high fees,
17:44I wouldn't be sitting here now, earning
17:46big money, and would generally be of no
17:47use to anyone. There would simply be
17:50nothing to build a personal brand on,
17:52because skill and sales are the
17:53foundation. Everything else is built on
17:55top of that. The key here is the
17:57activity through which you will start
17:59earning your first good money. That
18:01small seed you are planting now will
18:03grow into a huge money tree in a year.
18:06And remember, in any field, from any
18:08position, you can achieve huge results.
18:10Because what matters is not what you do
18:12, but how you do it. That is why I have
18:14never pushed for one specific field and
18:16never said that it is the only one you
18:18can earn money in. Everyone may have
18:20their own skills and their own
18:21preferences, but the principle for
18:23reaching high income is exactly the
18:24same for everyone. I’ve distilled the
18:27most important part: what your offer
18:28should look like to get paid, and how
18:30to find and sell to those who will pay
18:32for it. That’s why, even though
18:34everyone is working in different fields
18:35, they all achieve high income in the
18:36same way. By the way, I conduct my main
18:38activities in my Telegram channel,
18:40where I share more openly how I earn
18:41money, how you can earn, and how I live
18:43. In short, all the good stuff is there
18:45. For those who need it, you’ll find
18:46the link yourselves.

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