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0:00I managed to build a network of over $50
0:02million by the age of 15. And no, I
0:05don't come from money. In fact, I do
0:07come from poverty. No, my none of my
0:09parents are entrepreneurs. I come from a
0:11very small country. Here it's not very
0:13common to be an entrepreneur. And you
0:14know, to go all into just choose
0:16entrepreneurship. Uh and I don't think
0:18that I had any advantages. In fact, all
0:20the odds were against me. But I still
0:22managed to make it happen. Because where
0:24there is a will, there is a way. And in
0:26this video, I'm planning to show you
0:27exactly how I did it, how I built this
0:29network by the age of 15. I have this
0:31framework that I call AAG. Basically,
0:34attract, approach, and give. But before
0:36getting into that, I want to talk about
0:37how much networking has changed my life.
0:40Because networking opened so many doors
0:42for me. It's insane. I realized that
0:45business, it's not about what you know.
0:47It's about who you know. It's about who
0:49you know that can teach you what you
0:51don't know. It's about who you know that
0:53can help you go further, faster. And one
0:56more thing I believe, I believe there's
0:57no such thing as a self-made
0:59billionaire, self-made millionaire,
1:00self-made whatever. Because if you think
1:03about it, in business, you have clients.
1:05You have employees. You have a team.
1:07There is no such thing as a self-made,
1:09you know. And learning how to network
1:10and learning how to build connections
1:11with people can get you to your goal so
1:14much more faster. And networking is
1:16actually so cool and so fun. It's really
1:18interesting to meet new people. It's
1:19really interesting to go out of your
1:21comfort zone and to actually interact
1:23with creatures. Because, you know, as
1:25humans, we are made to interact with
1:26other people. And I have this saying,
1:29you never know who gets where. Like
1:31genuinely, you never know who can
1:33achieve what. And you knowing them can
1:36be in both of your benefit. One more
1:39thing that I want to add is that in my
1:40opinion, networking it's a lot about
1:42your personal brand. If you have a
1:43strong personal brand, people are more
1:45likely to trust you. And I feel like a
1:47lot of people get this wrong, especially
1:49nowadays. They think of a personal brand
1:51as just their social media, which is so
1:53not true. A personal brand is simply who
1:56knows you and what they know you for.
1:58And I feel like social media is just a
2:00tool and a vehicle to build a good
2:02personal brand. You might have like
2:045,000 followers on Instagram, but you
2:06might know billionaires and
2:07millionaires, or you might have like,
2:10you know, millions of followers on
2:11social media, but your network, like
2:13your real-life network, might be so
2:15small. Because followers does not equal
2:17a bigger network. Okay, now let's get
2:18into the framework, my AAG framework,
2:21attract, approach, give. So, the first A
2:23is stands for attract, which means to be
2:26easy to find. This is why I love I love
2:29love love social media and posting
2:31content. Fun fact, when I started
2:32posting content, I didn't actually want
2:34it to become a content creator. Even
2:35right now, I don't see content as my
2:37passion. Content is just my job. Content
2:39is just my business. Through posting
2:41content, people managed to find me
2:43easier. You never know who sees your
2:46videos. Like truly, genuinely, you never
2:48know who watches your videos, and this
2:50is why I love content so much, because
2:52it makes it so much more easier for
2:54people to find you. And if you just
2:55managed to build trust through your
2:57content, believe me, the amount of cool
2:59people that will follow you, it's
3:00insane. I think that like half my
3:03network came through Instagram from my
3:05reels. Like people just saw me on their
3:06for you pages, and they're like, "Ooh,
3:08this girl is cool." And then they
3:09followed me, you know, and we started
3:10chatting, and this is how we built a
3:12relationship. Posting content will
3:13always be in your advantage, and it's
3:15something that will help you in the long
3:17run. Building a really cool social media
3:19page is something that it's going to be
3:21a long-term asset for you. Like
3:23genuinely, it's the biggest asset. You
3:24might not make money directly from
3:26posting on social media, but the
3:28connections that you get and the views
3:30and the trust and everything that you
3:32get can bring you so much more money
3:34than if social media was actually going
3:36to pay you. Now, if you don't want to
3:37post content, no worries about that,
3:39life is not over for you.
3:41Um but what I suggest you to do, even I
3:43mean, even if you post content, even if
3:45you don't post content, join into as
3:47many communities as possible and be
3:49active. I feel like Discord is such an
3:52underrated place. Like Instagram
3:53communities, Discord communities, school
3:55communities, Circle communities, all of
3:57these communities are in general so
3:58underrated. Like the I feel like half of
4:01my network came from my Instagram, and
4:03the other half of my network came from
4:04communities. And especially, hear me
4:07out, especially from Discord. I know,
4:09this is so funny, but yeah. Joining the
4:11communities alone will not directly
4:13bring you people. You have to be active
4:15in the communities. Just join the calls,
4:17talk with a lot of people. I love When I
4:19join new communities, for the first few
4:21years, I love getting on all the calls.
4:23I love talking with people. I love being
4:25active in the chat. I love helping
4:26people. I love just sharing value. Like,
4:28when when I go into a community, I made
4:30this mistake back then. I just started
4:32pitching my products. But like, no one
4:33cares about that, you know? So, just go
4:35and build a relationship with people.
4:36Like, genuinely just talk, just share
4:37value. Just build a relationship with
4:40people. Be as active as possible in the
4:41communities. Chat a lot. Get into calls.
4:44Connect with people. I keep repeating
4:46that because this is what will, you
4:48know, eventually make people trust you
4:49and will make people want to reach out
4:51to you if you are active in the
4:52communities.
4:53>> And if you can't tell yet, I'm such a
4:54big fan, such a big lover of
4:56communities. If you want to go deep, go
4:59alone, but if you want to go far, go
5:01together. I truly believe that being
5:03surrounded by the right people and
5:05having the right network is going to
5:07bring you so much more ahead in life
5:10than if you try to do everything
5:11yourself. And you know, usually when it
5:12comes to building a network, there are
5:14like two ways around. The first one is
5:16the hard path, which is struggling alone
5:18to find the right-minded people, which
5:20does work, but who wants to struggle,
5:21first of all? And second of all, it
5:23takes time. It takes weeks, if not
5:25months. And there there is a second one,
5:27which is the easy way. Just join where
5:30those people are. And this is exactly
5:32why I'm building my own communities. I'm
5:34building a community for young Christian
5:36entrepreneurs who decided to go all in
5:38into their dreams and who are determined
5:40to achieve what they want to achieve,
5:41who have the growth mindset, who are
5:43ambitious, and who know that this is
5:44what they want in life. And in this
5:46community, you're going to have direct
5:47access to me, and I'm going to help you
5:49to build a good personal brand so you
5:51can actually increase your network,
5:53increase your monthly revenue, and scale
5:56your business. And besides me, there's
5:57also going to be this African
5:59entrepreneur, Louis, and you're going to
6:00have direct access to him as well. And
6:02he's going to be sharing and teaching
6:03you everything that he knows. Besides
6:05that, in this community, we're going to
6:06have monthly guest speakers. We're going
6:08to have weekly coaching calls. We're
6:09going to have an opportunity dashboard
6:10where you can place what you are
6:12building on and people are able to
6:14invest into. You might be able to find
6:15your co-founder, find investors, find
6:17whatever you need. I'm also looking to
6:19do real-life events. Yes, we're going to
6:21meet in person. Isn't that insane? I'm
6:23building this specifically for Christian
6:25entrepreneurs because I know how it
6:26feels as a Christian to want money and
6:28people around you to tell you that
6:30wanting money and wanting to be wealthy
6:32is bad. It's a sin, which is so far from
6:34the truth. I want you to be able to
6:36scale. I want you to be able to grow
6:38without having to sell your soul for
6:40money. So, yeah, if you're interested in
6:42applying, I'm going to let the link of
6:43the community in the description so you
6:44can go save your spot. One more thing
6:46that I'm trying to do more often is join
6:48and go to real-life events. I feel like
6:51real-life events, networking events, are
6:53also really cool for building
6:54connections and for building
6:55relationships. And meeting face-to-face
6:58with people is always going to be so
6:59much more better than just in online. I
7:02think it's about the psychology, human
7:04behavior, trust. But when you meet
7:06someone in real life, like face-to-face,
7:08you are more likely to trust the person.
7:10And this is why, like, messages are
7:12always going to be worse than calls. So,
7:14if you have the possibility, or if you
7:16don't have the possibility to go to
7:17real-life events, at least join on calls
7:19with people. Like, camera on and just
7:21talk with people because this is what
7:22will increase trust. And we know that in
7:24order to build a relationship, no matter
7:26what type of relationship, you first
7:27need trust. If you don't have trust, you
7:30don't have a relationship. Going back to
7:31content, I wanted to answer a question
7:33that someone asked me yesterday. It was
7:34like, "Alexa, should I start posting
7:36content? Should I grow my personal
7:38brand?" Yo, you have nothing to lose and
7:41everything to gain. Again, you have
7:44nothing to lose and everything to win.
7:46The amount of opportunities and the
7:48amount of connections and the amount of
7:50benefits that you will get through
7:52content is insane. It's literally nuts.
7:54The next A from my framework, or the
7:56next step from my framework, is
7:57approach. This means reaching out to
8:00people. Okay, so let's say that you
8:02started posting content and people
8:03started following you. Now, this does
8:05not mean that you have a network yet.
8:07So, when someone professional or cool
8:10follows me, I make sure that I follow
8:13them back and then I make sure that I
8:15reach out to them. Like, I just send
8:17them a message. If they post content,
8:19I'm going to be like, "Oh, your content
8:20is so cool." And I'm just going to start
8:21talking about them. I'm going to also
8:23share in a bit the framework and how I
8:25reach out to people to make sure that I
8:27start a conversation with them and they
8:29actually, you know, reply to me and we
8:30actually started chatting. But, yeah,
8:32that's a big thing for me, just making
8:33sure that I follow people back and I
8:35send them a message. You know, they
8:36might not be the one sending you the
8:38message, but if you want to network, you
8:41have to make sure that you send people
8:43that got that message because again, you
8:44have nothing to lose and everything to
8:46win. Like, what are you so afraid of?
8:48They're going to ignore you? Okay, so
8:49what? At least you tried. They're going
8:50to block you? Okay, so what? At least
8:53you tried. Worst case scenario, they
8:54just block you or never respond to you.
8:56For me, to be honest, it never happens
8:57for people to actually block me. It just
8:59happened for people to not see my
9:01messages, which I can understand because
9:03I get a lot of messages daily and it's
9:04really hard to answer and to reply to
9:06all of the DMs, but like, the best case
9:07scenario is people actually answer you
9:09and you actually start chatting with
9:11them and you actually get on a call with
9:12them and you actually build a cool
9:14relationship with them. Again, this is
9:15why I love content so much. You're just
9:16going to have people that will come to
9:17you and they're just going to follow you
9:18and you can like follow them back and
9:19start a conversation with them.
9:21But, like, another thing that I do is I
9:23also just follow the people that I like,
9:26follow the people that I see, and then I
9:28send them a message. And you know, I I
9:30know that if there is someone with like
9:31above 50k followers, it's less likely
9:34that they will respond to me than if
9:35it's someone with, you know, below 10k
9:37followers or below the followers that I
9:39have. For example, right now I have 17k
9:41followers and if I'm going to reach out
9:42to someone with 100k followers, they are
9:44less likely to respond than if I'm going
9:47to reach out to someone that has like
9:4910k followers, you know what I mean? I
9:50don't have expectations and if they
9:52respond to me, I'm like, "Oh, wow,
9:53amazing. They actually did." You know,
9:55but if they don't, I'm like, "Well,
9:57okay. It is what it is." So, if you post
9:58on social media, follow back the people
10:00that follow you and then also follow
10:02people that you would like to network
10:03with and send them a message. But, if
10:04you don't want to post content or you
10:06don't post content yet or even if you do
10:07post content, remember how earlier I
10:09mentioned that you should join all those
10:10communities, like Discord, school,
10:12Instagram, all those communities? Well,
10:14make sure that you reach out to people
10:16there.
10:17Um being active in the communities will
10:20make people aware that you exist, but
10:22reaching out to them will guarantee you
10:25a new connection because, you know, if
10:27you are really active in the community
10:28and people know you there and then you
10:30reach out to people, they are more
10:31likely to respond to you. Uh what I do
10:34in Discord, as I said, I think that
10:36Discord is such an underrated place.
10:38What I do when it comes to Discord, I
10:39just um I just get on calls. Like I just
10:42join a lot of communities and I get on
10:43the VCs. And then from the VCs, I just
10:46send a friend request to everyone that
10:48was in the call. And then if they accept
10:50the friend request, I just shoot them a
10:52message with "Hey, yo, really nice to
10:54connect with you." Just something like
10:55that so I can like start a conversation
10:57with them. But reaching out to people is
10:59so important because not everyone will
11:01take the first step. And if you do want
11:02to grow your network, make sure that you
11:04are the one who breaks the ice and you
11:06are the one who takes the first step and
11:07actually goes to someone and actually
11:10reach out to someone and talks with
11:12them. Connecting with people
11:13individually will increase their trust.
11:15And I also want to share a story. Um I
11:17think a lot of you that are watching
11:19this right now might know Lewis, the
11:21eight-figure entrepreneur, uh the guy
11:23who, you know, I had two webinars with.
11:25He spoke into our free community. Oh, by
11:26the way, when it comes to the free
11:27community, I'm going to let the link to
11:29the free community in the description of
11:30this video if you want to join. And if
11:32you want to be part of such events
11:34because I'm bringing speakers in the
11:35community, like big speakers. Our first
11:37speaker was Lewis and he's an
11:39eight-figure entrepreneur. And if you
11:41want to join that, I'm just going to
11:42leave the link in the description of
11:43this video. Yeah, how I managed to get
11:45in touch with him and how I managed to
11:46network with him is through Discord.
11:50I know.
11:51I know. But yeah, through Discord. So
11:53what happened is, you know, I have this
11:55Discord community and I just started
11:57getting on VCs in this Discord community
11:59and I started just talking more with the
12:00people from my community. And there is
12:02this one guy and he reaches out to me
12:04and I ignore his messages for a few
12:05weeks. Sorry, Waheed.
12:07So don't do this. Don't do what I did
12:09because you might lose those kind of
12:10opportunities. And yeah, after I ignored
12:12his messages, we just get on the VCs on
12:14the Discord and I get to know the guy
12:15and I think he's really cool. And then I
12:17hustle. He messaged me and then we get
12:18on a call and then we network. And then
12:21uh this guy connects me with his mentor
12:22and his mentor happens to be Luis, which
12:24is an eight-figure entrepreneur. And
12:25then I got in touch with Luis and then
12:27we started talking with him. Isn't that
12:28crazy? You never know who knows who.
12:31Once you connect with someone, once you
12:33start networking with someone,
12:35they are more likely to introduce you to
12:37their network as well. This is one more
12:38thing that I do, one more quick tip
12:39here. Ask your network to connect you
12:42with their network and this is how you
12:43increase your network. And finally, the
12:45last step, the third step from my
12:47framework is give. Give to people as
12:50much as you can. Make it about them. And
12:54I'm going to share right now the way
12:55that I reach out to people. So, when I
12:56reach out to someone, I always, I don't
12:59know why this works, but I always start
13:01with a compliment. It's not something
13:02that I do consciously. I think I do it
13:05subconsciously because when I talk with
13:06someone, when I just connect with
13:08someone, I always find cool things in
13:10those people and I do want to mention, I
13:12do want to remind people the cool things
13:14that they are doing. For example, when
13:16someone is posting content, I reach out
13:17to them like, "Hey, your content is
13:18amazing." because I genuinely see how
13:20amazing their content is. So, I start
13:22with a compliment and then I ask about
13:25them. You are going to be surprised how
13:28much people love to talk about them.
13:30Like genuinely, stop yapping about you.
13:33No one cares about that, especially when
13:35you start to build a relationship. Make
13:37sure you make the person feel important.
13:40Make sure you know, you talk about them
13:43because again, people love to talk about
13:45themselves. So, yeah, I always start
13:47with a compliment and then I just ask
13:49about what they do or about their
13:51interests. For example, if I see
13:53someone, you know, posting content and
13:54they're into business, I'm like, "Hey,
13:56your content is amazing. What business
13:57are you in?" or "Hey, I saw, you know,
13:59you are into marketing as well. How's
14:01that going? You have an agency?" blah
14:03blah. And I just ask about what they do,
14:04ask about their business, ask about, you
14:07know, how they got into that business,
14:09ask about their interests. There are so
14:11many things you can ask people about.
14:13Just make sure that you make them about
14:15themselves, not about you. When it comes
14:17to give, make sure that you give people
14:20a lot of value and you help them free
14:23value. This is also a thing that will
14:25build trust, just helping people for
14:27free and sharing what you know with
14:29people for free. When I reach out to
14:31someone, when I start networking with
14:33someone, I think of this person as my
14:35friend. I want personally, I want to see
14:38all my friends succeed. And if I reach
14:39out to this person and they need help,
14:41I'm going to make sure that they're
14:42going to get the help and they're going
14:43to get the best advice and the best help
14:45from me because I see them as my friend.
14:47I know that a lot of you are going to be
14:48like, "Oh, yeah, but I sell this for
14:50like 1,500 and my time costs money. Why
14:52would I give this to them for free?"
14:53Because you want to build a connection
14:55with them. Because you want to build a
14:57relationship with them. And because this
14:59is how you build trust by helping people
15:02for free and this is what makes you more
15:04human and this is what makes you kind of
15:06just helping people. I know you might
15:08think that you are losing money, but
15:10actually if you think about it, if you
15:11think about it from a long-term
15:12perspective because network as business
15:15is a long-term game. You might not make
15:18right now a million-dollar deal with
15:19someone, but you never know how in the
15:20future you might make a
15:22multi-million-dollar deal with someone,
15:24with one individual. And this is why
15:26right now in the present moment you give
15:29them free value because you never know
15:30in the future what deal you two might
15:33have. You also never know how maybe in
15:35the future you might need these guys or
15:37these girls' service or their help, but
15:40you might not have the resources to pay
15:41them and if right now you help them for
15:44free, they're going to feel like they
15:45need to return you a favor and they're
15:46going to also do it for free. So, this
15:48is why you always give value for free.
15:50Whatever you do, your content, your
15:52business, networking, whatever, make
15:53sure that first you give people free
15:55value and then you might ask them to pay
15:58or then you might ask them to, you know,
16:00make a deal and make some money out of
16:01that. There are usually two common
16:03mistakes that I see in a lot of people
16:05that are trying to network in the
16:07beginning. So, the first one is a lot of
16:09people when they start networking, they
16:10think, "Oh, what can I get from this
16:12person?" But it doesn't work like that.
16:14You have to When you want to reach out
16:16to an individual, when you want to
16:18connect with a person, you have to
16:19think, what can I give to this person so
16:22they can see me as valuable, so they can
16:24see me as trustworthy, so they can see
16:26me as loyal and helpful and again,
16:30valuable and trustworthy. Stop thinking
16:32how you can benefit from people and
16:33start thinking how they can benefit from
16:35you. And mistake number two, try to take
16:37a guess.
16:38Thinking short term. As I mentioned,
16:41networking is a long-term game. It's not
16:43something that you're going to do in one
16:44day, it's not something that you're
16:45going to do in a week. It's something
16:47that will take months. Again, because
16:50building a relationship with someone,
16:52building trust to people takes time. I
16:56was reading a sales book, you know, and
16:58they said that if you in order to sell
16:59something to someone, you need at least
17:01eight interactions with them. And after
17:03around eight interactions, this is where
17:06they start to trust you a bit and they
17:07might be ready to buy from you, which is
17:10kind of insane because, you know, eight
17:11interactions might take weeks, might
17:14take months. So, don't try to rush the
17:17process. Okay, you might have a
17:18conversation with someone today, but if
17:20you don't message them back and like,
17:21you know, a few weeks, they're going to
17:22just forget about you because people get
17:23busy with their lives. So, this is why
17:25you also like follow back with them and
17:27this is why also you make sure that you
17:28have multiple conversations, maybe have
17:31multiple calls and all of that. Start
17:33thinking long term when it comes to
17:34business and when it comes to
17:35networking. And let's do a quick summary
17:37here. So, the framework, attract,
17:39approach, give. Make attract, make sure
17:42that you are visible and people know who
17:44you are. Approach, make sure that you
17:45reach out to people and you actually
17:47connect with them, you chat with them,
17:48you engage with them, you get on calls
17:49with them. And give, make sure that you
17:52give as much value as possible and you
17:54help people for free. And that brings us
17:56to an end, that brings us to the end of
17:58this video. That was kind of pretty much
17:59it, kind of everything that I know,
18:02everything that I did to be able to
18:03build this insane network at just 15.
18:07When I say it out loud, it sounds way
18:09more insane than when I just think it in
18:11my brain, you know, building a $50
18:13million network at 15. Oh gosh, when
18:16when you say this out loud, it sounds
18:17insane, but I can imagine what I'm going
18:19to be in like a few years if I can push
18:2010 times more harder. I'm in. If you
18:22want to see where this will go, just
18:24follow me on the journey and see how it
18:25goes because I do document everything. I
18:28document all my journey on my Instagram.
18:30I'm going to link the Instagram in my
18:31description. And I'm also going to try
18:32to post everything that I learn on this
18:34YouTube page. So, if you want me to
18:36share all the sauce and all the tips
18:37that I've learned so far in my journey
18:39because I've been into entrepreneurship
18:40since I was 12. I got into
18:42entrepreneurship when I was 12 and my
18:43journey started kind of there. I'm now
18:4515. If you want me to share everything
18:46that I've learned so far, just you know,
18:48make sure to comment and I'll be more
18:49than happy to create more videos about
18:51it and to just share all the knowledge
18:53that I have. That's it. Thanks for
18:54watching. Bye.
18:56Brother. I mean, after I dropped this
18:59MIT, hope it's working.

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