[#記事]A College Dropout Builds $30M Startup While Fighting Cancer | Jenni AI David Park
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David Park, CEO of Jenni.ai, shares his entrepreneurial journey and valuable lessons learned from building and growing a successful startup.
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In this section, David Park, CEO of Jenni.ai, discusses his entrepreneurial journey and the lessons he's learned from building and growing a startup. He talks about the importance of following your passion and taking risks even if you're sure to fail. He also reflects on the impact of his cancer diagnosis on his career and how it motivated him to push harder for his company's success.
He discusses the development of the AI writing tool, Jenni.ai. The co-founder, a computer science engineer, wanted to find a way to connect their knowledge in natural language processing with literature, their previous major. In the beginning, the tool was an agency that made human writers 10% faster with AI, but with the release of GPT-3, it transitioned to a SaaS that could generate text that was faster and more useful than human writers. The focus then became more general, like a word processor but with AI capabilities. Over time, features were removed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the tool. It took time and continuous tweaking to find the right focus as the tool evolved. Eventually, the team realized that the ideal customer was students and academic researchers who valued the product's time-saving capabilities. Throughout the development process, the founder emphasizes the importance of talking to users to better understand their needs and improve the product. They prioritize user feedback and were willing to take risks, such as responding to unsolicited messages or attending small podcasts, to potentially gain investment or even just valuable feedback. Their decision to focus on students and academic researchers was a turning point in their journey. Money was not the driving force, but rather the need to build a product that people like and find valuable.
The speaker David Park talks about a specific email they received that was challenging. They remember the day they received it and how it had such a significant impact on their life and business. Initially, the speaker was impressed by the amount of money but struggled immediately. As a result, they decided to travel to Malaysia with their co-founder to continue growing their business. The speaker talks about how they eventually grew their business and the lessons they learned from this experience. They emphasize that being an entrepreneur is not easy and requires immense responsibility. The speaker concludes that the moral of the story is to be even more disciplined as a founder. They also talk about a time when their business experienced a sudden surge in traffic, which was due to a viral Twitter thread.
He talks about getting a cancer diagnosis and how it affected their startup. Before the surgery, they were worried about their startup dying if they died, so they wanted to raise some money. However, they felt desperate and the VCs probably could sense that. On the day of the surgery, the doctor discovered that the speaker had a fever and they weren't sure if they could perform the surgery. The speaker was nervous, but eventually, they went in for surgery. After the surgery, they woke up and spoke to their mom. She had left before surgery, but before she left, she saw a Bible verse on the ceiling that said "Don't be afraid, leave it all up to God." The speaker was surprised by this and felt grateful for it, as they had been feeling lucky for many of the things that had happened in their life leading up to this moment. They also felt that startups are often romanticized in Netflix series and movies, but the reality is that it can be dull and challenging. The speaker's advice is to be ready for the many years of putting in the hours and reps, and to not be afraid for the eventuality of their death.
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