CEO of Veed: It is a 10 years of building, failing, learning, and trying again: 2015: Left the first job right after college. 2016: Failed as a freelancer. 2016: Failed as a Youtuber. 2018: Launched the MVP of VEED. 2018: Went broke. Sold all crypto. 2019: Applied to YC. Rejected. 2019: Applied to YC. Rejected. Again. 2019: Thrown out of office space. 2019: Found first paying customer. 2021: Bootstrapped to $5M ARR. 2022: Raised money from Sequoia Capital. 2025: 10M+ monthly users.