Skip to content

Ali and his friend James try a new money-making business every year at secondary school, and all five fail

story · status: told 5× · last event: retold (2020-12-28 (said on 2020-12-15, implied)) · owner: Ali

Told alongside: Ali, a fifth-year medical student at Cambridge University, is co-founder of SixMed, a small company running courses for medical school applicants, and has taught its BMAT Crash Course for five years.

About: 6med, BMAT

date event what video
2019-08-16 told Every year from about 13 to 18, Ali and his friend James tried to set up a new internet business; all five failed, making about 50 pounds in total. Money, Relationships and Hair Loss - Answering your Assumptions 00:06:04
2019-10-09 retold At secondary school Ali and his friend James tried a new money-making plan every year, and all five businesses failed; the sixth, the BMAT crash course, became SixMed. How I Built a Million Dollar Business in Medical School - 10 Tips for Entrepreneurs 00:11:37
2020-04-17 mentioned Ali is now trying to set up a few other businesses; he has tried to set up a business every year since he was 13, with his friend James, and always found it exhilarating and fun. Answering your Questions 00:24:38
2020-04-29 retold Every year at secondary school Ali and his friends came up with a new business idea; every one failed, but they learned a lot from each. Productivity, Books and Careers Advice - Ali Abdaal x Noah Kagan // Deep Dive 00:04:34
2020-10-04 retold From about the age of 12 Ali had three strands of business ideas that all failed; the first was an online game, for which he learned to make websites and server-side coding in PHP. My BIGGEST Rejections in Life 00:01:27
2020-12-28 (said on 2020-12-15, implied) retold At school Ali taught himself to code, and every year he and his friends came up with a new business idea and built a website for it; every one failed. How Much Money I Earn as a Doctor + YouTuber 00:03:27

Dates are upload dates, which set the order. Where the speaker gives a different recording date in the video, it is added as "said on YYYY-MM-DD, implied" (derived from the date said in the video).

What is said about it

9 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).