Making money is just a video game

2026-10-27 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:44 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Business and entrepreneurship · mode: Explanation and tutorial

In a Short, Ali likens starting an online business to a video game: press keys and move the mouse in the right order and you get rich, as the small teams behind Instagram and WhatsApp did when they sold to Facebook.

Part of another source

This recording is almost entirely part of My honest advice to someone who wants financial freedom (2025-09-02); what is said in it is covered on that page.

What is said

• 00:00:00 — An online business is almost like a video game: Instagram, WhatsApp and the six-figure dream

Threads in this video

• restate · Should you start a side hustle, and which one? — Ali likens starting an online business to a video game: in a game, pressing keys and moving the mouse in the right order earns points; online, doing it in the right order makes you rich. (00:00:00)

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