{"id":13659,"date":"2026-01-10T07:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T07:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/entrepreneur-who-learned-everything-on-youtube-builds-1-4-million-business-shares-his-journey\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T07:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T07:28:12","slug":"entrepreneur-who-learned-everything-on-youtube-builds-1-4-million-business-shares-his-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/entrepreneur-who-learned-everything-on-youtube-builds-1-4-million-business-shares-his-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Entrepreneur who learned \u2018everything on YouTube\u2019 builds $1.4 million business, shares his journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div readability=\"61.721902770518\">\n<div class=\"storyParagraphFigure\" readability=\"41.31484502447\">\n<p class=\"content\">What does it take to turn a struggling business into a million-dollar success? For Canadian entrepreneur Tuan Le, it took thousands of cold emails and the refusal to quit during a pandemic. Starting with no experience, Le built his portfolio by charging local businesses minimal fees. After a breakthrough third year, during which his income jumped from $12,350 to $110,000, his business scaled rapidly, eventually reaching a staggering $1.4 million in total earnings. What is interesting is how Le started his business after learning video editing on YouTube.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"artImage leadImage\">\n<div class=\" \"><picture class=\"leadImageClass\"><source media=\"(min-width:768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/ht-img\/img\/2026\/01\/10\/550x309\/Founder_Canada_Viral_Instagram_Million_1768029619691_1768029646540.jpg\" alt=\"Canadian entrepreneur Tuan Le. (Instagram\/@tuann_lee)\"><\/source><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class>Canadian entrepreneur Tuan Le. (Instagram\/@tuann_lee)<span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"content \">Le shared that in the first year of starting the business, he earned a total of $8500. &ldquo;I started doing video for local business with no experience or business background. I charged very little to build my portfolio.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"content \" readability=\"31.788990825688\">\n<p>Though he earned $17,000 the year after, he lost most of his clients during the pandemic. He entered year three while still in lockdown and initially made about $12,350. <span class=\"highlight\">Unfettered, however, he invested all he had in his business, sent thousands of cold emails and his hard work paid off as he ended up making $110,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"content \">In the fourth year, he hired his first employee and made a total of $350,000. He now has a team of 15 people, and the founder said that some of the biggest brands are his clients. He continued that he earned a total of $1.4 million in the fifth year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">&ldquo;The third year of this journey was hard. I tried so hard for so long, and nothing was working. I thought about giving up and going back to school,&rdquo; Tuan Le wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">He added, &ldquo;But I&rsquo;m glad I stuck it out long enough to get lucky. Running a business has been one of the hardest, yet most fulfilling, things I&rsquo;ve ever done.&rdquo; he concluded the post with a series of visuals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"42.191693290735\">\n<div class=\"content \" readability=\"40\">\n<h2>Social media reacts:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>An individual posted, &ldquo;Inspiring stuff. I&rsquo;m finding that by year 5, being more familiar with all the processes is helping me make much better decisions. It&rsquo;s great when things feel clearer!&rdquo; Another added, &ldquo;Do 1 thing for many years, and you become a master. It&rsquo;s nice you stuck to it and did not pivot, but really persisted.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content \" readability=\"25.822916666667\">\n<p>A third expressed, &ldquo;That&rsquo;s amazing, what clicked for you or what changed during year 3 that got you from 12K-110K?&rdquo; A fourth wrote, &ldquo;You&rsquo;re incredible, you hear me?? Incredible!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content \" readability=\"36\">\n<h2>Who is Tuan Le?<\/h2>\n<p>Le, on his LinkedIn, mentioned that he joined Toronto Film School in 2019 but dropped out after four months, adding that he &ldquo;learned everything on YouTube.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"content \">He started his career as a production assistant. Later, he founded his company, where he also assumed the role of CEO.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>Entrepreneur who learned &lsquo;everything on YouTube&rsquo; builds $1.4 million business, shares his journey<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does it take to turn a struggling business into a million-dollar success? For Canadian entrepreneur Tuan Le, it took thousands of cold emails and the refusal to quit during a pandemic. Starting with no experience, Le built his portfolio by charging local businesses minimal fees. After a breakthrough third year, during which his income&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/entrepreneur-who-learned-everything-on-youtube-builds-1-4-million-business-shares-his-journey\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Entrepreneur who learned \u2018everything on YouTube\u2019 builds $1.4 million business, shares his journey&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13660,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}