Daigo Tanaka, PhD's Linkedin Analytics

𝐀 $𝟑𝟏𝟕𝐌 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐭. That's the result of working hard at a 𝗬 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 startup from Seed to Post-Series C as a Software Engineer & Data Scientist. Then I took another unusual path👇️ 𝐈 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐨𝐧𝐞-𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. I didn't have any clients when I quit my day job. Over 6 years later, I earned more than when I was employed, and I became a self-made millionaire. I cannot believe it because I only had $3,000 in the bank and student debt when I immigrated to the USA more than 20 years ago. How did I make my money? It's not from the stock option. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝟔 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬: 1. I started as a consultant because there is no overhead. Just my brain. 2. I found common problems among my clients and prescribed a solution for future clients. 3. I coded software to automate the service so I deliver value at my sleep. I called it "technology-leveraged service (TLS)." 4. I diversified the income through advisory, contract, and TLS. 𝐒𝐢𝐱 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚 𝐨𝐧𝐞-𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞: ✔️ I manage machines (code), not people. My little kids think Dad is always available for them because the robots (software) are working to get things done. ✔️ Naval Ravikant said, "Code and media are permissionless leverage. They're the leverage behind the newly rich. You can create software and media that works for you while you sleep." ✔️ Marshall McLuhan said that media is "The Extensions of Man." Leverage it. 𝐍𝐨𝐰, 𝐈'𝐦 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡. My journey continues. And I'd like to make it OUR journey. So, I created an online community called OmniCreator. 𝗢𝗺𝗻𝗶𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 https://omnicreator.club helps you to - Become a Trusted Professional on LinkedIn with the best content manager and creator community LinkedIn has been a powerful source of network and business for me. So, I coded OmniCreator using my product design and coding knowledge from the startup experience. Me and my entrepreneurial friends came to OmniCreator for its powerful content management tool, and they stayed because of the community of kindness. OmniCreator is a representation of how we work and live. I hope you join us. I'll promise to keep on sharing helpful insights as an 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫. 𝐒𝐨, 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝. Thanks for reading!