514: From Tutoring Classmates in High School to $1M College Prep CEO w/ Janae Young

Podcast: Side Hustle Pro · Nicaila Matthews Okome | Side Hustle Pro Media

Opublikowano: 2026-05-15

In this episode, I sat down with Janae Young, founder and CEO of Young College Prep, who started her first business at just 15 years old, tutoring classmates out of her school library in Wilmington, North Carolina. By the time she graduated high school, she had a team of eight tutors. By the time she graduated from Stanford, she had hit $300K in annual revenue. And by 2025, she crossed her first million. But Janae's path was anything but linear. COVID wiped out the SAT/ACT prep market practically overnight, and her company went into negative profit. She...