What this case covers
Dudu, a college student born in 2002, reviews his experience from taking a leave of absence to do AI programming and MATLAB services and forming a studio, to returning to school to do products, and after graduation testing one-on-one Codex teaching. The full text is about 9,000 characters, covering project selection, allocation across three business types, and personal growth reflections.
Questions it answers
- How did taking a leave of absence to do MATLAB services get started?
- Why did the product attempt not bring income?
- How did one-on-one Codex teaching get off the ground?
- How should energy be allocated between core business and emerging business?
- If starting over, how would projects be chosen?
Our observations
- Services validate demand earlier than products and also expose time cost more easily.
- Teaching is both a source of income and an entry point to real enterprise problems.
- Only by counting learning and tool expenses into the project can true returns be seen clearly.
From the author
Money and time must be calculated together.