At a time when children are busy struggling with their school assignments, this 15-year-old entrepreneur is making money in his school bathroom. Meet Eric Zhu, the mastermind behind Aviato, a startup revolutionizing sourcing for venture funds. Against all odds, Eric has raised a mind-blowing $20 million (RM92.2 million) in funding – and you won’t believe how he managed to do it all while attending school.
According to his Twitter, Eric explained that he conducted all his meetings with investors from his “office” – which happened to be his school’s bathroom. All he needed was a brief break from his ongoing class to step into the bathroom and start his business meetings. It comes as no surprise that investors repeatedly pointed out hearing the sound of a “toilet flush” during the meetings. But was the risk worth it?
Eric Zhu has successfully sold his first startup and raised $20 mil for his new startup firm Aviato
His video of taking business meetings in his school bathroom went viral, and his dad reached out to him with a complaint. His father texted Eric, “Eric, we need to have a talk when you’re home because the school principal just called me and complained that you’re taking business calls in the bathroom again.”
Based on the complaint, it shows that his school principal is not very happy with his bathroom business meetings during classes. But that hasn’t stopped Eric from sealing multimillion-dollar deals while attending classes.
“I work on the company full-time while attending school. I just make up some diarrhea excuse and ask to use the bathroom to attend a business meeting,” he said.
Eric said that he learned to code with the help of the internet. He took coding classes for two years, but it was only when he started teaching the subject for a non-profit that he truly began to understand it.
Eric’s parents are first-generation immigrants. His mother is a doctor, and his father is a scientist in Indiana, USA. They still hold onto the hope that their child will become a doctor one day.
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